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Flashing a different Stock Rom

Hello people nood here!
I have a stock Rom S5670JPKC1 (arabic) Froyo 2.2.1, I think there isn't any gingerbread update for my stock rom. Reading some post and comments about flashing a different firmware version or region will result to some issues like GPRS, WIFI and USB settings.
My questions is:
1) If I flash a different Stock Rom (gingerbread) and have some settings problems, can i flash back to my orginal Froyo firmware (stock rom) version? (from latest version to old version).
Thank you very much!

Yes, u can very easily revert back to your stock rom without any issues.
Follow the following procedure:
1.install clock world mod recovery (not from market or else ull brick your phone!,, instead use the post given in development section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277759)
2.before flashing the rom just do a backup in recovery mod. It will backup all your system files and apps on your sd card.
3. Now feel free to flash any rom.whenever u encounter any problem with current rom, just restore your phone in recovery mod.
Thats it!

yes you can flash back the orignal firmware..samfirmware has a 2.2.1 arabic firmware..
i am from india and am running an European firmware..no problems yet

Thank you guys for your reply.
I was able to flash XXKPL Gingerbread 2.3.4 in my phone. WIFI is working fine.
My problem now is the USB connection... no response from my PC and phone too. I want to root it using Super1Click and later found out that it won't work with gingerbread 2.3.4. I know i can use memory card adpter, but i want to make the usb connectivity work! I want to try it with Android Commander too.
Thanks again! I appreciate all your help!

Super1click wont work with our phone..You need to download the update.zip file and flash it in recovery to root
Sent from my GT-S5670 using Tapatalk

twistergear said:
Thank you guys for your reply.
I was able to flash XXKPL Gingerbread 2.3.4 in my phone. WIFI is working fine.
My problem now is the USB connection... no response from my PC and phone too. I want to root it using Super1Click and later found out that it won't work with gingerbread 2.3.4. I know i can use memory card adpter, but i want to make the usb connectivity work! I want to try it with Android Commander too.
Thanks again! I appreciate all your help!
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Just reboot PC.. If that doesn't help then reinstall usb drivers for samsung !!

[Q] WIFI isn't working with ICS

I9020, ICS 4.0.3, stocked at "truning wifi on"
dmesg suggests
Set ISCAN for wl_iw_combined_scan_set failed with -22
any idea?

what's the f*ckin problem with wifi and sim that someone have ??!!!!
for someone this prob exists with all ics roms except Kang and NexusBeam .
for those come and post "it works" : this's for some NS users maybe not you

i had no problem using WiFi in stock ICS 4.0.3
or CM9 Alpha13
maybe you just need to wipe, and flash the ROM again from a clean state

i know you want to help but you think we dont know what's doing wipe or system-boot formatting ?!

AllGamer said:
i had no problem using WiFi in stock ICS 4.0.3
or CM9 Alpha13
maybe you just need to wipe, and flash the ROM again from a clean state
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Hello,
thanks for the answer, will you define clean state?
since i have erase sdcard, cache and userdata and everything, update was from stock 2.6.3.

funniest thing, wifi tethering works

it certainly has something to do with country code, after flashing without simcard everything is working.
is it MCC that i need to change? anyone know a reliable way for this to work with simcard? (guess we need something like market enabler)

[Q] Cannot enable WiFi on TF101

Odd thing happened today. I was testing out the EOS cornerstone new rom and was having issues with WiFi so I restored my Stock ICS setup but now I can not enable the WiFi.
The WiFi icon is greyed out on the settings tab and I can not swipe the WiFi to on in the settings app.
Has anyone seen this before? Did the WiFi die?

Just flash the ROM you were using again without any wipe. (Flash the ROM that your backup is base upon)

It seems the backup has the HC version of the wifi. I flashed the other rom again and the wifi is working fine.
Thanks.

Same Problem
Hi Guys,
got the same Problem....
Had Revoler 4 1.3.1, tried CM9+Cornerstone, got back with backup.... now i cant turn on Wifi =(
any suggestions?

michl1303 said:
Hi Guys,
got the same Problem....
Had Revoler 4 1.3.1, tried CM9+Cornerstone, got back with backup.... now i cant turn on Wifi =(
any suggestions?
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Just flash Revolver ROM again, no wipe needed

I installed the AOSP test build of ICS, now I too am having wifi issues. I saw the ROM had it listed that there was a bug with the wifi so I didn't think much of it at first. I then installed Android Revolution but now the wifi still doesn't work.
I accidentally deleted my backup ROM..
Tablet says no MAC address found, and wifi settings app just hangs when trying to turn on.. I've re-flashed numerous times.. I've formatted all the partitions, re-flashed again....
Any ideas?

