Hi new to forums but big big fan. I have seen the problem i face posted on many forums including xda but not with sufficient information. So here goes.
My partner bought a galaxy ace from virgin here in UK, it came with 2.3.3 pre installed after 3 days texts stop sending with 3g on but still be received. But when wifi is on or packet data or 3g turned off texts send. Now my partner had problems with germ previous phone abduction doesn't want to root in fear of needing tech help in future, now we can find a temp fix using automateit but not ideal for her. I will also note my sister got one on 3 and the problem hasn't occurred. Any other ace owners got this / fixed it without root and new Rom? Virgin CS is useless so not had any help from them. As i said i know this subject has risen before but just needed help as virgin will NOT reduce bill even though Im sure its their problem.
Any help / ideas?
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I haad the same problem on one of my SGA', However it is on Orange and i had the exact same problem, this exact problem didnt start untill 2-3 days after purchase. I found NO fix for this..1 week later i flashed to 2.3.3 KP7 not the original pre-installed stock rom..Ever since flashing the problem has not reoccured.
I hope this may point you into the right direction,
Ste.
i got her to give in and let me root, and install official 2.3.4 on it using odin, but problem still there, so what install a earlier non network rom to fix? i thought the official 2.3.4 was non network specific?
Glad she gave into let you root her sga, thous im sure she wouldnt have notice it if you dont it without her knowing
Anyways back on topic,
I advise you to Flash (USING ODIN) to S5830XWKPW, CSC - S5830OXXKPC. This should rectify your issue
You can obtain it from samfirmware . com
Ste
ok nice, but im a little confused about this, with my hero all data had to be deleted before flashing, but with galaxy ace you dont?
weddy13 said:
ok nice, but im a little confused about this, with my hero all data had to be deleted before flashing, but with galaxy ace you dont?
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Format /wipe cache from Recovery Mode then enter Download mode.
Ste
well registering over at SF is being troublesome
Can i ask why?
Also i have PM'd you the link to d/l use password samfirmware . com (NO SPACE)
Ste
tried captcha 15 times typed properly each time keeps saying captcha fail D:
thanks
weddy13 said:
tried captcha 15 times typed properly each time keeps saying captcha fail D:
thanks
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captcha was also a problem for me, Use the audio captcha
Ste
didnt work either lol. im hoping this will fix it the complaints i get from her about texts xD
Are you refering to the audio captcha not working?
Ste
yeah. also extracted the .tar.md5 weirdly the files mentioned arent in the archive :/
Can you use any custom roms if your on orange uk ?
is the problem with just using 2.3.5?
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Hello everyone, My first post on XDA and yes.... I'm N00B.
I've flashed Alien # 3 (and proper kernel) into my Thailand Atrix. The problem is EDGE icon always showing up even I have deleted all the APNs, though.
I've checked with the operator already that no data transferred from my device.
But this problem is disappear when I used latest Orange FR rom. I've tried many other roms out there in the development section. But all of it come along with this problem.
Please help me to find the cause of this problem and how to get rid of this annoyance.
Thank all of you in advance
SekRanger said:
Hello everyone, My first post on XDA and yes.... I'm N00B.
I've flashed Alien # 3 (and proper kernel) into my Thailand Atrix. The problem is EDGE icon always showing up even I have deleted all the APNs, though.
I've checked with the operator already that no data transferred from my device.
But this problem is disappear when I used latest Orange FR rom. I've tried many other roms out there in the development section. But all of it come along with this problem.
Please help me to find the cause of this problem and how to get rid of this annoyance.
Thank all of you in advance
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same here, flashed a diff radio but won't help either
I can now get rid of this problem. The problem is most ROM here on XDA come with function to detect LTE which is unavailable in Thailand.
I just turn the LTE checking condition off by baksmali-smali SystemUI.apk file.
My level of n00b increase by 1.
@pennzoilgtr, I can suggest you to get rid of this same problem, too. But you need to do this everytime you install new ROM.
SekRanger said:
I can now get rid of this problem. The problem is most ROM here on XDA come with function to detect LTE which is unavailable in Thailand.
I just turn the LTE checking condition off by baksmali-smali SystemUI.apk file.
My level of n00b increase by 1.
@pennzoilgtr, I can suggest you to get rid of this same problem, too. But you need to do this everytime you install new ROM.
