Hello everyone,
I need your help!
I currently have a Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile). That is rooted and it has ICS Passion 13.1
I've used it for a while and so far I like it but here is the problem. Few of the apps that I've paid for have me "banned" from their servers, since my IMEI/MEID its generic, and they don't trust/support rooted devices due to "security issues". Is there a way to have my phone unrooted but at the same time to use ICS, or is there a an easier way to fix that?
Thank You!
You might be able to use PDroid to fake them out with a random or specific IMEI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056
Pdroid is not supported for ICS :/
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Anyone?
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I would odin and then reflash.
As for not being rooted on ics, im not sure,perhaps you can delete superuser?
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Hey, I recently had to have a factory reset done to my phone because it would only boot up to a black screen. Anyhow point being since t-mobile's bloatware is not removeable(unless taking methods of root and such) I'm stuck with an old version of the T-Mobile my account app that will constantly tell me to update it then bring me to the app in the market only to have the option of opening it instead of updating it. So could anyone please upload the latest apk of the app in to somewhere i could download it for me? Thank you.
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Bump, anybody...please...
Why not just root? Based on your post date, the warranty is probably already expired, right?
Fresh from the market....
Thank you so very much.
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bfranklin1986 said:
Fresh from the market....
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And of course now it doesn't want to work. But that's okay.
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Are you on ICS? It's not supported...
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I use it with AOKP just fine
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My account is now available for ICS.
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I used the search and couldn't find a clear answer to my question which is why I decided to ask. If the vibrant is updated to official 2.2 is it safe to just use odin to go back to official 2.1 or not? I am wondering this because I'm thinking of getting an extra vibrant of of ebay but most have already been updated to 2.2 which requires a different method to achieve root access and since I have all the necessary files for rooting and moding from 2.1 I just wanted to know.
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i dont see why not...
Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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roumenjr said:
Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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I've been searching threads for rooting 2.2 but haven't found one as simple as the update.zip file I used to root my vibrant and family members vibrants as well. Could you at least give me the name of the app or link to the thread you are referring to? That would be very much appreciated. But if I do get a used phone I think using Odin to get back to ji6 at least would be a good thing to do anyway since you never know what could have been done to the phone by prior users. I haven't searched for odin files for 2.2, but if they are available and rooting it is as simple as you say I guess that would be an option as well.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Worked every time for me.
I used the same as posted above by roumenjr. Worked like a charm.
Cool , thanks for the info!
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aha don't forget to disable voodoo
bisbald said:
aha don't forget to disable voodoo
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Good point I'll have to check for that incase it's been installed.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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Hahaha really good point! Duh
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Hi people got a t-mobile UK atrix about a week ago which was on 2.2.2 as no gb update is available here yet anyway I unlocked the bl and installed cm7 then yday I was given a work and play kit and realised I can't use it while on cm7 so I'm wanting to know if its possible I can go back to the stock froyo without bricking it and if so does anyone fancy helping me out a bit plz
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Bump anyone help me plz
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toonarmy85 said:
Hi people got a t-mobile UK atrix about a week ago which was on 2.2.2 as no gb update is available here yet anyway I unlocked the bl and installed cm7 then yday I was given a work and play kit and realised I can't use it while on cm7 so I'm wanting to know if its possible I can go back to the stock froyo without bricking it and if so does anyone fancy helping me out a bit plz
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Hi there, i'm no expert in this, but i should imagine that if you made a nandroid backup of your stock rom before installing CM7, you should be ok to just restore that.
I have already installed cm7 buddy nd stupidly I didn't make a backup I understand that I can't completely restore it bck as bl will always be unlocked I just need the stock T-Mobile UK 2.2.2 rom
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toonarmy85 said:
I have already installed cm7 buddy nd stupidly I didn't make a backup I understand that I can't completely restore it bck as bl will always be unlocked I just need the stock T-Mobile UK 2.2.2 rom
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I can't be 100% sure about this, but seeing as you haven't installed an official 2.3.4 GB, you might be ok to flash the official stock 2.2 froyo t-mobile firmware. Head over to the super firmware thread and have a look there. As i've already said, I can't be 100% sure about this, hopefully someone with a lot more experience than me will chip in and give you the assurance you after, sorry i can't help you anymore my friend.
Well I still appreciate ur assistance m8
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Well I still appreciate ur assistance m8
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No problem my friend, if our official 2.3.4 GB update isn't here by next week i'm going down the same route as yourself, unlocking my BL and installing either CM7 or Alien. It seems that us in the UK get left behind when it comes to official software updates! !
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Anybody else than can confirm how to get back to stock just so I dnt brick
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Bump cmon people someone must know how I'm desperate here
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I think the brick problem is when you flash a gingerbread sbf and try flashing a froyo sbf...but I've done the same as you. Except I backed up my original stock rom.
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I think so too but just wanna make sure before I do it lol
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Has anyone had luck installing Ubuntu on their I777?
I'm using the stock ROM that came from Rogers (canada telecom), and I've tried two different guides for installing ubuntu, neither of which have had any success.
The phone is rooted, but I'm assuming this is my stock ROM preventing me from doing things Rogers doesn't want me to do. I'm planning on switching to Cyanogen, but I figured I might as well just wait for stable cyanogen 9 instead of struggling to get 7.1 working.
you need a custom kernel like entropy and or siyha or whatever is called
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I think you're in the wrong forums, I believe you want the skyrockets forum
Edit: unless I'm wrong there wasn't a rogers version of our phone, just a version of the skyrocket
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Think it is under themes and apps. For i777
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Whoops - yeah I'm using the 7727, not the 7777.
Zjackrum said:
Whoops - yeah I'm using the 7727, not the 7777.
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Then flash nothing from here or you could royally f**k up your phone
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Dang. I always forget how to report threads for closing on my phone!! Err
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Zjackrum said:
Has anyone had luck installing Ubuntu on their I777?
I'm using the stock ROM that came from Rogers (canada telecom), and I've tried two different guides for installing ubuntu, neither of which have had any success.
The phone is rooted, but I'm assuming this is my stock ROM preventing me from doing things Rogers doesn't want me to do. I'm planning on switching to Cyanogen, but I figured I might as well just wait for stable cyanogen 9 instead of struggling to get 7.1 working.
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I posted a guide about how to do this... it's really easy actually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517178
cheers.
This actually works on every Galaxy branded phone I've tried (as well as any android phone), as long as the file system is set up the same way... (with /sdcard being the internal and /sdcard/external_sd being the external SD.
OK I been trying to see if anyone in the US has been updated to ICS through OTA at all or even kids. I hope to hear from anyone who has and thanks in advance.
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No.
No. Search next time.
I did search and found nothing, I would have not posted it if I did find it. Plus I'm posting on the Q and A...
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Mine was ota this morning
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elitecmdr666 said:
OK I been trying to see if anyone in the US has been updated to ICS through OTA at all or even kids. I hope to hear from anyone who has and thanks in advance.
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I got mine today via kies. Took about an hour. My one concern is this...I have no face unlock option available. Not that I use it as a security tool, just something to play around with. If anyone knows why face unlock is not available, please explain
I'm having problems with this too man.
Ok i got mines as well was just wondering i know many are having issues trying to download it so far everyone i spoke to has been able to update using kies
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photoknechtion said:
I got mine today via kies. Took about an hour. My one concern is this...I have no face unlock option available. Not that I use it as a security tool, just something to play around with. If anyone knows why face unlock is not available, please explain
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Face camera is working should be under the flash button to the top left
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I installed a british ROM instead of waiting for OTA in US and rooted my GT-p7510. Now only hoping for a modded stable kernel for overclocking.