Hi all,
My gf got a new SGS2. It was branded with Play Poland and it was running v2.3.3 of Android.
I thought I would flash it to CM9 ICS nightly like mine (it was bought in France can't remember if it was branded or not).
I first flash the CM9 resurrection and then flash the same nightly as on my phone (20120524). But on her phone I had strange problems like wifi would connect but not get access to the internet (my SGS2 was fine on the same network), very low GSM signal etc. I thought it could be a modem issue so I flashed to LPS but nothing changed.
I eventually reflashed but with DarkyROM resurrection based on GGB KL1. In the installation infos thread (which I cannot link to because I dont have 8 posts), it said to use the .pit and the PDA, which I did.
Since then it is stuck on the black and white GT-i9100 screen with a yellow /!\ and won't boot into GGB anymore. I can get into download but not into recovery. Custom binary in download shows 2.
I don't want to aggravate the problem anymore and I don't know what to do now... I hate myself so much for not backing up the original ROM. I thought I wouldn't need to because there was no personal data on the phone. And now I don't know where to get a copy of the original branded image for the whole phone to bring it back to life.
Please advise.
It was bought in France and you didnt even check to make sure it was the I9100 international.
Take the back cover off, remove the battery and check the info.
Please please dont flash one custom rom on top of another custom rom when things are obviously going wrong.
Check out this thread and read a few more while your at it please.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21493413
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Should be ok
Download the stock firmware (there is a thread on this site for it) and flash using Odin on your PC. There are plenty of guides around for it. If you can get into download mode this should work.
bored_stupid said:
It was bought in France and you didnt even check to make sure it was the I9100 international.
Take the back cover off, remove the battery and check the info.
Please please dont flash one custom rom on top of another custom rom when things are obviously going wrong.
Check out this thread and read a few more while your at it please.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21493413
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My french SGS2 is fine, it's the Polish SGS2 that's having trouble.
There are no warnings regarding local versions and I assumed that a GT-I9100 was like any other one; one difference would be in the software hence my mistake. I was obviously wrong.
I thought that maybe the CSC didn't match (I didn't check before as I assumed all localisation was software) but couldn't do anything about it.
info sticker says (on both phones)
Model GT-I9100
SSN -I9100GSMH
FCC ID A3LGTI9100
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scayre32 said:
Download the stock firmware (there is a thread on this site for it) and flash using Odin on your PC. There are plenty of guides around for it. If you can get into download mode this should work.
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I looked everywhere I could and didn't find the branded gingerbread 2.3.3 Play Poland firmware… Any suggestions?
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Looking back, I think the stupidest things was to go from branded gingerbread to custom ice cream sandwich and back to custom gingerbread (with .pit) because apparently you cannot go back and forth between GGB and ICS
I go back and forth between gb and ics all the time, no probz.. I never touch odin thou
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@OP what comes to my mind is that you corrupted your efs folder content. That will require you sending your phone in.
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I have had similar issue and told samsung it happend while i was updating. They emailed me a postage, had my phone back 2 weeks. But seems like it should not be a tough fix. I also go between gb and ics frequently and have no prob.
efs corruption sucks
I can't send it in, it has the yellow /!\ on boot and hangs on it...
If I flash a stock kernel, the /!\ will disappear and I can send it in maybe?
Hi,
There are several official firmware packages listed on this thread for Poland: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
I did a quick scan, and found XXKE4, XXKF2, XXKG2, but it's a huge thread, so there are probably lots more.
The thread also has a good guide for flashing/rebuilding using ODIN.
Hope that helps.
Hmmm so with the help of a friend we managed to put it back on stock ICS XXLPB.
But I still have this weird radio bug. I have two phones sitting next to each other, on the same network.
The weird SGS2 has 1 bar and the other phone has full bars. Same goes for wifi, both SGS2 on the same network within 10 cm of each other.
They both get full reception but the weird SGS2 cannot access the internet or any other device on the network.
Although it has a correct IP and I can see it connected on the router.
I am at a complete loss.
You don't have to flash Poland firmware specifically. You can flash any stock firmware via Odin, choose the latest non-Frankenstein version. If you can get your phone into download mode, which you should be able to.
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Wrong config in router caused the wifi mess. No idea why only the Polish SGS2 was affected.
All seems well now, its running CM9 nightly like mine and I'm proceeding to configuring it.
