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[Q] Nexus S bricked after flashing GRJ22 Full ROM

Hi guys,
I was having problems while updating my nexus S(9020T) to 2.3.4. I manually updated my phone from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3 and everything was smooth and fine. Before I tried to flash the stock ROM(2.3.4) for 9020T over my current settings, I was running on build GRI40 baseband JK8 bootloader KA3. the small update from GRI40 - GRJ22 did not work for me. Hence, I used the following link(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062) to download the full ROM and update. The update did not succeed and for the first few reboots, I was able to go into fastboot mode and try to flash again. Eventually after a few reboots, the phone stopped booting up.
Right now it is just in a blank state and I am afraid it is hard bricked. Is there any way to get around this state?
Thanks for your help in advance.

Can you enter into bootloader screen?

Running broken Gingerbread baseband, how to downgrade-upgrade to working?

Hey XDA modders,
Last year I upgraded with the leaked Gingerbread incl. baseband:
Android 2.3.5
L6260_MODEM_SIC_01.1042.00 baseband
GRJ90 build
2.6.35.7+ kernel
LG920-V21a-NOV-16-2011
Unfortunately it's been nothing but problems since then: missed SMS, ghost calls, etc. Unfortunately I'm now off the official LG path, so I can't get back. One of the difficulties in XDA is it's hard to keep up with what is going on. So I'm really not sure what to do as it seems people like me have 'missed the boat' so to speak to get this fixed, as it's hard to search and find any response about this.
My question is:
- What basebands have no known issues? eg. 21a, 21b, 20b?
- How do I downgrade/upgrade to the correct baseband? Flash KDZ?
Cheers
Leon

For what I know you have to downgrade to a 10x firmware ( with kdz or bin file ) only froyo rom seems to work properly

All Gingerbread Roms + CM Roms that used GB baseband suffer from this problem. The problem is in the new bb came with GB. So, the only solution for now is to go back to any froyo Rom.
However, the latest froyo Rom suffer from a problem, when you set wifi sleep policy to never, the phone will randomly reboot number of times a day. So, flash the one before the latest.
LG lost us all, no one is satisfaied!

you can follow this guide to upgrade/downgrade the stock rom, i used it to fix my bricked phone, it works on the downgrade too i downgraded from v21b to v21a

[Q] Nexus S (T-Mobile version) ICS upgrade

Got the Nexus S. I checked and the ICS 4.0.4 firmware was ready to be downloaded. 129.4MB.
It downloaded, and it restarting to install, then the android alien, and the yellow exclamation point with the triangle was on the screen. The phone rebooted, but the ICS software didnt' install.
Phone rebooted, and 2.3.4 is still on the phone. It says there are no software updates available now. Whats going on?

Are you rooted or do you have a custom rom installed? Either way, flash to stock 2.3.6 then you should get the 4.0.4 update and it'll install fine.

djquick said:
Are you rooted or do you have a custom rom installed? Either way, flash to stock 2.3.6 then you should get the 4.0.4 update and it'll install fine.
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The phone isn't rooted, and its the standard ROM that came with the phone. The phone have to be on the cellular network? I downloaded the firmware using wifi, with no SIM card in the phone.

It shows the following:
Android 2.3.4
Baseband version: I9020XXKD1
Kernel version:
2.6.35.7-ge382d80 [email protected] #1
Build number: grj22-copyright 2011 bstarrs

If you look around (google) there are places where you can download the ROM and install it manually without having to be rooted.

you can do it manually like the post above suggests or if you want to do it automatically, I believe you have to be on 2.3.6 first, then it should update to 4.0.4 as I don't believe there is a clean update from 2.3.4 to 4.0.4. I have t-mobile and my nexus was on 2.3.4 when I took it out of the box but as soon as I turned it on, it upgraded to 2.3.6, then after a few weeks it upgraded to 4.0.4.
Now my was is longer than the post above but either way I think you'll have to root your phone in order to flash either 2.3.6 or 4.0.4.

