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How to root Samsung S 4G 2.3.6

I am using this so yes it works.
Download included at the bottom if your phone bricks use ODIN to unbrick it.
WARNING I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PHONE GETTING BRICKED USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
Tools to update your Samsung Galaxy S 4G to GB 2.3.6 and root it.
1) Install phone drivers on your 32or64-bit Windows machine
2) Install Odin
3) Restart phone in Download Mode and connect to USB
4) Load GB Rom either 2.3.5 or 2.3.6 to 'PDA' in Odin and press start
5) Restart phone in Download Mode and connect to USB
6) Load 1st Root Rom to 'PDA' in Odin and press start (phone will be in boot loop after this step. Do a battery pull and)
7) Restart phone in Download Mode and connect to USB
8) Load 2nd Root Rom in Odin and press start
This will update your Samsung Galaxy S 4G to GB 2.3.6 and root it.
UPDATES:
Added 2.6.2.rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18783959&postcount=1
References:
Updating to Gingerbread:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/galaxy-s-4g-t959v-update-android-2-3-6-uvkj5/
http://http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/09/t-mobile-usa-samsung-galaxy-s-4g.html
Rooting:
http://www.androidtotal.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s-4g-gingerbread-2.3.3-kf1-firmware/
Or for using the "alt-root" directory:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16160325
PIT&CSC included in download
The only problem I'm having with this root is I can't get Wi-Fi to work.
To fix your Wi-Fi issues install this using your phone to do it so it installs in onto your SD card Valhalla v1.3.2

On step 3 don't you mean download mode?

Model number
"Nexus One"
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Any reason why you used the KJ5 rom instead of the newer KJ6 that most roms are being based off right now?

is this the easiest way to root samsung galaxy s for tmobole?thanks in advance for help.
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What phone are your screenshots of?
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Light-라이트 said:
Model number
"Nexus One"
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I pulled those pictures off of google.

[email protected] said:
I pulled those pictures off of google.
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To illustrate what exactly?
Could cause a bit of hesitation with the confusion.
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I"m new all I did was got pics off of google showing 2.3.6 is all I did nothing wrong about that.

[email protected] said:
I"m new all I did was got pics off of google showing 2.3.6 is all I did nothing wrong about that.
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Nobody said you did anything wrong. It only caused a bit of confusion on my part, making me hesitant on trying your method.
Btw, if you're phone is rooted there are free screenshot apps in the market.
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Yea I see where your going I couldn't find any other pictures besides those so I used them.

EvoSideHustlAZ said:
is this the easiest way to root samsung galaxy s for tmobole?thanks in advance for help.
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honestly, I think it's easier to just grab one of DrHonk's rooted kernels from the dev section and flash that via ODIN, and it also gets you CWM.
Just make sure you don't try to flash a gingerbread (2.3.x) kernel over a froyo (2.2.x) rom and vice versa

Can i do this running 2.2.1? Like updating from Froyo to this firmware, or do I have to update to something else first?

Dr Honk also has froyo kernels posted. Also you could try any of the great roms here as most of them are rooted. Just be sure to read the Noobs guide to flashing very carefully. In the Android developement section RaverX3X has posted the latest stock kernel + root + deodexed + debloat. Your best bet if you want stock.

The only problem I'm having with this root is I can't get Wi-Fi to work.
To fix your Wi-Fi issues install this using your phone to do it so it installs in onto your SD card Valhalla v1.3.2[/QUOTE]
I'm confused what is exactly the "this" you need to install get back the wifi. I got it rooted and on GB 2.3.6 but confused on what I need to do to get back wifi.
Thanks

What if you are on a ota 2.3.6?
How would you go about rooting that?

144saint said:
What if you are on a ota 2.3.6?
How would you go about rooting that?
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If you just want root, you can use the latest SuperOneClick. If you want root/CWM/voodoo lagfix you can:
- Install drhonk's kj1 kernel via ODIN
- Install bhundven's KJ6 Heimdall One-Click
I suggest the latter as it's based on the KJ6 kernel & only needs Java to install.

mike-y said:
honestly, I think it's easier to just grab one of DrHonk's rooted kernels from the dev section and flash that via ODIN, and it also gets you CWM.
Just make sure you don't try to flash a gingerbread (2.3.x) kernel over a froyo (2.2.x) rom and vice versa
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This is in my opinion the easiest way, the fastest way, and therefore the best way.
Root+Red CWM. The basis for all your flashing needs.

