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[Rom][ODIN] Stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 Deodexed + Root KF2

Some people have requested this, this is Gingerbread KF2 Deodexed + Root and odin flashable.
This contains all bloat.
Instructions:
1. Perform Factory Data Reset/Wipe Data (If you skip this step it may still work but may leave existing apps and may cause FC's)
2. Flash Via Odin
3. Wait 5min to boot
4. Hit Thanks
The messed up Rainbow at boot is normal if using Froyo BootLoaders just wait it will boot.
Below File contains no BOOTLOADERS
T959VUVKF2 NO BOOTLOADERS
Thanks
Dr.Honk for answering all my stupid questions.
Krylon360 for original KF2 leak

nice dude!!!

Been looking for this. Might be enough to make me give KF2 a try finally.
Thanks.

Nice up man
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If I apply this (without manually doing a factory reset along the way), will I retain all of my apps and app data through this process?
I know I've used ODIN to update to the current stock release and used ODIN on my Vibrant and didn't lose my apps and app data.
Yes, there was some people in another thread that said you ALWAYS lose data when you update. I know they are wrong, but not sure what the case is with this particular update.
Does that fact that it's deodexed make it less likely that the data will be retained?

just flashed and waited 15 minutes on the rainbow screen, flashed again,same thing. how long does it take to boot the first time?

lexluthor said:
If I apply this (without manually doing a factory reset along the way), will I retain all of my apps and app data through this process?
I know I've used ODIN to update to the current stock release and used ODIN on my Vibrant and didn't lose my apps and app data.
Yes, there was some people in another thread that said you ALWAYS lose data when you update. I know they are wrong, but not sure what the case is with this particular update.
Does that fact that it's deodexed make it less likely that the data will be retained?
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This will erase all apps, you need to use titanium backup first if you want to save that stuff.

Do I place in pda or phone in odin
My Fon is the shizz'nic!

Tommyboy2k said:
Do I place in pda or phone in odin
My Fon is the shizz'nic!
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place in pda

punkkloser said:
just flashed and waited 15 minutes on the rainbow screen, flashed again,same thing. how long does it take to boot the first time?
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try hitting the power button quickly it should loop once then work.
which bootloaders are you on?

froyo bootloaders. will try it again.....
K. running smooth now,will test more tommorrow.
I see the wifi signal is weak,as with the previous rom

Strangely enough I have the froyo bootloaders, flashed this, got an upgrade failure to which got me to that annoying ass screen rom upgrade failed, so I tried it again, it was successful, but oddly not only did I not get the rainbow screen but I booted with all my apps and everything intact but confirm that I am now at 2.3.3 by su binary had gotten downgraded to 2 from the ,3 beta I had had and I was coming from the KD1 rom.... Anyway strange I know....
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aestivalisakito said:
Strangely enough I have the froyo bootloaders, flashed this, got an upgrade failure to which got me to that annoying ass screen rom upgrade failed, so I tried it again, it was successful, but oddly not only did I not get the rainbow screen but I booted with all my apps and everything intact but confirm that I am now at 2.3.3 by su binary had gotten downgraded to 2 from the ,3 beta I had had and I was coming from the KD1 rom.... Anyway strange I know....
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That's strange I wonder if its not clearing everything before flashing. I will look into this.
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Flashed last night no problem, but now my phone wont register to my tmobile network.
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Thanks my friend!
My Fon is the shizz'nic!

Like I said, weird as hell but no issues and its running beautifully..... Shrugs....im not going to argue lol
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anyone else having issues registering to there network? ive flashed 3 times now and still cant register to my tmobile network.

dj02 said:
anyone else having issues registering to there network? ive flashed 3 times now and still cant register to my tmobile network.
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What were you running prior to this flash?
If you are having troubles with this flash please give more info, what rom did you have before, what bootloaders are you using? Any info helps so that I can narrow down any issues and fix them.
Thanks.
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corradokng said:
What were you running prior to this flash?
If you are having troubles with this flash please give more info, what rom did you have before, what bootloaders are you using? Any info helps so that I can narrow down any issues and fix them.
Thanks.
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had the fully stock gb rom that shipped with the phone. i was able to flash with no problems, just cant get it to connect to the network just keeps saying searching, wifi calling and txting work just fine.
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oh right after i did the flash, i did do sgs unlock pro app. not sure if that would of caused any problems but it looks like my IMEI is showing up as .[]x[]~ ".[]x[]~