[Q] G2x factory reset itself; any way to restore? Also: Rooting with 2.3.4

Hi guys, two-part question. This is all regarding the following phone:
Phone: G2x (LG-P999)
Carrier: T-Mobile
OS: Android 2.3.4
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: GRJ22
Software: LG-P999-V21y
Comment: Stock/unrooted; did a manual upgrade last year to the official LG update for the G2x from Froyo to late Gingerbread
Part the First
Earlier this evening, I was rebooting my phone. As it was booting, I plugged it in to charge, but accidentally grabbed the cable that was attached to my computer rather than the one that's plugged into an outlet. (May be irrelevant, but this was the only thing I did differently.) I heard the USB connection sound from my computer, and on the phone screen, an image came up that was something like the Android mascot jumping out of a software box. When the phone booted, it was in the factory-default start-up menus and prompts.
Even after logging back in to my Google account, everything appears to have undergone a factory reset. All my settings and apps are gone. (The contents of my SD card appear to be intact, however.)
Has anyone seen this before? Is there any way to restore things back to the way they were? (I was not running a backup app.)
Part the Second
If it's not possible to hit the button on the wayback machine, this seems like the perfect opportunity to root my phone and upgrade the OS. However, the instructions I've found here are for 2.3.3, and it seems like 2.3.4 may cause problems. If I'm interested in rooting/flashing a ROM, how should I proceed given that I'm currently on 2.3.4? Downgrade back to 2.3.3?

ShotFromGuns said:
Hi guys, two-part question. This is all regarding the following phone:
Phone: G2x (LG-P999)
Carrier: T-Mobile
OS: Android 2.3.4
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: GRJ22
Software: LG-P999-V21y
Comment: Stock/unrooted; did a manual upgrade last year to the official LG update for the G2x from Froyo to late Gingerbread
Part the First
Earlier this evening, I was rebooting my phone. As it was booting, I plugged it in to charge, but accidentally grabbed the cable that was attached to my computer rather than the one that's plugged into an outlet. (May be irrelevant, but this was the only thing I did differently.) I heard the USB connection sound from my computer, and on the phone screen, an image came up that was something like the Android mascot jumping out of a software box. When the phone booted, it was in the factory-default start-up menus and prompts.
Even after logging back in to my Google account, everything appears to have undergone a factory reset. All my settings and apps are gone. (The contents of my SD card appear to be intact, however.)
Has anyone seen this before? Is there any way to restore things back to the way they were? (I was not running a backup app.)
Part the Second
If it's not possible to hit the button on the wayback machine, this seems like the perfect opportunity to root my phone and upgrade the OS. However, the instructions I've found here are for 2.3.3, and it seems like 2.3.4 may cause problems. If I'm interested in rooting/flashing a ROM, how should I proceed given that I'm currently on 2.3.4? Downgrade back to 2.3.3?
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AFAIK, no. Data is gone.
SuperOneClick should root just fine. But you don't need to root to backup and then install other Rom.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda app-developers app

About was I was expecting, but still ugh. Thanks.
Do you know if it was just a fluke that the reset happened as I plugged the cable in, or if there was some way that caused it? If it wasn't the cable, should flashing a new ROM prevent it from happening again?

[Q] I can't load CWM on my SGS 4G (T-Mobile)