7TimesCursed said:
This is in my opinion the easiest way, the fastest way, and therefore the best way.
Root+Red CWM. The basis for all your flashing needs.
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The upshot to the CWM in bhundven's kernel is that it's CWM 5 which doesn't have the problem with mounting /system on GB ROMs. However, you can't restore your previous CWM backups with it, either.

Didnt work for me, just sticks on the fugomod screen.

(OTA)(update.zip)(2.3.6)Dont know if anyone knows this???

So i went back to stock ee4 praying i'd get the OTA but i read on tge VZW forum on their site that they are doing it in batches so we could still be waiting a few days..so i looked more, went to my rootzwiki app and found a topic under the droid charge forum called "GB OTA manual update" it is a update.zip that you must do with the stock recovery from EE4. So just now on my phone i downloaded it, named it update.zip placed it on root of sdcard, went into stock recovery, chose update.zip, waited a good 15-20 minutes and now im on Gingerbread 2.3.6 heaven with stock kernel, ep4d modems and radios. So far its running good i will do a call later to see if this fixed up the loud speaker noise. Here is the link to the download: http://www.multiupload.com/HAG3RFTBY6
Thanks and props go to SPJETROVIC for the manual update and to HOPPERMI for posting up the link provided here from rootzwiki. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what u do or dont do to your phone. Only do this if you know what your doing otherwise wait for the OTA to be puahed to your phone.
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Thanks I was just looking around for that, I saw the OTA notice too. Will give it a try now.
Update: Before applying this update, my Charge read:
Hardware Version: I510.06
Model Number: SCH-I510
Firmware Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Verson: I510.06 V.EE4 and SCH-I510.EE1
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9 and [email protected] #1
Build Number: SCH-I510.EE4
After update:
Hardware Version: I510.06
Model Number: SCH-I510
Firmware Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Verson: I510.06 V.EP4 and SCH-I510.EP4
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-EP4
Build Number: SCH-I510.EP4
Will give it a spin and let you know how it goes, THANKS!

Thats what I have now on my phone which is the deodexed debloated version. It seems like the latest leak is the same as that file. Good deal.

Yup... it was posted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364298

So if I want to root my phone now that I have that update so I can use Titanium backup, etc. does anyone have a suggestion how to do that/what to use? Thanks!

How to root the Droid Charge? Follow my instructions...
http://www.toms-world.org/android/#rootInstructions

Thanks trparky. I followed your instructions until I got to step 24 Go to the mounts menu and choose to mount /system. Did not see that selection, only unmount /system so I skipped it. Completed the rest of the instructions, downloaded superuser and titanium backup and it shows rooted.

Good to hear my instructions helped you.
I'm wondering if the SDCard Fix Patch at step 23 already mounted /system for you as part of the installation of it. I'm going to take apart the SDCard Fix Patch and see what the install script does.
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Yep... just as I suspected. The SDCard Fix Patch mounted /system so you can disregard mounting /system at step 24.
I'll update the instructions and remove the mounting of /system at step 24. Other than that, there will be no other changes to the rooting procedure.
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On second thought, I changed step 24 to read like this...
Go to the mounts menu and choose to mount /system. If it says "Unmount /system" then /system is already mounted and you can disregard this step.
I try to make my instructions as thorough as possible so as to leave no questions about what to do next.

doing it this way will it wipe my fone?

The update zip will not wipe your phone at least it didn't for me.
But I would recommend doing a wipe always better to start from scratch imo
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I'm using EP4D with CWR and Voodoo and for some reason my PC won't recognize my SD card although Odin sees it no problem. I figure taking the actual OTA update is a good idea for me for now, especially to see if it fixes my SD problem. I used Voodoo control to disable lagfix and that went without a hitch.
To now get to dead stock EE4 so I can get the OTA pushed, do I need to ODin with the PIT file or can I just Odin an EE4 package alone?
Thanks for any advice.