I was having issues with this version and getting stuck on samsung screen a whole lot; and i'm talking about i started clean with KC1 full with .pit>whitehawkxKD1+root>then this rom.
tried the other route and odined back to KD1>boot into cwm>checked mount and flashed the cwm version. worked flawlessly; except the rainbow, ofcourse.
my recommendations are quiet obvious
dj02 said:
Flashed last night no problem, but now my phone wont register to my tmobile network.
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try toggling airplane mode on & off.

[Q] S2 won't boot

Hi, I rooted my S2 6 months or so ago, and haven't had any issues, but last night, I changed my font, and rebooted, ans since then it won't boot past the logo screen.
I can't remember which software i have used to flash the phone, other than I used odin, and in the PDA section the file is called CF - Root _XX_XEO_LPQ-v5.3-CWM.
I have tried to restore factory settings, and also going through Odin again, but still won't work.
Any ideas??

You could try flashing your stock Rom again. Usually when I get stuck in boot loop that is always worked for me. Its nothing to worry about. Go to settings- about phone and that will tell you everything you need to regarding Rom, kernel etc
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t_appletart said:
Hi, I rooted my S2 6 months or so ago, and haven't had any issues, but last night, I changed my font, and rebooted, ans since then it won't boot past the logo screen.
I can't remember which software i have used to flash the phone, other than I used odin, and in the PDA section the file is called CF - Root _XX_XEO_LPQ-v5.3-CWM.
I have tried to restore factory settings, and also going through Odin again, but still won't work.
Any ideas??
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If it still shows the logo, your phone is safe. Don't send it for repair. You could fix it by yourself
Download a firmware from sammobile.com. Flash it through odin
And btw you'll get more and quicker helps if you post this thread in the sgs2 section.
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[Warning] Ice Cream Sandwich OS Bricks

This thread is now irrelevant as Jellybean is available for the device.​
The old post can be found below:
As of right now be sure that you all are extemely cautious when trying to flash any type of ICS package (be it firmware, a ROM, or any type of system running it). Our tablet may have an issue with ICS as many other galaxy devices have. A bug currently exists that corrupts the mounting of the data partition on the device which *MAY* lead to a permanent hard bricking of your device.
This is currently a very RARE issue, however, those who are not well educated in Android development and that do not know how to 100% reset their tablet should refrain from flashing any type of ICS ROM or ODIN package.
If you have already flashed an ICS ODIN package or are running CM9 safely and have been for a good amount of time, then my guess is that this issue will not effect you, BUT it may strike you at any given time!
For those of you who insist on upgrading to ICS, *PLEASE* backup your entire ROM and make sure that you have the stock HC ODIN package. Although it probably won't help having them if you are hard bricked.​
A quote from an effected user:
ringnutz said:
I also had the can't mount data problem, I tried for 3 days to get it to work. I ended up sending it back to Samsung after reverting everything to stock. I was on cm9 though and one night it just started bootlooping while i was asleep. I.e. it would fully boot then restart after 5 seconds or so. So I tried reverting to stock and trying again, which is when I got the can't mount data issue. I literally tried every combination of wiping, recovery, Odin/heimdall, and the only thing that would get past the Samsung logo was cm9, which would just stick at the boot animation forever. I got tired of messing with it and thought it could have been a hardware problem, so I sent it back under warranty
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A quote from an effected user:
daviddavid123 said:
i installed cm9 and ics 4 then my tab hard bricked and internal memory damaged
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A quote from an effected user:
krbabb said:
I dont have posting privleges in the developer forums but i thought i would let you know whats up with my tab.
Rooted it, got cwm on it and flashed cm9. Worked for about a week without issue then started the bootlooping issues. I couldnt even wipe the data in recovery.
Used odin to go back to stock HC according to your instructions. Then i thought it bricked cause it just got stuck on the default screen showing galaxy tab. Tried installing HC a few more times but it never booted.
Tried one more time but now with the stock ics. Still nothing so i gave up.
Only thing is i couldnt power off. I planned to let the battery die. So it just sat on the default gakaxy tab screen and about 30 minutes later it showed the samsung boot animation.
I let it sit for another half hour with samsung pulsing. Nothing. So i reboot into recovery (stock) which i couldnt even get to before now, wipe everything like 5 times then reboot the device.
Booted up and works like a charm. I thought this thing wad gone.
Not sure if the stock ics tar file did the trick but let everyone know that mine came back to life. It possible other devices could be bricked but maybe there is a chance for some people.
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If you have flashed ICS and you have bricked your device I am sorry. I know there are a few people out there who have....
To conclude, everybody please be careful about tinkering with your device. I know ICS has great speed enhancements and all, but as of right now your box of ice cream sandwiches may or may not be poisoned.​
For the daredevils:
CM9 [View thread]
Guide to flashing ICS [View thread]
EDIT: Our case is not the same as the other galaxies.... Ours effects the data partition while theirs effects their emmc... I'm assuming ours may be a bug with the firmware installation / recovery as it was with theirs however I'm not sure why it is effecting users on CM9....
EDIT 2: We should all be cautious and NOT wipe at all using Samsung's ICS Recovery. I was chatting with aorth and he suggested that that may be the cause of the issue. His recovery (or the one I posted in my guide) are safe to wipe on.
EDIT 3: I guess we also have reports of the emmc being corrupted as well...