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mai n00b khrup, khohn thai cha lat mak na! atrix yuu nai bpra thaeht thai khai thao rai na khrup? by the way I just switch back to stock rom, battery drain is bad on my phone no matter how many time i calibrate. i think i would just rather wait for official release here in singapore. khaw khoon mak na khrup!
EDIT ** FIXED IT*** I had flashed the wrong kernel in my phone. found the right one, now Im cool.
Thanks anyway
Hi
heres the deal... Tried to root the SGS2, never did a backup, Used an Unsecured Kernel from a list on here, picked at random. I think I picked the wrong Kernel for my phone. It must have gotten Rooted, I see the yellow triangle, But I do not have any phone service anymore. Before someone finds me hanging in the shower... is there any help that can be offered to me?
Thanks,
BC
Have you tried to flash back to the stock kernel? You can probably find yours here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
What kernel did you use?. Try installing the stock kernel whit odin, and then install the kernel cfroot, that way you will be as root, make a nandroid backup and flash what you want.
I USED KERNEL 2.6.35.7-I9100BOKE3-CL186387
Where can I find the stock kernel? Please bare with me, real new to this .
read this, you will be a big help, plus there are the download links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Ive read the link you provided. I cant seem to find the correct firmware/ kernel to download. The phone is Android version 2.3.4. Im in North America, california to be more specific. . Am I supposed to be looking for a code that starts with UG for north America? Still lost
did u check ur imei no , if it matches the one on ur box , its fine if its not then ur efs is corrupted.as u told all fine no signal,it happens wen ur phone dosnt reg to ur network due to imei change........
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Ive read the link you provided. I cant seem to find the correct firmware/ kernel to download. The phone is Android version 2.3.4. Im in North America, california to be more specific. . Am I supposed to be looking for a code that starts with UG for north America? Still lost
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Did you buy your phone from AT&T or T mobile? If yes you are in the wrong forum and using the kernel from a different model. Your phone isn't I9100, keep scroll down on the main page to the carrier specific subforum.
sg s2 rooting flashing for noobs
just got this phone yesterday how to do this in rooting for dumms mode would b nice. been reading for 12 hrs plus still lost....
benndick23 said:
just got this phone yesterday how to do this in rooting for dumms mode would b nice. been reading for 12 hrs plus still lost....
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First thing First.
make sure you know what version of the phone you have.
I would go to settings> about phone and write down all the info there. This way you can figure out what you have so you know what you need.
This sgs2 phone is actually my friends. he rooted without reading up first. I had to do a bunch of reading and find out how to fix it. which I did.
I rooted my htc evo back in march, this sgs2 is a different process, so im learning all over again. only this time i kinda hane an idea of what people are talking about.
good luck
sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
A Chinese forum may be of help but it looks like I9300 = no .
jje
JJEgan said:
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
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ahhh thank you i searched for a similar thread but i guess it didnt show up cuz it says asian in the title instead of china
not trying to bump that other thread but the only thing that really tells me is that I'm probably SOL.
so my NEW question is. any possible way I could go about implementing the modem driver from the GT-i9308 into the GT-i9300 rom so I get the google play and full english capabilities without the bloatware in addition to the phone still working?
I'll take that as a no then?
Hollow704 said:
sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
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You can root your phone just do not change the modem otherwise your phone will not work. There are several chinese forums (use chrome to translate) that have very easy instructions for rooting which will allow google play to be installed.
Same boat
I am in China and found myself in the same boat..... i hosed my system after mucking about with it ... first android phone ... i am presently putting together all the links and things i did to get mine de china mobilized and google working .. rooted and a custom ROM or two that work... i have a newer hardware version then most people ... most have hardware version 5.0 ... i have 6.0 .... first attempt at rooting was fine... after that i added a rom... backed up and used the same modem firmware .... phone would not get past the start up screen... but thank god i could still put into recovery mode and get back to the firmware screen.. so i knew it could be saved... so i went through the Chinese forums ... no one had the latest hardware version ... but a release of the "official samsung rom" was the reason my phone was the way it was .... so i found another "Official" rom .... as it turned out it put my phone back into a working order ... the other thing is i am using OSX .... i had to muck about with different version of various pieces of software to get it all done... like i said i am throwing together all the links and everything i did to get mine going ... many of these links will require some authentication to Chinese sites .. weibo qq etc ...