I would use charge.pit file with the ee4 all in one package.. make sure you check re-partition in odin while using the pit file. Then after that you will be able to accept the ota if it has come to your device
here is the link to the charge.pit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
here is the link to the ee4 package
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172182

junksecret said:
I'm using EP4D with CWR and Voodoo and for some reason my PC won't recognize my SD card although Odin sees it no problem. I figure taking the actual OTA update is a good idea for me for now, especially to see if it fixes my SD problem. I used Voodoo control to disable lagfix and that went without a hitch.
To now get to dead stock EE4 so I can get the OTA pushed, do I need to ODin with the PIT file or can I just Odin an EE4 package alone?
Thanks for any advice.
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If you dont feel right doing it imnuts way i found this: http://bit.ly/r3jeQB over in the "Droid Charge General" forums. It is the full 100% stock EE4 odin pulled from VZW itself. Has radios, modems and kernel. All u need to do is:
Go into CWR
Disable lagfix
Pull battery and SIMcard
Open up odin on computer( i use odin 3 ver. 1.30)
Connect phone to computer in download mode
Put battery back in
Drop the file above in PDA(after you unzip it)
Press start to begin odin
Once it restarts put SIMcard back in and your on EE4!
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PINCPN said:
Thanks I was just looking around for that, I saw the OTA notice too. Will give it a try now.
Update: Before applying this update, my Charge read:
Hardware Version: I510.06
Model Number: SCH-I510
Firmware Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Verson: I510.06 V.EE4 and SCH-I510.EE1
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9 and [email protected] #1
Build Number: SCH-I510.EE4
After update:
Hardware Version: I510.06
Model Number: SCH-I510
Firmware Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Verson: I510.06 V.EP4 and SCH-I510.EP4
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-EP4
Build Number: SCH-I510.EP4
Will give it a spin and let you know how it goes, THANKS!
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My info on the phone is exactly the same as yours but there is no OTA . I even manually checked it still nothing. any suggestions? I checked on the test charge there is no OTA either so I am ok. I just have to wait for it.

droidxrooting said:
My info on the phone is exactly the same as yours but there is no OTA . I even manually checked it still nothing. any suggestions? I checked on the test charge there is no OTA either so I am ok. I just have to wait for it.
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If your phone is the same then your on gingerbread already..EP4D is EP4
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I love this site....just applied this update to replace ep4p. Took all of about 40 minutes and I'm up and running without having to sit impatiently for the ota.

Was about to run this zip when i got a message for the new OTA. Installed the OTA. Followed the instructions on this thread and flashed CWM Recovery tar using Oden using the PDA. It passed then rebooted holding down power + home+ positive volume. Releasing power at the Samsung logo while continuing to hold the home+ positive volume.The phone keeps launching into android system recovery instead CWM
Is there something I'm doing wrong here? Any assistance would be helpful.

Sorry if offtopic. Aynyone knows if gtalk with video works on ep4d? tia
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I would try reflashing CWM. Seems like it didn't take...
Unthinking about it some more, I beliene the stock kernel will overwrite CWM with stock recovery. I'm not 100% on that but fairly sure. However you do need to be able to get into CWM on the first boot after installing it to be able to install a custom kernel, so... try reflashing CWM then a custom kernel most likely (imoseyon's latest would be my recommendation).
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post some screens please I would like to see how much poop we're dealing with here with their 'new color scheme'
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[Q] Nexus S Software Upgrade

Hello I hope you guys can help me.
So I decided to get a Nexus S about 2 weeks ago, 1st one I had I upgraded straight to 4.0.3 ICS. Ran well except from poor available RAM and the dreaded back button issue. Finally had the handset replaced with a (seemingly) full working handset.
However I notice my android version is 2.3.1. To be honest I only want official upgrades to avoid any problems with warranty. So I check for software and apparently this is the latest version. I know this isn't true...
Please help me or offer some advice on what to do. I did search for this query but I couldn't find any recent posts regarding this.
Many thanks.