Thanks all for your help
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I am new to android so I'm trying to learn, and in the process jacked up my phone.
So I did something not so smart and updated my AT&T Galaxy S2 via these instructions:
androidauthority samsung-galaxy-s2-ice-cream-sandwich
(sorry it won't let me post the URL)
It actually worked, however, my back button doesn't work, and my search button doesn't work, I can make a call but can't hear anything and they can't hear me and vice versa.
I realized there are some samsung glaxy's out there that just have the home button, I figured I must have loaded one of those roms so I tried to load the "stock" rom to go back to where I was.
I can load the stock rom but when the phone boots up to the green android symbol startup wizard the phone just sends a cascade of errors one after another and you can't proceed any furhter.
So I went back to the orignial ICS from the post above, and the phone comes back up, only same problems but at least I can load it up and surf/get e-mail/text.
So I start playing around with mixing parts, and I find out that basebad is the "radio", and I can change that to different versions without changing the OS version, so I figure I must have some kind of mis match going on.
I used Odin and there is PIT, BOOTLOADER (I didn't touch bootloader) PDA PHONE and CSC.
Is it safe to assume if everything works but voice calls, that I need to find the right "phone" version? what about the back button and search buttons?
I have the "stock" PDA version, but I'm guessing that doesn't work because I need the matching PIT, and CSC? Where do/can I find those?
My phone shows network state connected, shows IMEI number and can surf the web but no voice, all other audio works.
Please help a newbie out, and help me understand what PIT, PDA/PHONE/CSC is all about so I can get my phone working again.
And just to be clear, I don't care if I'm back to 2.3.4 or whatever, I just want to get this thing working again.
There isn't a ICS ROM for our version of sgs2- i777. Only the i9100 international version. That's why your search and back button don't work. Also without kernel source we prob won't have a working ICS ROM. that's also why the in call audio doesn't work..
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There is no working ICS for our device yet that ICS is for the GT-I9100, as far as restoring back to stock. There is ODIN One click which will return you back to stock? Can't find the best threads but this might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
Coreym said:
There isn't a ICS ROM for our version of sgs2- i777. Only the i9100 international version. That's why your search and back button don't work. Also without kernel source we prob won't have a working ICS ROM. that's also why the in call audio doesn't work..
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Yea I figured it was something like that
nh5 said:
There is no working ICS for our device yet that ICS is for the GT-I9100, as far as restoring back to stock. There is ODIN One click which will return you back to stock? Can't find the best threads but this might help.
I'll try to find the ODIN one click but the one I have doesn't have that option, my other problem is a lot of the links I'm finding for stock roms are hosted by mega upload and of course those are all gone now.
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Hopefully whatever you flashed previously didn't have a PIT or bootloader...
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
And anyone who says Dropbox dies - Dropbox is NOT suitable for uploading ROM images, it'll blow through the 2GB Dropbox limit in no time flat.
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Entropy512 said:
Hopefully whatever you flashed previously didn't have a PIT or bootloader...
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
And anyone who says Dropbox dies - Dropbox is NOT suitable for uploading ROM images, it'll blow through the 2GB Dropbox limit in no time flat.
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It had a PIT, I think I just learned a very expensive lesson, the phone now just stits at the screen that says firmware upgrade encountered an issue and it just sits there, can't even boot into download mode.
Entropy512 said:
Hopefully whatever you flashed previously didn't have a PIT or bootloader...
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
And anyone who says Dropbox dies - Dropbox is NOT suitable for uploading ROM images, it'll blow through the 2GB Dropbox limit in no time flat.
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Mediafire?
Entropy512 said:
Hopefully whatever you flashed previously didn't have a PIT or bootloader...
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
And anyone who says Dropbox dies - Dropbox is NOT suitable for uploading ROM images, it'll blow through the 2GB Dropbox limit in no time flat.
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Ahh I was unaware that they limit download bandwidth?
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Mediafire?
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I second Mediafire, it doesn't restrict speeds for free users, and, as for the ads, there's always Adblocker+
akira02rex said:
Ahh I was unaware that they limit download bandwidth?
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No, they limit total storage to 2GB for free accounts - I already have a few hundred megs for personal use, and 2-3 ROMs would blow through my remaining storage instantly.
I think it's possible to recover from a bogus PIT flash (and someone did manage to do it after an ICS screwup), but I'm not sure how - I've never done it myself.