I will try to re share the software i have downloaded ..but i am not maintaining them so not sure how good an idea this is...but the links will help the other "whites" as the chinese describe us foreigners in their forums "so easy a white can do it" after translation....
I just wanted to thank those on XDA with their posts ..... they did help, with information that got me going in the right direction.... this is my first Android since a Telus Fascinate .. which i gave to one of my programers/friends on my architecture team to root... other then that a iphone user ... hard to really brick one of these phones if you do the common sense back ups and such...
Once again thank you... i will have a full break down of my adventure in a day or two.... back to my work.
Cheers
some instructions feel free to contact me i will try and help
I have a i9308 and any of the newer release of the "official firmware' messed up my start up and made it loop...
I installed this using Heimdall skipped the bootloader as it seems to fail in both odin and Heimdall on hardware build 6.00
I found the newest official rom bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6344702 ... sorry not enough posts to send out side links ... i under stand.
everything else worked fine.... after this and i was able to back and do the usual install of CWM ..... which failed using Heimdall ... again on the bootloader .... so using Odin it worked ... i used virtual box and Windows 7 ... with the latest Samsung drivers ....i had to create a specific interface for the Samsung in virtual box so the i9308 would mount with out conflict in windows .... i was then able to install CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 ...
Once rooted i started looking for a way to install google play and all the google services.
i installed this ROM anzhi_karben_samsung_i9308_V1.0 which had the google drivers i needed and was not full of to much other crap and worked well in english ... i found this here bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6198323 i used my Wiebo account to do this and was then able to download.
I got the google pack ..... well one that worked and after i checked everything did not have any malicious scripts that i could find ... bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5401203 ... the zip file was gapps-ics-20120429-signed-4.0.4
i hope this helps some people Heimdall took a little after i figured out how to do this.... it was easy ... i have wiped it out a few times i nthe last week and tried different ROMs from the various Chinese boards ...some made very odd requests for SU access here and there ...i generally removed them after trying to find the offending script .... as i said so far the ones i am using have been pretty safe with little to no issues. I did go in and remove a lot of the preloaded China Mobile wares ...so far the phone is great ... i do fid the wifi signal sucks....
My first android i rooted myself ...see what happens after a drunk night in a taxi in Beijing and you lose your iPhone.... having fun.
S2 GT-I9308 Unlock
Hello
Someone gave me an I9308
I'm trying to use it with my French Sim Card. So i need to be able to unlock it.
I've been able to root and install custom firmware as described above.
I've tried to use GalaxySim Unlock application, but it says "Device not recognized"
I've tried to use the "trick" to unlock, but , the current firmware official version on the I9308 is 4.0.4, and with this version, "Network Unlock" is not working.
In order to try the trich with proper version :
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version for I9300, but it fails with modem
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version with modem.img from 4.0.4, it works but the phone is no more booting, it locks at "samsung" logo and vibrate one time pause one seconds, vibrates three times pause one seconds and again.
So two questions :
How to install a newer versions of android when no offcial version have yet been released ?
How to unlock the I9308 with 4.0.4 in it ?
Thanks.
It is the modem drivers that are the problem. China Mobile has not released a official upgrade yet. But I left instructions for rooting in my previous post.
Sent from my iOCEAN X7 using Tapatalk
old post late reply, i know but nvm that, anyway if anyone is still interested in this, here i have the right solution. recently i have been collecting some old Samsung phones, i managed to get hold of a Chinese 9308, as u know, all i9300 roms/twrp work on 9308, but can't detect SIM card/mobile network, however i found one version of the MIUI6 roms, so far so good, everything appear to work perfectly, has all languages, Google play services & framework most importantly, 3G works fine too. i will shortly provide links to the downloads.
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
hi 161ed1
161ed1 said:
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
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the problem is, i still have to upload them somewhere 1st, as one of the original links is no longer working and although the other one still is (there were two of them), but it was on baidu cloud, both, u need a baidu account to be able to dl stuff, i clearly remember i couldnt download them myself, and i wasnt able to create a baidu account either, but luckily i found someone who could & did download them for me and sent those files to me afterwards, so now we have to work out a way 4 me 2 send those files from my PC to other users out there.
ok so i tryed to root my galaxy s2 GT-I9100 useing this youtube video. >youtube. com/watch?v=WYE_gpqCUgc
i dont know what i did wrong but now i stuck at the one screen where it says the samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100 and a yellow icon with ! in it. . i tryed to uses other kernels with odin and still same start screen pls help and yes i know dumb noob. i tryed tryed and tryed now im just sad that i messed up my cell. lol and way someone can help me? in the mean time i trying to read up on the same problem that others are having.
what ROM are you on?