Google pulled the ics 4.0.3 update due some issues. But somewhere this month we will get the 4.0.5 ota, so dont worry
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Thank you for your prompt reply,
Even if I'm currently running on 2.3.1 will my phone automatically go straight to 4.0.5?
Thank you

hi there,
you have two options:
1. as per prev post, wait until you get 4.0.5 OTA sometime this month
2. or if you do not want to stay on 2.3.1, you can check this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570
it has all official updates from 2.3.1 up until ICS 4.0.3
all you need to do, is download the incremental package you want,
boot into recovery (3e) and install zip from sdcard.
the choice is yours.
good luck

FruityTen said:
Thank you for your prompt reply,
Even if I'm currently running on 2.3.1 will my phone automatically go straight to 4.0.5?
Thank you
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Yes, but you can at least update to 2.3.6 using the manual method. Just find which model of the Nexus S you have, and download the update file for your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664 and then just boot into recovery and browse to the update zip you downloaded.
Using the manual method is safe and doesn't require unlocking or rooting your phone.

bozzykid said:
Yes, but you can at least update to 2.3.6 using the manual method. Just find which model of the Nexus S you have, and download the update file for your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664 and then just boot into recovery and browse to the update zip you downloaded.
Using the manual method is safe and doesn't require unlocking or rooting your phone.
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Agree. 2.3.6 is better than 2.3.1. And its 100% safe to it the way he explained. The zip you will download is unrooted so you still will be fully stock
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Phone did not upgrade to ICS properly

First of all I apologize if this has been brought up before in other posts. I am in a mixture of frustration and panic right now because I tried upgrading to ICS on my Rogers SGS2 LTE, and it failed.
Using Kies, I followed the prompts, and for whatever reason it didn't finish. Now when I boot up the phone, it keeps telling me to use the recovery mode option in Kies. However, if I do try to use recovery mode, it always times out and tells me I may need to contact a Samsung service center. The computer has no problem communicating with the phone, AFAIK.
Basically, I'm here to ask what options I have. Currently, i'm trying to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 , but because the stock TAR is taking a long time to download, I'm asking if I have any other options. I would like to keep the data on my phone, but if I have to wipe it to return it to normal I'm willing to do that.
Please help.

Reboot and try again
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Are you rooted? Are you running the stock recovery that came on the phone? If your rooted and have apps that are froze or your running a modded recovery like cwm you must flash back to stock or kies will not ever work
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I've tried rebooting the computer I was using, and I've also tried another computer with no luck. I got the latest Kies on the other computer, connected the phone with no problem, and tried recovery mode on THAT 2nd computer, but it didn't work because it didn't recognize my recovery code that the first computer gave me.

garydv2002 said:
Are you rooted? Are you running the stock recovery that came on the phone? If your rooted and have apps that are froze or your running a modded recovery like cwm you must flash back to stock or kies will not ever work
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I *think* I was rooted. I remember doing something a long time ago involving odin. I never installed Cyanogenmod or any other 3rd party roms.
I had Superuser under my apps, if that helps.
I wish I could reply sooner but this board is making me wait 5 mins between posts. Sorry. It's like I'm in the emergency room with a gunshot wound and I'm waiting for the doctor to finish his smoke break, then his coffee break, then washroom break, jesus
by CWM, I think you're asking about Clockwordmod? If so, yes, I had that on my phone. Does this mean I can't use the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 to fix my phone now? Or can I still proceed.