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I second Mediafire, it doesn't restrict speeds for free users, and, as for the ads, there's always Adblocker+
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Also no wait times or Captcha
Entropy512 said:
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
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How about minus.com. 10gb free storage and clean interface.
Ok I'm back up and running, I managed to find a download for stock firmware that wasn't hosted on mega upload, only took a few hours to download it
Odin could still see it so I loaded up the new firmware and it works, I don't fully understand it because no matter what firmware I tried the startup screen wouldn't change, the OS would clearly change, and I could change things like the baseband and see that change but that start screen wouldn't ever change.
After my phone "blew up" and wouldnt' even go into download mode I hit it again with stock firmware and the startup screen changed this time and it worked.
What is funny is I tried the same firmware more than once with no positive effects, it wasn't until I managed to piss the phone to the point download mode woudln't even come up that the firmware fixed my problem.
Why is that, was that part of the firmware locked or something?
What do the different parts control?
I think I figured out:
PDA must be the actual OS version with apps/kernal/bloatware
Phone is the modem version
what does PIT and CSC modify?
Entropy512 said:
Hopefully whatever you flashed previously didn't have a PIT or bootloader...
Now that fileserve is down I'm going to try and fix the stock ROM upload links in a day or two. The question is - Where?
And anyone who says Dropbox dies - Dropbox is NOT suitable for uploading ROM images, it'll blow through the 2GB Dropbox limit in no time flat.
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http://dev-host.org/
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No, they limit total storage to 2GB for free accounts - I already have a few hundred megs for personal use, and 2-3 ROMs would blow through my remaining storage instantly.
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They will add 250mb for each referred by you person who opened a new dropbox account. I bet you won't have any troubles with that if you post your link and ask people to follow/signup here on xda forums.
http://lifehacker.com/5796318/the-cheapskates-guide-to-getting-free-dropbox-space
I thought MIUI was up and running with ICS for the i777?
I can't post you a link, but youtube search GalnetMIUI ICS Android 4.0 ROM for Rooted AT&T Galaxy S2! [SGH-I777]
poster's name is zedomax (I cant post links)
No?
For what it's worth, I followed all the links provided by this guy and it turned out to be the international version once I installed it, but his video, all the buttons seem to work, for whatever thats worth.
whitecrane said:
I thought MIUI was up and running with ICS for the i777?
I can't post you a link, but youtube search GalnetMIUI ICS Android 4.0 ROM for Rooted AT&T Galaxy S2! [SGH-I777]
poster's name is zedomax (I cant post links)
No?
For what it's worth, I followed all the links provided by this guy and it turned out to be the international version once I installed it, but his video, all the buttons seem to work, for whatever thats worth.
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Unfortunately, that's old news. That video is of the old version of Galnets MIUI that is based off of the 4.0.1 framework and not true ICS. We have a much better 4.0.1 framework based version of the official MIUI ROM in the dev forums, and I use it on a daily basis on my I777. Shep is currently working on getting the MIUI 4.0.3 ICS ROM built for our phones, and it looks promising.
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Unfortunately, that's old news. That video is of the old version of Galnets MIUI that is based off of the 4.0.1 framework and not true ICS. We have a much better 4.0.1 framework based version of the official MIUI ROM in the dev forums, and I use it on a daily basis on my I777. Shep is currently working on getting the MIUI 4.0.3 ICS ROM built for our phones, and it looks promising.
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WOOPS. Could we clarify, is the AT&T phone the i9100 or the i777? All kidding aside. My bootscreen shows gt-i9100. But all of you say i777...?
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whitecrane said:
WOOPS. Could we clarify, is the AT&T phone the i9100 or the i777? All kidding aside. My bootscreen shows gt-i9100. But all of you say i777...?
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Samsung didn't bother to change the yellow triangle warning bootscreen for the AT&T model. If you root your phone, it will show gt-i9100. It is the SGH-I777 though.
whitecrane said:
I thought MIUI was up and running with ICS for the i777?
I can't post you a link, but youtube search GalnetMIUI ICS Android 4.0 ROM for Rooted AT&T Galaxy S2! [SGH-I777]
poster's name is zedomax (I cant post links)
No?
For what it's worth, I followed all the links provided by this guy and it turned out to be the international version once I installed it, but his video, all the buttons seem to work, for whatever thats worth.