Just don't wipe data/factory reset using recovery ICS (RECOVERY 3e). Use recovery 5.5.0.4 or 6.0.x.x......only you wipe for up new rom, everything will be OK.
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Yeah, i experienced this type of total brick. I flashed p6200 ics firmware with mobile odin and than did factory reset in ics recovery mode. I think this was the reason of hard brick. After some time tablet did shut down and didn't turn on. Service fixed the problem, they said that main board died.

Ignore this post.

StrumerJohn said:
That's not the case I afraid...
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I really don't think it was a problem with upgrading. I had been on cm9 for over a month, then I woke up one morning and it was bootlooping. I got all the can't mount data errors afterwards, so it's either a hardware problem or cm9 is somehow magically corrupting the /data partition. I hadn't even installed anything recently
EDIT: Samsung just sent me the email that the repair is finished, they replaced the main board, so it definitely was a hardware problem.
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This issue was brought up a couple months ago by aorth, I think its in his CM9 thread or in one of the rooting or CWM threads. I don't think it is an issue that will be going away any time soon as Samsung isn't in any hurry to fix it, that is if they even can or want to.

Using stock ICS for almost 3 weeks now.
I was backing up and restoring all of the partitions via CWM 6.0.1.0 two times.
Nothing weird happening for the moment.

I use the ics wipe/factory reset and I don't have any problem, I have 6210 .

Well, aorth entioned sth like this before, here his post:
aorth said:
Maybe you guys have heard, but some early ICS ROMs for Galaxy Note and other similar Galaxy S II variants have triggered hard bricks due to faulty MMC firmware handling erase commands improperly. I never bothered to read up about the issue until now, but it looks like we should also be careful.
Chainfire just released a tool to print out whether your device has a known-bad firmware revision, Got BrickBug?. As you can see, my device has firmware revision 0x19. This revision has been known to cause hard bricks on other devices using Samsung ICS ROMs.
CM9 is safe (Entropy512 haxx0red the kernel), but we should be careful.
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I got this bad firmware revision too, but iam still safe after 2 months
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Bad2hold said:
Well, aorth entioned sth like this before, here his post:
I got this bad firmware revision too, but iam still safe after 2 months
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I'm not sure if I had the bad one, but mine worked fine for months too. Then out of the blue it bootlooped and when I tried to fix it by reverting to stock, I got the error. Hopefully when it comes back it will have a different firmware revision (if that's what the problem was)
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I flashed my tab with 'P6200OXALQ1_P6200XXLQ1_P6200XXLQ1' on 19th July - so far nothing has happened.... and it is working much faster than the 3.2 Honeycomb it came with.:fingers-crossed: Using Stock kernel/recovery... only rooted using temporary touch recovery.