If you have superuser then most likely you are rooted and since you have clockworkmod especially then kies is not gonna update your phone. Your on Rodgers so you need to find the stock firmware and flash it. I'm on att or I could link you to one that would work. I got my stock firmware from Samsung website. Try going to sammobile and see if you can find the stock firmware for your phone. I'm sure since its Samsung they should have Rodgers firmware to. Download the stock firmware and flash it in Odin onto to your phone and then kies should work. If you can't find the stock firmware at sammobile then look for the stock firmware here on xda I'm sure someone on Rodgers has it....
Edit. The link up there to Odin back to stock should work. Just download the file and follow the steps in order and don't leave one out. There are no shortcuts when it comes to flashing a phone or it could be rendered useless for anything more than a paperweight. Konane is real good and would not lead anyone wrong....
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Just flashed it via Kies, had to use ODIN by flashing stock, Odin wouldn't work till I rebooted my computer, then once Kies updated, I had had a error ( com.Android.phone stopped) but I cleared data and cache in 3e, then everything worked.
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I just wanted to post a follow-up. I followed the steps from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 and it fixed me phone. Best of all, I didn't lose anything.
I would still like to get ICS on my phone. I noticed on Sammobile's site that there is a firmware for 4.04 that was released recently. Would I somehow be able to use that, combined with Odin, to get ICS on my phone? In other words, follow all the steps in the aforementioned thread, except, use this newer firmware file? Sorry I realize this may sound like a dumb noob question, but I want to make sure I do things right.
Thanks for all the help btw.

bobbastard said:
I just wanted to post a follow-up. I followed the steps from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 and it fixed me phone. Best of all, I didn't lose anything.
I would still like to get ICS on my phone. I noticed on Sammobile's site that there is a firmware for 4.04 that was released recently. Would I somehow be able to use that, combined with Odin, to get ICS on my phone? In other words, follow all the steps in the aforementioned thread, except, use this newer firmware file? Sorry I realize this may sound like a dumb noob question, but I want to make sure I do things right.
Thanks for all the help btw.
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If you're back to stock and on Rogers, you should be able to update using Kies.

The thing is, when Odin fixed my phone, it didn't remove Superuser, so doesn't that mean my phone isn't stock anymore? I was expecting Odin to basically reset my phone back to factory settings, but it seems to have just reverted it back to before I tried updating to ICS with kies.

bobbastard said:
The thing is, when Odin fixed my phone, it didn't remove Superuser, so doesn't that mean my phone isn't stock anymore? I was expecting Odin to basically reset my phone back to factory settings, but it seems to have just reverted it back to before I tried updating to ICS with kies.
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If you go into 3e or cwm if you still have it, you should be able to clear cache and data, so after that Kies should recognize it and start the download
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denenatse said:
If you go into 3e or cwm if you still have it, you should be able to clear cache and data, so after that Kies should recognize it and start the download
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I haven't used the stock 3e that much always just flash cwm but I would suggest that you do a factory data reset to from the recovery if 3e gives that option I've never used it so I'm not sure. But if you are still on cwm recovery kies will not ever update your phone until you put everything back stock. You must have just flashed the kernel only. Flashing just the kernel does not wipe anything you need to flash the stock firmware from sammobile in Odin and that will do a full wipe and restore everything to stock
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Sorry but what is 3e? The only place i see cwm mentioned is under the rom manager app, but when i launch it rom manager says i don't have a rooted device and super user can't be found. Weird thing is i see super user as an app on my phone.

bobbastard said:
Sorry but what is 3e? The only place i see cwm mentioned is under the rom manager app, but when i launch it rom manager says i don't have a rooted device and super user can't be found. Weird thing is i see super user as an app on my phone.
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Turn the phone off. Hold both volume up and volume down and hold the power button do not release the volume buttons yet. Pressing all 3 buttons when you first see the screen come on mine shows an att logo then release the power button only. The phone will then boot into either 3e stock recovery or cwm recovery
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OK, I did what you said, and I see 3e and the option to wipe data/factory reset. So you're recommending I do this BEFORE i try to use Odin and the latest firmware for Sammobile?
Just out of curiosity, if I didn't do a reset before flashing using Odin, what would happen?

bobbastard said:
OK, I did what you said, and I see 3e and the option to wipe data/factory reset. So you're recommending I do this BEFORE i try to use Odin and the latest firmware for Sammobile?
Just out of curiosity, if I didn't do a reset before flashing using Odin, what would happen?
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Yes. And if you don't it might not wipe everything. I suggest you do it before you flash it and again after...
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read this to return to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
this post is just a copy paste from another post i wrote to a n00b
read, read more, read the stickies, i read alot b4 i even attempted to flash, at least a few hundred posts and using the search button.
all problems and solutions have been posted, as u r a n00b all u have todo is invest time into reading alot of posts, because of ur post we all know u havent even bothered to read the stickies, espicially read the one w/n00b's in the title, thats y they r there. .
once u know what ur r doing and r stumped at a certain problem, believe me we can tell by how u post a question, post in the q&a forum

