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[Q] Have I ruined my in law's phone? Please help

My father in law bought a new phone SGS on O2 and I offered to unlock it as I have unlocked my husbands last week (he's was on O2 as well but in 2.1 or 2.2.1 version I think-froyo?)
Before I continue may I say I know you guys out there know so much more than me and I really need your help. I really tried to help unlocking this phone and for hours I searched and read things like reboot, download mode, recovery mode, flashing, JKV and so many other words and letter that I could not understand. Very few I understood in the end but may have messed up badly (?).
Please, I need help and please treat me as if I were your mum or even grandma. Step by step in simple normal English please.
My father in law's version is 2.3.3
I tried unlocking it the way I unlocked my husband's but didn't work after looking for hours I thought that the best way to do it would be to downgrade from 2.3.3 (gingerbread (?)) to 2.2.1 (froyo (?)) and then unlock it.
I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089989
and tried to follow it.
I downloaded EZRom and EZboot-Froyo-1.0.tar.md5 from the same post.
I followed:
•Download the right version from section above
•Reboot your phone into Download mode
•Connect your phone to computer
•Run EZOdin
•Select EZboot-Froyo-1.0.tar.md5 or EZboot-GingerBread-1.0.tar.md5as a PDA file in EZOdin
•Check the "Phone Bootloader Update" checkbox
•Click Start
I waited for the phone to turn off and feel the little vibration but didn't. Instead it just froze at the first screen when you turn on the phone. The black background with white letters: Samsung Galaxy...
I waited and waited and as nothing was happening I then I took the battery out. Put it back in and tried turning it on. I wouldn't it would just stop and that same screen, the black and white one.
I reread
•Wait until phone reboots and make it reboot into Recovery
SO then I remembered in the many threads I read about the recovery mode so 3 clicked vol up + button at them bottom and turn on bottom.
It gives me a few options. When I click on reboot all it does is show me the black and white screen again and nothing else. ah!!!
I took the battery off and put it back on may times, also selected the fatory reset option and tried different buttons but nothing. Please help me.
I'm happy to phone any of you guys to help me and guide me even if it's just to put the phone back to what it was before, turning on normally, etc. (I can't even turn it on!) I'm feeling really sad and a bit stressed as these days are supposed to be a nice time to spend with my little ones and family.
Anyway, please ask me anything.
Thank you so much in advance. I really hope I didn't do anything wrong and I'm just stuck because I'm ignorant in this matter. Thank you

Well, I have no skill in this area. But I wish you good luck, and this post is acting as a bump! Double goal!
After a little rethinking: (I don't have a SGS and never touched one) You can try re-stocking the phone. Not sure how you do that. I'll check.
From http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596 :
Darkstriker said:
(E) Recovery:
1.WHAAAA! I think I bricked my phone. My flash was unsuccessful/My device boots to a black screen/similar scenarios. Can I still save my device?
1.WHAAAA! I think I bricked my phone. My flash was unsuccessful/My device boots to a black screen/similar scenarios. Can I still save my device?
Most likely: YES! In almost any case, you should still be able to turn off the device (if necessary by removing the battery) and start into download-mode (VolumeDown+Home+Power) or recovery-mode (VolumeUp+Home+Power). After (for example) an unsuccessful flash, you can retry the flash in download-mode (same steps as when flashing a functioning device). If a flash to a functioning f/w (without applying any update.zip) doesn't help or you cannot get your PC to flash at all, you can ask for help here.
If you see a symbol asking you to connect to the PC, depending on how you arrived at this point, it may be sufficient to connect to the PC and run Odin (i.e. press "start" when the phone is recognized) without adding any files. This may, however, leave some residual issues if (for example) had an incorrect/incomplete flash so you may want to do a normal flash after this!
If you do not have download mode and for some ludicrous reason felt the need to go ahead and modify your firmware regardless of this lacking, there is now a guide on creating a home-made JIG which will force your device into download mode without the actual button combo here.
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If you need any extra help, I'll try.

Im somewhat of a rookie user too but I do know this, If you can still go into recovery/download mode (using the 3 button combo) then you havent bricked the phone and you can fix it! so dont stress too much .
EDIT: Im guessing you can download a stock ROM and flash it via odin.

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After a little rethinking: (I don't have a SGS and never touched one) You can try re-stocking the phone. Not sure how you do that. [/QUOTE]
Thank u so much for your reply. O don't know what re stocking is, but i will look into it. Thank u!