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No, the Galnet stuff was a framework hack, not true ICS by any means (not even remotely). We should end this tangent ASAP, as Galnet discussion is not permitted here (For a wide variety of reasons, their releases broke about half of XDA's rules).
nbell13 said:
Samsung didn't bother to change the yellow triangle warning bootscreen for the AT&T model. If you root your phone, it will show gt-i9100. It is the SGH-I777 though.
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Yup. If you have the yellow warning triangle, you'll see I9100 on the I777.
If you don't have the triangle, you just see "Galaxy S II" with no model number - but we ARE SGH-I777. International is GT-I9100.
To cut it short I'm still running GB but recently updated to what I think was the last update before ics ( which still hasn't shown up on my UK sim free handset). But I am figuring that the modem has changed too as my web connection is now useless. So what u am looking for is help with either a modem flash or reflashing back to GB before last GB update. Hope I have explained correctly. Thought I was readying my phone for the ics update and now its pretty much useless. Could be a while answering back ( no internet) tia.
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Flashing back to stock
You can always flash back to one of the stock roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Or less drastic, grab another modem here to flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131950
Hope it helps...
Normally I flsh back to stock, hard reset, and format SD before moving to a new rom. I know its probably over-kill, but this way I am sure there will be no left overs from a previous rom I played with.
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I would have gone for modem only but I haven't a clue which one I was on before the update and there seems an awefull lot :-( . And as for the stock roms, does that mean they were the ones that were on the handsets out of the box. Sorry for all the questions, thought I was doing the right thing and now its a mess. And besides all that how dies it go wrong surely there's only one modem that lies would offer my phone? How can it go wrong.
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stigslim said:
I would have gone for modem only but I haven't a clue which one I was on before the update and there seems an awefull lot :-( . And as for the stock roms, does that mean they were the ones that were on the handsets out of the box.
No stock means Samsung unbranded .
Start by flashing the latest modem and work your way backwards if you do not have a record of your original specifications .
Latest is probably LPR.
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Hi guys I am kind of new to this forum and really like all the website with so much information !
I am turning to you because because my friend wanted to buy an SGS 2 and bought one from some random guy whom he has no contact with.
The problem is now that the phone seems to be rooted because there is an yellow triangle that follows in the start up. I wonder if anyone knows how to see what kind of room is installed on the phone? I ask this because because the phone has been unlocked with the simunlock app but
the network connection is so bad, I´ve managed to make 1-2 calls to see that the phone works but i get max 1/5 bars in the connection barometer.
This made me think that maybe the root is bad performed by the guy that did flash the device from the begining.
If you guys have any kind of tweaks or ideas what to do I would really appreciate it.
I gathered some information that might help. This is taken from t he status menu in the galaxy S2.
Would it maybe help to restore everything to stock?
Ver 4.0.4
ground verision [email protected] s2 ics k3-31
smp
baseband 19100XXLQ6
clockworkmod 5.8.1.8
This is the Samsung Galaxy "NOTE" 2 forum, you would probably be best posting this in the Galaxy S2 forum... different devices!!!
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Sorry I choose the wrong section for my thread. Thanks to the MOD that moved it to the right one.
Root has no impact on signal strength.
But if you want to revert to stock, just download original firmware from http://sammobile.com/firmware, unpack and flash via Odin in PDA.
IvanTutic said:
maybe the root is bad performed by the guy that did flash the device from the begining.
If you guys have any kind of tweaks or ideas what to do I would really appreciate it.
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The ROM you use has no effect on your signal strength. The modem however, does. So you can try flashing a new modem if you're fine with the ROM besides the signal problems. ie.the UI, features offered, etc. Else you can flash your stock firmware for your region and that would solve your problem
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Go to settings-wireless-mobile networks and in network mode check gsm only...if its on wcdma thats probably why u have poor signal
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Thanks a lot for the answers ! I´ve already tried to switch to gsm mode, dosn´t get any better. I will try to flash to a different modem but I have a few questions. Does it matter wich modem is current on my phone before i flash to another?
And if someone could point me in the right direction about wich modem I should use for my region, I live in sweden and use a swedish sim card and operator.
Does it matter wich modem is current on my phone before i flash to another?
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No.
For Sweden I think it will be I9100XXLQ6.