Sent from the little guy
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what ROM are you on?
Sent from the little guy
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hi thanks for the reply but i think i figured it out. i was looking in other posts and stuff about the same problem and or ones about how to root and i think i just used a out of date kernel thing. because i found the same kerrnel i used that messed up my cell but the other one i found was a newer version i tihnk. so i downloaded that and did the thing with odin and yah it rebooted perfectly and from what i see my cell is rooted.
Good news then
Sent from the little guy
yellow tiangle
I bet the yellow triangle gets on your nerves next ha! i found using a jig was the best way and safest to get rid of the triangle,but there is software to get rid i think it is by chainfire.
Galaxy S2 i9100 wont reboot after rooting
Hi There,
I have exactly the same problem. I did try to root and followed the instructions given in galaxys2root dot com.
Followed the link "ww.galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-i9100-icsandroid-4-0/" . ( One 'W' is intentionally missing in the referred link as a spoof. I am a new user with less than 10 posts so I am not allowed to paste a working link. Sorry) I went through the video first and followed all instructions threadbare.
Odin returned a green success message too. but the phone would not wake up beyond the Samsung Boot logo for S2. I was on ICS version 4.0.X prior to the ilflated root and my phone version is GT-I9100G.
You must excuse me, I did not note down my previous baseband version and similar other details in the about phone. I bought the phone from a Hongkong based ebay vendor and I live in Australia.
I am hoping i have not lost completely my phone and data. I have written too that web site too. Could you please help as soon as possible. I am without a phone.
thanks heaps in advance,
guppeey
guppeey said:
Hi There,
I have exactly the same problem. I did try to root and followed the instructions given in galaxys2root dot com.
Followed the link "ww.galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-i9100-icsandroid-4-0/" . ( One 'W' is intentionally missing in the referred link as a spoof. I am a new user with less than 10 posts so I am not allowed to paste a working link. Sorry) I went through the video first and followed all instructions threadbare.
Odin returned a green success message too. but the phone would not wake up beyond the Samsung Boot logo for S2. I was on ICS version 4.0.X prior to the ilflated root.
You must excuse me, I did not note down my previous baseband version and similar other details in the about phone. I bought the phone from a Hongkong based ebay vendor and I live in Australia.
I am hoping i have not lost completely my phone and data. I have written too that web site too. Could you please help as soon as possible. I am without a phone.
thanks heaps in advance,
guppeey
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flash siyah v5.
so i have been putting off the 4.3 OTA update thats been blowing up my phone for awhile now.currently renovating our home with two kids in sports and working a ton of overtime.
was running stock 4.1.2 rooted unlocked.started searching forums front to back on how to update to 4.3 without OTA.got that done to find out i had no wifi.found a patch tar file that was suppose to fix the wifi issue then lost service.i have been searching forums for two days straight,reflashing stock images,android toolkits...you name it.i cannot even tell you wich ones i flashed at this point my desktop is covered in files and folders. i cant even think straight..lol.i will continue to figure out what files i flashed in what order to better provide information.
at this current time my phone is running 4.3 stock rooted with wifi but no service.currently do not have a IMEI.i dont care about root or being unlocked i just want my phone service back.had to dig up an old blackberry today to get activated for the time being.im sorry if im not giving enough info.i just want my service back on my phone and willing to do about anything at this point.again sorry if i have not included enough info as i have been starring at my computer screen for way to long.thanks in advance
I have solved this problem for many users....you can try to install stock rom along with pit file via Odin....let me know the outcome.
Thanks
Nikhil
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Sent from my HTC Desire 700 dual sim using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
hey Nikhil Dhand!
thanks for offering to help buddy i greatly appreciate it.i finally fixed it following this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2679600 post #3
and did a factory reset WITHIN the phone itself and im back up and running.im usually pretty good about keeping up to date on ota updates,rooting,flashing etc.... just been busy with the house and got out of the loop and paid the price.
again i greatly appreciate you trying to help me out.