02xda2 said:
I flashed my tab with 'P6200OXALQ1_P6200XXLQ1_P6200XXLQ1' on 19th July - so far nothing has happened.... and it is working much faster than the 3.2 Honeycomb it came with.:fingers-crossed: Using Stock kernel/recovery... only rooted using temporary touch recovery.
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If you flashed it using Mobile Odin that's normal because it uses its own recovery.

Ok, so what's the verdict? This bug sounds very scary.
Given that I'm running a stock ICS flashed via ODIN, should I be running:
-Stock recovery
-CWM
-Something else
to avoid bricking while factory reset?

I also use mobile Odin to flash ics and no problem. So, could you say that with Mobile Odin are safe from this problem?

Just read this http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/xj2hd/i777_superbrick/, seems some of the things said could be relevant for us.

I have a galaxy note and Entropy who is dealing directly with samsung on this issue has a thread over on the galaxy note page. Lots of information over there.
I use the free emmc bug check app by vinagre https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en to check my samsung devices on ics. Not entirely sure that the same case applies for the note and the tab plus though but it does give me peace of mind.
Just to err on the side of caution, I always odin flash back to gingerbread to wipe cache and other stuff before upgrading. This seems to have worked for me so far. *fingers crossed*
Check out that app above, its free and have a read of entropy's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698977 but beware they don't take kindly to noob questions. I just mainly read entropy's updates and replies and ignore most of the rest of the stuff there.

Is there any chance to bring my tab to life has the repair center hasen't repaired mine

hi,
i have flashed the stock ICS, the Austrian version using ODIN3. i have been running it since july 18th.
so far i dont see any problem with my tab..
just to say, i have flashed the firmware atleast 3 times, just as an exercise. and have factory reset it after ICS flash atleast like 5 times now.
everything so far works fine. i use the stock recovery for factory reset.
after the 1st flash, i had root.. then thought of unrooting, so flashed the firmware 2 more times.
and in between the flashes, i have factory reset a lot of times.
so far, the bootloop problem which i used to have when on HC, is not there. hopefully, it wont occur in ICS.
hope, this helps developers.

Zarvox said:
Is there any chance to bring my tab to life has the repair center hasen't repaired mine
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Use pit file (tab 7.7) in topic of hg42 - galaxy note this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
Or use this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661590
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giangp1 said:
Use pit file (tab 7.7) in topic of hg42 - galaxy note this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
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Thanks with manual method described in this thread I've confirmation that my data partition became corrupted.
Yes it is alive !!!
I've deleted mmcblk0p9 (DATAFS on my P6210) and recreate one with smaller size (3 GB) than normal (15.2 GB).
When the tablet boot I realise I've 1.68 GB of storage
Now I may increase the size of data but previous tries told me if data reach 5 GB in size the creation of partition fail.

HELP -- Bricked 8013

Update 03/28: Problem resolved with assistance from BadaB!ng developer of collective rom. Thank you for the help. Will post reference link.
Update 03/27: Problem not resolved. 4.04 system was some factory test image and everything I tried to flash or update caused the problem to repeat.
Problem resolved: tried the 4.04 image odin flashed
Model: GT-N8013
User Level: Idiot (Me)
I was playing with the pimp my rom app believing that it was a part of the Collective 5.1 rom, which is 100% my fault. Rebooting is a part of the completion of those tweaks and upon reboot, I could not get passed the samsung galaxy note 10.1 screen. I tried a restore and still stuck. I decided to odin flash back to stock and I am still stuck. I then went into recovery and did a factory wipe and reset. Still stuck. It did say that it could not mount /efs during the process [Invalid Argument]. I am in passed my knowledge base and am hoping another knows what to do.
Thank you for your time.

fftlambet said:
Problem resolved: tried the 4.04 image odin flashed
Model: GT-N8013
User Level: Idiot (Me)
I was playing with the pimp my rom app believing that it was a part of the Collective 5.1 rom, which is 100% my fault. Rebooting is a part of the completion of those tweaks and upon reboot, I could not get passed the samsung galaxy note 10.1 screen. I tried a restore and still stuck. I decided to odin flash back to stock and I am still stuck. I then went into recovery and did a factory wipe and reset. Still stuck. It did say that it could not mount /efs during the process [Invalid Argument]. I am in passed my knowledge base and am hoping another knows what to do.
Thank you for your time.
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This happened from pimp my rom?
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seshaz said:
This happened from pimp my rom?
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I have no way to confirm that, however, that is where I made the last change that required root and reboot occurred. From that reboot, I could only get to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 screen. I need to make an update...I was mistaken when I said it was fixed. The 4.04 image that I flashed worked but was not complete...no lock screen, had some factory test program on it, and anything new I flashed or updated to resulted in getting the screen stuck on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 again. I am trying to find other images to odin flash or another instance of this issue.