Hello all,
Okay, I admit that I am gonna get a lot of "use the search tool first" replies, but please hear me out. I have done my fair share of searching. Its not that I haven't found anything, its just the things I found are useless for this SGS 4G. I really wanted to install Cyanogen Mo on the SGS (its not actually mine, a friend asked me to do it since he saw my old SGS GT-I9000 running CM).
I am gonna try and give a detailed report . The phone was originally from T-Mobile and now unlocked permanently. Its running firmware version 2.3.3 that I installed just recently. I found out that I can't install CWM on the stock kernel or bootloader or whatever and I needed a new of the thing. So I went on searching and searching....found a handful of help but none work. Every method breaks at some point and I go to the "firmware update failed" thing on the phone, which I then install 2.3.3 again using ODIN and try another method. I have tried a lot of things. Hemidall, ODIN, SuperOneClick, and a lot of gibbrish-sounding methods. None work. I am now running 2.3.3. Here are some infos:
ABOUT PHONE:
Model Number: SGH-T959V
Firmware Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: T959VUVKF1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-T959VUVKF1-CL270364
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.VUVKF1
The files I used to flash to 2.3.3 using ODIN v1.85:
PIT: Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit
PDA: CODE_T959VUVKF1_CL270364_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
PHONE: T959VUVKF1-Phone-CL1020302.tar.md5
CSC: SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5
I hope the above infos are enough. So, can anyone help me and point me to the right direction on how to install CWM and then install CM10 or 9 on my friends SGS 4G?
Thanks,
Tamrat

Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
For the SGS4G, the kernel, root file system, and recovery file system are all in "boot.img" -- flash one, you flash them all. They can be flashed through Odin (assuming you really like Windows), heimdall (multi-platform), through recovery, or from a root command line (for the adventurous only).
I would say the most robust way to get where you need to be would be to use Lumin's guide to make sure you've got a viable Gingerbread set-up going, then flash something reliable to get you to MTD, like TeamAcid's CM9.
From there, you should know that some of the KK ROMs use slightly different MTD partitioning and aren't a "just flash this ROM and keep your data" kind of thing.

jeffsf said:
Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
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A long day Googling... and then a site turned up. One thing I forgot to mention was, before I installed this firmware, I had to use the "remove battery->plug usb->press the button combos->insert the battery" to enter download mode, but now I juts have to press vol down and power button.
Thanks for the reply,

Failure again
UPDATE:::
I tried to update to 2.3.6 as the guide suggests and I also wanted a clean stock OS in case the old one was not. But once again updating to 2.3.6 has been a pain. Kies Mini recognizes the phone but it doesn't recognize the firmware running on the phone. And also, firmware update is impossible since the button is greyed out.
I googled again and found the official 2.3.6 firmware for the phone (file name: T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar.md5) and tried flashing it using ODIN; absolutely no luck. It fails at the stage which says Slb.bin. Restarting the phone after that gives a "firmware upgrade failure" display. Only way to wake up the phone is to flash the previous OS back.
I am really confused here.
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Some how, after like 10 retires and fiddling with ODIN, it finally flashed 2.3.6 to the SGS 4G. Still, fingers crossed.
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Finally, its all working fine now. Thank you @jeffsf, thank you very much.

F*****************K
forgot an important step and now my IEMI number is gone........
do i throw the phone now, or is there any other way???

Don't throw your phone away! How do you know that you have "no IMEI" on your phone? We'll go from there.

Hopefully, you've backed up your data before starting to play around with ROMS. If so just load your backed up efs folder onto your storage & use Root Explorer to drop it over your existing one , it will overwrite your imei file & you will be good as new.
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I'm also in need of help, I have been running SlimSaber since last weekend, was wanting to try out Beanstalk. First full wipe, install & reboot wipe again, reinstall etc as per Dao's OP, but after the first install, it won't boot past the kernel splash. Tried again with same result. Decided to click it back to stock & start over, using Gremlin Remover (odin). Then saw that others were having similar issue so I tried to load in build from April1st.
But now it only boots back into recovery, won't boot to the OS ( everything indicated install was complete & no errors.)
1 clicked back again & just tried to put SlimSaber back on again, but have the same problem, will only boot into recovery.
I had to first load CM9 to get CWM 6.xx so I could install kk using TWRP
What am I not doing correctly? Thanks for any suggestions.

Flash kernel
Reboot recovery
Wipe all partitions
(Reboot recovery for good measure and wipe again if paranoid)
Install
Boot
If that doesn't do it, it is likely ROM or hardware.
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Since this is running GB VUVKG4, could you recommend a kernel that would work & get me to TWRP (or CWM 5.xx+)?

Either the Team Acid CM9 or Hefe Kernel should work.
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