If you got the phone from a totally unknown person, i would suggest to revert it back to complete stock, and then start making all the changes you want from scratch, just to be 100% safe.
I agree i´ll flash everything back to stock and start from the begining, I think it´s the best way. But 19100XXLQ6 is the modem that my phone says I have, does that mean that I´am on stock baseband?`Otherwise if someone could show me a link or something for a step to step guide of how to restore everything back to stock.
Thanks a lot for your help guys !
Look backup your efs folder before you start pissi g about with stuff.
Then go to that link and get a 4.0.3 stock firmware for your region.
Then come back here and you can be advised about like siyah kernel/nand backups/roms.
Hello!
After flashing many custom ROMs and leaks my phone was acting a little funky, so I decided to go back to factory stock. I fired up kies on my pc and went to "Emergency recovery" It asked me for my serial number (I thought this was for getting the right stock firmware) After everything was done the phone booted up normally but I ended up with a "La'Fleur" boot logo
All I wanted was my stock firmware (Without having to look for the firmware, modem,etc myself) I though kies would do a better job than me :silly:
Sigh...
Any of you experienced this before?
Same problem here
Dont know how this happens...
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Kies gives you the firmware that matches your serial number. So, your phone originally has this firmware, or an earlier version of it, i.e. your phone was branded.
If you don't like it get the latest unbranded firmware for your region from sammobile.com and flash with odin.
wangdaning said:
Kies gives you the firmware that matches your serial number. So, your phone originally has this firmware, or an earlier version of it, i.e. your phone was branded.
If you don't like it get the latest unbranded firmware for your region from sammobile.com and flash with odin.
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Well it's suposed to work like that... but my phone is the plain gray international version. That's why it's so funny to me. I created this thread to see if some other people were having this issue as well and it seems so.
Anyway, it worked for me because it restored the stock modem and cleaned the whole nand. As soon as I saw that "La'Fleur" logo, I wiped it and threw CM 10.1 at it. Working great so far.
My point is, Samsung should do better (as usual, with everything) at keeping their records.
Well, none of us know what happend. Could be the carrier originally planned to carry this model, bought it from Samsung, and later changed their mind and sold it to a third party.
Nothing to show Samsung's records are wrong.
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wangdaning said:
Well, none of us know what happend. Could be the carrier originally planned to carry this model, bought it from Samsung, and later changed their mind and sold it to a third party.
Nothing to show Samsung's records are wrong.
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Well, I bought mine at a retail store, unlocked and without any carrier bloatware. Just to point out "La'Fleur" is a special edition of galaxy devices featuring a special 'floral' design paint coat, that Samsung released for valentines; with ROM customization to match the design. As with mine being the plain grey version and using the 'official' method to get the stock ROM, I think I'm pretty safe to say that there's something wrong going somewhere at Samsung.
This is exactly what I was trying to avoid downloading the firmware, modem, etc and flashing it myself, getting something different than the one that came when I first took it out of the box... And this is exactly what I got using Samsung's method. LOL :laugh:
Kudos at Samsung! /s
Zealhybrid said:
Well, I bought mine at a retail store, unlocked and without any carrier bloatware. Just to point out "La'Fleur" is a special edition of galaxy devices featuring a special 'floral' design paint coat, that Samsung released for valentines; with ROM customization to match the design. As with mine being the plain grey version and using the 'official' method to get the stock ROM, I think I'm pretty safe to say that there's something wrong going somewhere at Samsung.
This is exactly what I was trying to avoid downloading the firmware, modem, etc and flashing it myself, getting something different than the one that came when I first took it out of the box... And this is exactly what I got using Samsung's method. LOL :laugh:
Kudos at Samsung! /s
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Ah, got it. Still, never know where the mix up came from, but I am more clear about your issue.
Zealhybrid said:
Well, I bought mine at a retail store, unlocked and without any carrier bloatware. Just to point out "La'Fleur" is a special edition of galaxy devices featuring a special 'floral' design paint coat, that Samsung released for valentines; with ROM customization to match the design. As with mine being the plain grey version and using the 'official' method to get the stock ROM, I think I'm pretty safe to say that there's something wrong going somewhere at Samsung.
This is exactly what I was trying to avoid downloading the firmware, modem, etc and flashing it myself, getting something different than the one that came when I first took it out of the box... And this is exactly what I got using Samsung's method. LOL :laugh:
Kudos at Samsung! /s
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Also Got the plain Grey version...