I don't know how to re stock it.
Sorry to seem so dumb.
Can anyone help me step by step? If at all possible could I phone someone to help me with this? Send me phone number via private message
Thank you sooo much.

anaki11 said:
I don't know how to re stock it.
Sorry to seem so dumb.
Can anyone help me step by step? If at all possible could I phone someone to help me with this? Send me phone number via private message
Thank you sooo much.
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Well, no problem, I guess. I don't think it needs to come to voice support, to be honest. I think text is enough for the issue in matter. I'll look a bit into this, I'll have to go soon from my computer. I'm sorry if I can't be of any greater help.

moses992 said:
Im somewhat of a rookie user too but I do know this, If you can still go into recovery/download mode (using the 3 button combo) then you havent bricked the phone and you can fix it! so dont stress too much .
EDIT: Im guessing you can download a stock ROM and flash it via odin.
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Your post helped me not to stress too much.
I'd like to download a stock rom and flash it but I don't know how to.
Here's where I am. I found a list of firmware. This is the last one on Samfirmware.com.
Europe Samsung I9000 Firmwares.
I9000XXJVS ##
512.PIT
2.3.5
2011 September 8
CSC = I9000OXAJVS
DOWNLOAD
Things I need: (I think)
-Download a firmware (should I use the lastest one?) or 2.2 or 2.3.3? . Is there one better than the other? or is it my choice? How can I choose the best one for me?
-Odin. I have OdinMultiDownloader v4.03 in my desktop. Is that the best thing to use or should I use Ezodin. I don't know what the difference is.
-(Do I need to download or do anything else?)
Things I should do:
-Put phone in download mode
-Plug it to the laptop
-Open Odin (or Exodin?)
-click PDA. Choose the fie I downloaded-firmware.
(-after this I don't know what else I should do or tick or untick)
Am I in the right track or completely off it?
Thank you again to anyone taking the time to read this.

anaki11 said:
Your post helped me not to stress too much.
I'd like to download a stock rom and flash it but I don't know how to.
Here's where I am. I found a list of firmware. This is the last one on Samfirmware.com.
Europe Samsung I9000 Firmwares.
I9000XXJVS ##
512.PIT
2.3.5
2011 September 8
CSC = I9000OXAJVS
DOWNLOAD
Things I need: (I think)
-Download a firmware (should I use the lastest one?) or 2.2 or 2.3.3? . Is there one better than the other? or is it my choice? How can I choose the best one for me?
-Odin. I have OdinMultiDownloader v4.03 in my desktop. Is that the best thing to use or should I use Ezodin. I don't know what the difference is.
-(Do I need to download or do anything else?)
Things I should do:
-Put phone in download mode
-Plug it to the laptop
-Open Odin (or Exodin?)
-click PDA. Choose the fie I downloaded-firmware.
(-after this I don't know what else I should do or tick or untick)
Am I in the right track or completely off it?
Thank you again to anyone taking the time to read this.
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In my thoughts, I believe that should be what you need. You can try, if that doesn't solve the issue, it's because you need something else as well.
And the think you should make the file a PDA file, I believe. Don't take my answer too direct. I'm almost unknown with Samsung devices on that matter, but I can say a couple of things, like, that, I'm pretty sure it is on PDA files.
And no problem, always pleasing to help someone in trouble. I was/am a rookie too Ignore the Senior Member thingie. Still a noob in pretty much everything. And don't panic, no need for that.

Thank you. I should try that tonight unless someone stops me before to tell me I'm about to make another mistake.

anaki11 said:
Thank you. I should try that tonight unless someone stops me before to tell me I'm about to make another mistake.
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Haha. I doubt it. 99,99% of actions are reversible, really. And I have severe doubts that this is one of the remaining 0,01%.
Well, I wish you good luck. If you ever need any more help, you can post here. I'll look into here time to time.
BTW. Just wait a second. You know that link you give on the first post? There's also a Gingerbread file. You can *try* flashing that one, to see if it reverses the problem. Sounds legit to me.