[Q] Help with upgrading from GB to ICS via Kies

So I had downloaded Kies and it was ready to upgrade my blaze to ICS, but I read that the phone should be unrooted first. So I did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Apparently that was a mistake. Now I get the following error in Kies:
"Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" "Current firmware version: PDA:LB7 / PHONE:LF4 / CSC:LB7 (TMB)"
Should I have just upgraded without unrooting? Why is it telling me this? I thought this was the stock ROM? If I keep flashing me Blaze with different ROMs without completely reformatting, will that slow it down?

You gotta go back to the OG rom before the first update.... If u look there is a thread about it on here somewhere
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WhaleWithWings said:
So I had downloaded Kies and it was ready to upgrade my blaze to ICS, but I read that the phone should be unrooted first. So I did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Apparently that was a mistake. Now I get the following error in Kies:
"Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" "Current firmware version: PDA:LB7 / PHONE:LF4 / CSC:LB7 (TMB)"
Should I have just upgraded without unrooting? Why is it telling me this? I thought this was the stock ROM? If I keep flashing me Blaze with different ROMs without completely reformatting, will that slow it down?
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use the file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32313738
i used this and it worked

woodzx67 said:
use the file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32313738
i used this and it worked
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I used this and now Kies is timing out trying to upgrade to ICS when it gets to the 100% downloading firmware part. Apparently reading the thread this tar isn't good for upgrading to ICS. But you did somehow?

Yup it took me a couple tries but it worked
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WhaleWithWings said:
I used this and now Kies is timing out trying to upgrade to ICS when it gets to the 100% downloading firmware part. Apparently reading the thread this tar isn't good for upgrading to ICS. But you did somehow?
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that's a kies issue. lets face it, it sucks. but that's the only tar I've been able to find that puts it back to Samsung Official and allows you to upgrade via kies. If you dont trust the links I have, you can find the tar at sammobile.com but you'll have to register to download

WhaleWithWings said:
I used this and now Kies is timing out trying to upgrade to ICS when it gets to the 100% downloading firmware part. Apparently reading the thread this tar isn't good for upgrading to ICS. But you did somehow?
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The tar from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917570
[FIX] "Your device does not support software upgrading via kies" is fine and 100% working. I can personally confirm this ;]
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T769 using xda premium

I never understood why people choose to use Kies... I personally hate it. It is much faster and easier to do it the XDA way and root/CWM and then flash whatever rom you want. If you want I'll post the quicker way to do this. No one has hard bricked from this method and its quite simple.
Root your device (you already have I see)
Install CWM HERE. (make sure not to check re-partition)
Boot into CWM by holding Volume UP and Volume DOWN and pressing POWER. USB must be unplugged. (could take up to 20 seconds to load CWM)
Flash your new ICS modem HERE in CWM
Now you can install any ROM you wish. You can install the stock ICS rom or a modified ROM. It is best to always have CWM just in case something messes up you have options to fix. If you install through Kies you have to install CWM over again anyways. This is faster. Now to install a ROM, there is a common process that will help out....
To install a ROM:
Boot into CWM
Perform a factory/reset
Wipe cache
Wipe Dalvik cache (under advanced)
Install zip (ROM)
Reboot and let your phone sit for at least 5 minutes, 10 is preferred.
Newbie Guide for Modding
You can read the above link for a small rundown on CWM and its available options. If you are here on XDA you probably should have CWM.

I had unrooted my device before installing CWM and didn't see the part that says to root it before hand. I installed it, seems to work fine. Will I have any problems.
Also, I just learned you're instructions are missing a step, I have flash the actual ICS ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918608
Before the radio mod you listed. Other than that, thanks!
P.S. What do you mean by "modem"?