I had to flash the rom again (EOS cornerstone) and the wifi started working. I just ended up flashing the stock ICS from the asus site to start freh again.
It seems like the backup in CWM does something strange with the wifi driver.

I'm start a new thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23221362
I reflashed EOS, wifi works, but i now have a different MAC address than I did before.

[Q] Radios / Jelly Bean question

I have been using an ICS ROM (PrimoS v4.1) on my Desire S for some time with no problems, but recently have tried flashing a number of JB ROMs (e.g Andromadus, CM10 and JellyTime). I have found that when using any of these JB ROM's, I am unable to get a data connection and the APN list is blank. Despite many attempts to add APNs manually or by use of APN backup apps, I have failed to add an APN to the list.
Do I need to update the radio to solve this problem? I never did this when going from original HTC Gingerbread to the ICS ROM.
Please excuse the ignorance on this subject. I've read somewhere that there is a danger of bricking the phone when flashing radios, hence my reluctance to try without good reason!
I live in the UK and use Virgin Mobile.
Current radio is: 20.281.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03_M
All help appreciated - I've had a tantalising glimpse of the wonders of Jelly Bean and I'm desperate to get my data connection working!
TIA

I can't say whether changing radios will fix your problem. I use Radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 on CM10 and have no problems.
Sent from my Desire S

BillGoss said:
I can't say whether changing radios will fix your problem. I use Radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 on CM10 and have no problems.
Sent from my Desire S
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Thanks for the reply BillGoss.
I took the plunge and updated my Radio to 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04 with no problems. My phone continues to work fine with the PrimoS (ICS) ROM, but when I flashed JellyTime, still no APN's and I was unable to create one, hence I can't connect to the 3G network. D'oh!

Correct me if I'm wrong but with ICS you don't have the probelm and with JB you have the problem
that you have no and can not set the APN values, Q, dit you have a clean ROM installed.
I had this problem once when I tested a ICS version with sence 4. Later when I installed a CM10 version
I had no APN so I did a factory reset an de problem was gone. To be sure I wiped al the data on my device
and restored a earlyer nandroid backup. Later I tested a lote of ROMS but so far I don't have the APN issue yet.

HypnoCondor said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but with ICS you don't have the probelm and with JB you have the problem
that you have no and can not set the APN values, Q, dit you have a clean ROM installed.
I had this problem once when I tested a ICS version with sence 4. Later when I installed a CM10 version
I had no APN so I did a factory reset an de problem was gone. To be sure I wiped al the data on my device
and restored a earlyer nandroid backup. Later I tested a lote of ROMS but so far I don't have the APN issue yet.
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Yes HypnoCondor, I always do a full wipe before flashing the ROM. I've now done a ot of Googling and trawling XDA threads and have found that the issue seems to be confined to CyanogenMod-based ROMS, not specifically CM10 and covering a lot of different phones. I'm not techie enough to fully understand, but it seems that CM is not registering the SIM card properly and hence the APN list is always blank and can't be edited/saved manually.
What's particualrly confusing is that I recently flashed the CM10-based CyanogenMod 10 Beta Builds [4.1.2][ANDROMADUS 3.x][Frontcam] ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776256) and much to my surprise it worked! My APN list was populated and all was fine. Unfortunately , after rebooting the phone, the APN's were gone and I've been unable to get them back, despite trying every trick in the book gleaned from XDA users with similar problems.
This is very frustrating, because I really love this ROM
Looks like I'll end up going back to the PrimoS (non-CM, ICS) ROM so that I can get my data connection back when I'm away from WiFi. That's a real bummer, but I'm damned if I've been able to find a fix for this issue.

Just for future reference: being unable to set APN has nothing to do with radio and has everything to do with the ROM you're using. But you've already found that out yourself.

Jack_R1 said:
Just for future reference: being unable to set APN has nothing to do with radio and has everything to do with the ROM you're using. But you've already found that out yourself.
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Thanks Jack_R1. My final plan is to try replacing the SIM card - should receive it in a couple of days.

Phosbrom said:
Thanks Jack_R1. My final plan is to try replacing the SIM card - should receive it in a couple of days.
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Phosbrom I'm on Virgin and the JellyBean roms you mentioned work great on our service. I'm sure you'll enjoy using them when your new sim arrives :good:

[Q] GSM support for alien rom on xperia J

[Q] Is there any way to get GSM network to work on cyanogen based Alien rom, in xperia j?
I just rooted my Xperia J 4.1.2 (.31) yesterday and went ahead with AVD which supposed to be based on stock xperia rom. But unfortunately its was a bit buggy. SystemUI.apk suddenly stops working and many apps kept crashing on me .. few other roms like slim were asking to be downgraded to ICS which i dont want to... then came Alien rom to my rescue. this rom is really clean not to mention the Acid Audio ENgine and stuff ...T____T I so badly want to keep this rom its ****ing perfect..!!! if only if the GSM would work, which while installing i didn't know that no cyanogenmod 10 based rom has GSM support !
Now i'm whining here because i just want someone more knowledgeable than me to give me the confirmation that that i have absolutely no other choice, other than going back to the AVD. LIke the GSM fix for the ICS baseband is there positively NOTHING out there for JB :crying:

You need to downgrade to ics first, then flash any cm10 based rom, or gsm.will not work.
Sent from my Xperia Miro

just one more doubt...
c4cyro said:
You need to downgrade to ics first, then flash any cm10 based rom, or gsm.will not work.
Sent from my Xperia Miro
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getting out of alien rom and reinstalling AVD i screwd up and soft bricked my phone.
SO i had to use a pc to reflash the stock JB. BUt that has locked the bootloader again coz the PC companion can detect my phone again.
so just need to confirm certain things...
SO if i flash stock ICS then i will have to unlock my bootloader again right...? I presume i will have to root my phone too all over again... ? before installing the rom ?

PLease HELP!!!
Ok this is sooo irritating...!!! T____T
I flashed my phone with 4.0.4 ICS, st26i_11.0.a.3.18_global.ftf form Matej X's 4shared folder.
http://www.4shared.com/folder/25Mb7Dws/Xperia_J.html
the ST26i_11.0.A.7.5_CE.ftf from that folder when put into firmwares folder of flashtools, doesn't even show up !!!
i figured to root st26i_11.0.a.3.18_global.ftf from this guide http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033114&highlight=st26i+root+ics
but not inspite of downgrading to ics, when i installed MIUI5 rom i'm i'm getting no simcard ad hense GSM is not working all manually scanned networks are shown as "UNKNOWN" !
Now i have flashed back to stock ICS rom...
when i flast the stock rom using flashtool the simlock.ta file gets ignored. what's up with that, wherever i have read about its not supposed to be a issue...
Can someone help me this is really getting frustrating....
Can some one help me find the link for ST26i_11.0.A.7.5_CE.ftf ICS stock rom which will be detected by flashtool...
MIUI5 was really nice, I would like to use it. Its based on cyanogenmod10 fxp 226 ... My issue with that is i use the instruction here to install it, but its condusing.
https://sites.google.com/site/projectfreexperia/download/howto-install
It says "6.Wipe device
from cm9 device wipe is necessary only at first flash or when you switch cm version
!!! if after boot you experience ForceClose then is recomended to reboot to recovery and wipe device
7.Partition format
is not recomended to format your partitions unless you are advised to do otherwise"
Now in CWM what do i have to wipe...???
There are too many options to wipe....
1. wipe data/factory rest
2. wipe catch partition
Under advanced
Wipe delvic catch ...
Which and all am i supposed to wipe ?
Please bare with me guys i'm at my witt's end here...T____T
I just want one CM 10 based rom working for me... That's all ...

Here's the thing mate, AlienRom works perfectly fine for me. Just flash over stock ICS and Not JB and select Use 2G network on settings. Give it another try , oh and I highly discourage MIUI, it may look pretty but it is lag as hell. Browser takes sooo long to load and so lag

Racer X said:
Here's the thing mate, AlienRom works perfectly fine for me. Just flash over stock ICS and Not JB and select Use 2G network on settings. Give it another try , oh and I highly discourage MIUI, it may look pretty but it is lag as hell. Browser takes sooo long to load and so lag
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Hey Racer X,
I was thinking about the same thing... Alien rom is the only rom where i encoutered absolutely "0" lag, Brilliant work there man thanks a lot.
Would it be possible to flash it directly on rooted 11.0.a.3.18 ICS because i'm not able to root ST26i_11.0.A.7.5_CE.ftf with any tutorial here...
SO far i have tried this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2071817
and the other option being flashing to stock 11.0.A.7.5 and using Unlockroot.exe
But windows won't even detect the exe file and Google chrome's calling it a malicious file and won't let me download it .
SO i have sort of hit a roadblock with 11.0.a.7.5
So i was hoping i can flash alien rom straight on rooted 11.0.a.3.18 ICS, which i rooted with this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033114&highlight=st26i+root+ics

Omg...!!! I did it ... :d
OMG... I just went ahead and did it... this is sooo f****** AWWWWSOME...!!!
Now i have Alien rom with GSM WORKING !!!:good:
I didn't even go for 7.5 i just stuck with .18 and went to alien rom 4.1.2
BTW can i keep the cyanogenmod upates setting to weekly or should i keep it at manual/???
I don't want to loose the gms connection just coz it updated on its own ... ?
What do you think ?