Youtube.com/qbking77
He has tons of tutorials
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Stuipid question about build number

Hi guys!
I've just purchased this phone from China, version is L02. I've read in the guides that the build number should end in smth like B3... or B6... ( depending on is it beta or stable version of the ROM). But the phone I've got comes with build number B121SP06 is this ok, or I' ve got a fake phone? Also in "System update" when i start "Online update" it says "no updates found" but the version of EMUI is 2.3?

doctorat said:
Hi guys!
I've just purchased this phone from China, version is L02. I've read in the guides that the build number should end in smth like B3... or B6... ( depending on is it beta or stable version of the ROM). But the phone I've got comes with build number B121SP06 is this ok, or I' ve got a fake phone? Also in "System update" when i start "Online update" it says "no updates found" but the version of EMUI is 2.3?
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Hey man, just some request, could you please do a nandroid backup for that ROM before you do something that'll break the warranty? I mean, i brought it 3 months ago and i've unlock the bootloader but then after a few times using different ROMs i found something strange.
The Stock ROM that you are using is EMUI 2.3 and the build number should end like B109 or B120SP01 etc, but the real problem is when you've unlock the bootloader and then install custom ROM which is based on EMUI 2.3 like you have right now, there is a bug, a sound bug check my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/help/sound-problem-emui-2-3-based-roms-t2986576 so please do a nandroid backup and again please upload it to your dropbox or googledrive so that i can download it and restore my phone, please.....please......please
PS: The EMUI 3.0 based ROMs is battery hungry, that's why i wanna go back to EMUI 2.3.

Apologies for starting this really stupid thread. Now that I've read a little bit through the threads I've seen that the number of my stock rom is ok. But I haven't cleared why it isn't offering me EMUI 3.0 through online update, since this is official stable ROM ?
@djangobinladen
I can do what you have asked tomorrow, but isn't this is what you've wanted : Stock ROMS
And since I've already started with stupid questions, is there a guide how to get rid of all chinese applications ?

doctorat said:
Apologies for starting this really stupid thread. Now that I've read a little bit through the threads I've seen that the number of my stock rom is ok. But I haven't cleared why it isn't offering me EMUI 3.0 through online update, since this is official stable ROM ?
@djangobinladen
I can do what you have asked tomorrow, but isn't this is what you've wanted : Stock ROMS
And since I've already started with stupid questions, is there a guide how to get rid of all chinese applications ?
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I'm affraid not my friend, i've tried that several times but it always come out with something like "failed to recover or disaster recovery failed", so if you really don't mind, i really need that CWM/nandroid backup of yours to recover my H60-L02 to its original Stock ROM without sound problem.
About that chinese apps, you gotta have root and then install Titanium Backup, from that you can uninstall anything, yes i mean anything, but be carefull uninstall something that the system needed to boot or core system files that doesn't need to be uninstalled could make your phone brick.
So before you root or unlock your bootloader i recommend to do a factory reset and CWM/nandroid backup, not just that i really need it but for your own insurance if the phone got bricked or the phone doesn't ring at all like mine.

Man, I really wanted to help but I won't do it. Because after a little bit of thinking ( not my stong side, obviously) it came into my mind that by doing this you'll get my phone's IMEI, mac address and so on. Maybe I'm not right or this isn't going to be a problem but I don't want to risk it.
Sorry.

doctorat said:
Man, I really wanted to help but I won't do it. Because after a little bit of thinking ( not my stong side, obviously) it came into my mind that by doing this you'll get my phone's IMEI, mac address and so on. Maybe I'm not right or this isn't going to be a problem but I don't want to risk it.
Sorry.
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whaaaaaat, there is no way i can get your phone IMEI or mac address cuz the CWM backup will read my phone's hardware not yours, and those two (IMEI and MAC Address) are unique, there can only be one.
Well, i've managed to sold the phone anyway with EMUI 3.0 in it, so i don't need it anymore, but you really need to do that backup thing, well just in case you know, alright thanks anyway man.

doctorat said:
Hi guys!
I've just purchased this phone from China, version is L02. I've read in the guides that the build number should end in smth like B3... or B6... ( depending on is it beta or stable version of the ROM). But the phone I've got comes with build number B121SP06 is this ok, or I' ve got a fake phone? Also in "System update" when i start "Online update" it says "no updates found" but the version of EMUI is 2.3?
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Just search for this Build-Number on Google, and then you'll quickly find out!