[Q] Back to Stock "No Partition" any more

Galaxy tab 2 7.0 gt-p3113 Was rooted, downloaded stock rom from sammobile and flashed with odin 3.07. Everything looked fine, but has been glitchy. Noticed that I no longer have a partition on the internal SD. Is this cause for concern? OR How to I reflash stock rom and get the required partition? I went back to stock for the upcoming Updates. Thanks in advance

smrtfondumuser said:
Galaxy tab 2 7.0 gt-p3113 Was rooted, downloaded stock rom from sammobile and flashed with odin 3.07. Everything looked fine, but has been glitchy. Noticed that I no longer have a partition on the internal SD. Is this cause for concern? OR How to I reflash stock rom and get the required partition? I went back to stock for the upcoming Updates. Thanks in advance
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Flash the stock rom and use the correct PIT file in odin at the same time.
If you have a 16gig device and accidentally flash 8gig you won't have half of your sd.. if you have 8 and try a 16 pit it will fail on partitioning.
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"correct PIT file in odin" , would this be a separate file to add to odin? I have flashed a few roms with odin, but never came accross this issue. I will also go back to Sammobile and look for a different stock version. AGAIN, Thanks. Huge fan of the work on this site.

I did some checking, looked at another tab and could not find a partition. Seems the later versions are missing some things, one is the "Developer" options in settings. Still have an "error" somewhere in the system but I am not savvy enough to know how to find it or fix it. Anyway, went backwards in ICS to go forward. Will see how this works out !!!! Back to a stock ROM for awhile.

smrtfondumuser said:
I did some checking, looked at another tab and could not find a partition. Seems the later versions are missing some things, one is the "Developer" options in settings. Still have an "error" somewhere in the system but I am not savvy enough to know how to find it or fix it. Anyway, went backwards in ICS to go forward. Will see how this works out !!!! Back to a stock ROM for awhile.
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go to settings, about tab and tap on the build # about 7 times to enable "developer setttings" (if rooted of course)

then how do i get Launcher
CSP III said:
go to settings, about tab and tap on the build # about 7 times to enable "developer setttings" (if rooted of course)
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iam having a difficult problem my tab 2 P3113 boots with out a launcher installed i have no idea what to do it says something bout HANDSHAKES then stops it will never goto the stock home screen like if it was brand new i just want to shut my tablet off and back on with no problems can u help me please

nonzon88 said:
iam having a difficult problem my tab 2 P3113 boots with out a launcher installed i have no idea what to do it says something bout HANDSHAKES then stops it will never goto the stock home screen like if it was brand new i just want to shut my tablet off and back on with no problems can u help me please
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Thinking you may have to reflash your current ROM. What are you using now. Are you rooted with custom recovery. I hope. If not you are going to have to do that. Or check up on Odin and use that to just reinstall a ROM of choice
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good Q
CSP III said:
Thinking you may have to reflash your current ROM. What are you using now. Are you rooted with custom recovery. I hope. If not you are going to have to do that. Or check up on Odin and use that to just reinstall a ROM of choice
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i can only get into it for a sec. i guess i have V4.0.1 and its ICS also yes i have CWM recovery i believe its 6.1.1 lol omg man i dnt no wut to do

nonzon88 said:
i can only get into it for a sec. i guess i have V4.0.1 and its ICS also yes i have CWM recovery i believe its 6.1.1 lol omg man i dnt no wut to do
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Update your recovery to the latest one available thru Android Andis thread and then flash a new KitKat ROM. Your running a very outdated and laggy setup. The new ROMs are so much better. Read up on it in the development section. You can do it, just read,read,read and then go for it
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