And Also Got lafleur firmware after kies recover
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After flashing is the answer .
The hdswver codes that are presented to Kies match that firmware release and that's what you get .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
jje
same problem, what is the fix?
dli7319 said:
same problem, what is the fix?
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Find the correct ROM on sammobile.com and flash it yourself using Odin.
There are guides here (In General) to help with this
rootSU said:
Find the correct ROM on sammobile.com and flash it yourself using Odin.
There are guides here (In General) to help with this
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The problem is that, it is the same rom -.-
Edit: Oh, there are 2 different roms and lafleur is newer so kies selected that one, got it
flashed the other one and all is good
dli7319 said:
The problem is that, it is the same rom -.-
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Find an unbranded ROM for your region on sammobile.com and flash it yourself using Odin.
There are guides here (In General) to help with this
EDIT> You don't even have a regional version?! Flash ANY unbranded ROM
got la flour too... but then instal custom room like imperium hd or other, my imei is ruined... problems in modem but nothing helps... cyanogen works...
xenixas said:
got la flour too... but then instal custom room like imperium hd or other, my imei is ruined... problems in modem but nothing helps... cyanogen works...
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I got that too. Before you do anything to your phone, make sure yo do a Nandroid backup, also make a backup for your EFS partition as there is where your IMEI and radio paramaters are stored.
I had to send my phone to Samsung, and they replaced the motherboard.
Sorry to hear this happened to you
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I got that too. Before you do anything to your phone, make sure yo do a Nandroid backup, also make a backup for your EFS partition as there is where your IMEI and radio paramaters are stored.
I had to send my phone to Samsung, and they replaced the motherboard.
Sorry to hear this happened to you
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but does no one knows hot to fix it I read about modem version its about EFS partition format like new one from samsung, its readable by samsung firmware but not custom rooms I'll tried to flash custom and I need to chose modem version witch could read EFS partinion. My phone originaly is SEB it's baltic, I have 4.1.1 XEO instaled no imei... kies updated to xeo 4.1.2 and now it says software is changed cant update lol somthing bad is going with samsung
On the same boat i9305
xenixas said:
but does no one knows hot to fix it I read about modem version its about EFS partition format like new one from samsung, its readable by samsung firmware but not custom rooms I'll tried to flash custom and I need to chose modem version witch could read EFS partinion. My phone originaly is SEB it's baltic, I have 4.1.1 XEO instaled no imei... kies updated to xeo 4.1.2 and now it says software is changed cant update lol somthing bad is going with samsung
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Sad to learn that I am not the only one. Mine is i9305, bought from Samsung's authorized retail shop, International edition grey. firmware changed to la fleur edition after emergency FW recovery. embarrassing to use it in front of others. Need to change lock screen. Has anyone tried to get help from Samsung? thanks
Hi guys, I was trying to root my phone in order to unlock SIM to use on other networks (tried the zergrush and other method - but kept getting "error - device not found") and somehow I soft-bricked my phone whilst using ODIN and an insecure kernel (GT-I9100_JPKJ2_insecure). I can flash new kernels including secure ones, but my phone is stuck on the boot screen.
I'm pretty sure my phone was on Jelly Bean 4.1.2, but it's whatever the latest version that was pushed out to my phone because I updated maybe a month ago.
I looked at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 but it covered Gingerbread/ICS only.
Can anyone help me out?
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Hi guys, I was trying to root my phone in order to unlock SIM to use on other networks (tried the zergrush and other method - but kept getting "error - device not found") and somehow I soft-bricked my phone whilst using ODIN and an insecure kernel (GT-I9100_JPKJ2_insecure). I can flash new kernels including secure ones, but my phone is stuck on the boot screen.
I'm pretty sure my phone was on Jelly Bean 4.1.2, but it's whatever the latest version that was pushed out to my phone because I updated maybe a month ago.
I looked at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 but it covered Gingerbread/ICS only.
Can anyone help me out?
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Flash a stock ROM for your region & carrier in Odin. Download it from Samfirmware.com.
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Flash a stock ROM for your region & carrier in Odin. Download it from Samfirmware.com.
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I've unbricked my phone using the guide I linked above, will flashing a stock rom for my region & carrier lock it again?
More than likely to. Is it not possible to get 3 to officially unlock it......or are you on a currently active contract?