SM-G920I wrong model number (SM-G925F)

Hi everyone.
I've been reading this forum since a long time ago, until I finally decided to register a couple days ago, so I'm new here. (Hello world).
Please forgive me for my bad english, but it's not my native language. I'm from México.
I have an issue with my S6 (flat). The thing is that I've flashed succesfully (I think) a custom rom a few hours ago and I'm still testing it. Everything looks fine so far except for one weird issue that I haven't find to be disturbing no one but me even through I've searched for it, just one guy who reported this to be happen on a S3.
The problem is that me model number has changed to one from a S6 Edge, mine was SM-G920I and suddendly changed (after the flash) to SM-G925F.
The guy that posted this issue on its S3 said that you can modify its model number by rewritting its code with Root Explorer, but I dunno if this solution also applies to my case.
If someone can help me, I'd be very thankful.
Regards.

Don't worry about it. The custom ROM you installed was based on the edge firmware that's why.
I am using Back to N0t3 ROM and so my model number is now that of the Note 5.
If it worries you then you can edit the build prop entry "ro.product.model" and change it back.

Obagleyfreer said:
Don't worry about it. The custom ROM you installed was based on the edge firmware that's why.
I am using Back to N0t3 ROM and so my model number is now that of the Note 5.
If it worries you then you can edit the build prop entry "ro.product.model" and change it back.
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Thanks a lot for your reply.
I was planning 'bout reflashing my rom, thinking that maybe something went wrong in the process, and I was stuck waiting for someone to answer my cuestion to move on installing apps etc. but now that I know that there's nothing to worry about, I can continue modding.
Can you please explain me the route to find the entry to change the model number? I know there's nothing to worry about, but I'm a little perfectionist hehe.
Regards from México.

Gallitho said:
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I was planning 'bout reflashing my rom, thinking that maybe something went wrong in the process, and I was stuck waiting for someone to answer my cuestion to move on installing apps etc. but now that I know that there's nothing to worry about, I can continue modding.
Can you please explain me the route to find the entry to change the model number? I know there's nothing to worry about, but I'm a little perfectionist hehe.
Regards from México.
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Use a text editor or Root Explorer.
Navigate to /system and edit the build.prop file point said earlier and reboot. Make sure you dont edit anything else and don't make typos, else you can have an issue with booting (which can be so solved by putting back the original build.prop or reflashing the ROM).

davebugyi said:
Use a text editor or Root Explorer.
Navigate to /system and edit the build.prop file point said earlier and reboot. Make sure you dont edit anything else and don't make typos, else you can have an issue with booting (which can be so solved by putting back the original build.prop or reflashing the ROM).
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Thanks a lot pal! Got it the right way again!!

NEED HELP!! phone rooted through ONE CLICK ROOT

OK, so the phone (SGH-S959G/Straight Talk) got rooted properly.... through ONE CLICK ROOT, BUT, I lost my ability to connect to wi-fi & cannot seem to fix that. I also have TWRP on it because everything I read says I cannot get CWM for it. I am an idiot when it comes to doing this kind of thing, so be gentle with me!! I cannot get a custom rom on my phone, I tried to use cyanogenmod, but when I go into TWRP & do the install, it goes through the process then just says "FAILED" in big red letters at the bottom. I did check the box about the signatures & it still failed. All I wanted to do, was to upgrade the android version from the 2.3.6 to whatever the highest one available for this phone (I believe that is 4.1.2). So if anyone can help me finish getting this thing usable, I would greatly appreciate it!!

Samsung Galaxy J3 Bricked? (SM-J330F)

Hey Guys!
i really hope you can help me. Im already sitting here for 3 hours and its only getting worse. So i wanted to root my J3 2017. I installed TWRP and then i wanted to install Magisk. After installing Magisk via TWRP my phone wanted the unlock PIN for starting. Like the Code you can set to start your phone for security purpose, i hope you know what i mean. So i typed in my code and thought my phone would start but suddenly the phone says my Code is wrong and i need to do workstation reset (code was 100% correct). I did that and it still appeared. I was still able to get into TWRP. After trying to solve my problems, im now to the point where my Phone is 24/7 On and is showing me "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software".( i dont know how to shut that off and i cant take out the battery). Before that screen came. I tried to install various firmwares via Odin but it never "passed". So now im sitting here with no ideas what i can do and really hoping that i can still fix my phone, especially becaues it was a gift... I really hope somebody can help me. Thank you very much for reading. :crying:
Edit1: Sorry if im in the wrong section
Edit2: I swear i did everything and nothing worked. I went to eat something and cry came back and now it installed the firmware. Like i dont even know like somebody explain me this troll pls.... Thanks anyways guys. GN8