If you don't mind me asking (I'm a 3 customer myself) why do you want to leave them?
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More than likely to. Is it not possible to get 3 to officially unlock it......or are you on a currently active contract?
If you don't mind me asking (I'm a 3 customer myself) why do you want to leave them?
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they want 15 quid to unlock it and my contracts run out so i told them to sod off. they're the worst imo, the contract they advertised to me didn't have VAT included in the price and they charge loads for the 'extras' that aren't on your contract. pretty bad coverage for data as well
i'll just use a standard 4.1.2 to flash instead of the carrier/region one - wish me luck ;D
Take a look at this mate....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.sgs2simunlockcode
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The dev for this app (chainfire) is a genius on the S2 and seriously respected here
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Take a look at this mate....
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The dev for this app (chainfire) is a genius on the S2 and seriously respected here
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yeah i knew bout that but needed it to be rooted first which led to my initial problems
uuuuuuuurgh i installed a bloatware version of 4.1.2, anyone have a link to a good debloated 4.1.2 firmware?
General Forum, huge jb thread sticked.
The guys there posted mirrors and all.
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There are what is known as hybrid roms out there....basically fully working samsung base with aosp/aokp features....fairly bloat free.....but you need root for these.....
But look at my sig.....
Why don't you try that way first......
Root and debloat a firmware....there's a thread on here somewhere that details What is safe to remove. You remove the c**p with an app like Titanium Backup pro (paid) or system cleanup (free) that you can get from the playstore.
Take a look at this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334736
it might help.......
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Hi guys, thanks for the help so far
I've installed a standard 4.1.2 ROM, rooted it with Siyah's kernel but neither chainfire's Galaxy S2 SIM Unlock or "Galaxy_S Unlock" from Helroz have worked on my device. It's weird because I remember SIM unlocking my device using one of those two apps before, albeit on an older version of Android probably many months ago.
any advice?
note: it's a bit weird the android popup "Galaxy S2 SIM Unlock has been granted superuser permission for an interactive shell" and the ad "Superuser permissions have been granted - Please consider getting SuperSU!" ad thing keeps popping up whenever i use rooted apps - is it supposed to be that way?
Use Spockys galaxsim app.
And although 3 is a total and utter crap network,so are giffgaff and tesco.
I think the wifes just got me on 1000 mobile mins/3gb data/gazillion texts for £10 a month.
Good old German efficiency......
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Use Spockys galaxsim app.
And although 3 is a total and utter crap network,so are giffgaff and tesco.
I think the wifes just got me on 1000 mobile mins/3gb data/gazillion texts for £10 a month.
Good old German efficiency......
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cheers mate, unlocked now
what telco is that plan on?
is there a free app that'll get rid of the triangle on boot?
Its Tmobile,cant remember what its called.Her iphone one is that 4g EE one.You get free web browsin and they used to give me 500 tmobile to tmobile minutes-but when I phoned her it used my other minutes instead.
So she complained and they just upped mines from 300>1000.
Use triangle away app on here somewhere.
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Lol...u want an example of 'total and utter crap' try O2....where I live, u might get a signal if u stand on the back of the sofa and lean ur head towards the top corner of the nearest window......
But with 3.......never had an issue......
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Lol...u want an example of 'total and utter crap' try O2....where I live, u might get a signal if u stand on the back of the sofa and lean ur head towards the top corner of the nearest window......
But with 3.......never had an issue......
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haha i live in manchester which has a very large student population, yet along oxford road (where the main unis are located) there's a big-ass deadzone for 3 where theres no reception no data. an example of how **** 3 is
You can look at the uk owners thread in general section and see a bigger picture.
I dont know much about 3,maybe they only rent stuff off of the big players.
I would imagine their coverage is pretty crap considering they only get what the bigger players give them.
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Three network piggy bks of orange and t-mobile. I can download 400mb in 30 mins with three. No chance of that on o2. Not were I live any way. I'm on pay and go cost me £15 a month and I smash out easy 2gig a day. Waiting on a call from them to say "we are all you can eat data but your taking the pee" lol. Nels1 modem being used with uk lsw base. Modem Made by three network for there phones. A good man @Hayth took it from his phone and stuck it up on hawkerpauls modem thread.
Also a new modem/ril up for uk. Check it out:thumbup: bvls4 for 4.1.2.