ok.hi everyone.
i just flashed a cyanogen mod 9 on my phone by using cwm.but things went really bad
all my backup files from titanium backup was deleted and so was all my recovery files
so basically everything is gone.
Now i loved the idea of rooting but i now think i need a lot more knowledge.
so basically i would like to
reinstall ics version 4.0.3 on my phone with its stock kernel..my phone used to be a galaxy s 2 I9100 xwlp8
the cyanogen mod does not even have an app to explore sd.
but its working.
what is the process to clean up my phone and add stock kernel,rom and apps.
please need urgent help.thanks.:crying:
can anything be done if i have an efs backup.plz need help urgently
now then,
just a little more info needed, its not quite clear from your post
1, can you switch your phone on to get into cwm
2, have you got the correct version of cwm installed, i had rhe same issue cannlt access sdcard a while ago
just for info cym romz are generally nightly builds and have a few kinks in them your best waiti.g a couple of weeks before dl,ing so some of these may be fixed (read this in another post sumwhere thanks for heads up whomever it was)
no expert but if you lost your efs folder i think odin can fix if you can get into download mode.
after this use cwm it highly recommended by all.
also next time you install rom steer clear of formatting anything it dangerous just wipe d'cache, cache etc as dev's post's advise where ypu get romz from.
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Hi All,
Just got my S2 last week. Planning to move to CM7 this weekend. I have rooted the device and am on the Codeworkx kernel. I had a few questions:
1. Is there a problem while flashing via Odin if Debugging is not enabled (I think it is more of a OS feature which we haven't entered when in download mode, so shouldn't matter according to me.) ? I tried to disable debugging, and then went to download mode and Odin did detect the phone, but I did not try to flash anything so if anyone has tried that, your input is more than welcome.
2. The reason for above question is: What if I completely brick my phone (with debugging disabled) and no ROM .zip in the sd storage, how do I get the phone up and running ? I understand that I can flash kernels via Odin, but is it true for ROMs as well ?
3. What's the issue with ROM manager ? Is it recommended to stay away from it for S2 ? I have tried to do a Nandroid backup and it always takes me to the Android robot with a exclamation mark screen. Then I have to reboot and the backup magically restarts and completes successfully. Most people have suggested to use CWM recovery directly, so not sure if I should get rid of the ROM manager altogether.
That should be all for now. I have a jig ready by the way, so am not that worried about the process and plan to do a fair bit of reading before proceeding, however, the answers to above queries would be really great !
Thanks in advance,
Ish
I can answer some of your doubts.
I don't know if you can flash via odin in case you don't have the usb debuggin enabled so I'm not going to say anything about it.
Anyway if something happens to your phone and you dont have any ROM on your sd card but you have CWM recovery installed (which is almost everytime the case) then in CWM there is a mount usb stoage option. With it you can easily transfer .zip ROM files to flash, or even a nandroid backup you saved in your PC.
ABout ROM manager, this is what I suggest you. The first time you flash CM7 don't use ROM Manager (I even tried using it with the codeworkx kernel with no luck). Now, once you are in CM7 it works perfectly and it's really helpful to flash nightlies withouth wiping data (I flash half the nightlies as they are realeased). So the first time you flash CM7 wipe everything (do a nandroid backup first), even wipe /system, /data, cache partition, dalvik cache, so you don't have any problems. THen install zip from sd card and when it finish install the zip file again (just two installs in a row no wiping in beween, trust me, the first time I tried I didn't do that and couldn't boot the phone).
Hope it helps.
EDIT: You can flash stock ROM via odin, there is a thread by infratech were this is explained and you have a list of downloable stock ROMS you can flash with Odin, these are region and carrier specific and you probably will get the one for your carrier. I found the stock ROM for my carrier and I'm from chile, you shouldn't have any problems with that. Well, good luck, CM7 is by far the best ROM I've flashed.
Oh another thing, go for the latest nightly since the battery life is incredibly improved over the RC (or was it stable?) version.
Thanks !
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Anyway if something happens to your phone and you dont have any ROM on your sd card but you have CWM recovery installed (which is almost everytime the case) then in CWM there is a mount usb stoage option. With it you can easily transfer .zip ROM files to flash, or even a nandroid backup you saved in your PC.
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Awesome ! This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't dived into all the options of the CWM, so didn't know that this feature existed.
Also, many thanks for explaining most of the things in a single concise post, it was very helpful. I'll have to check the ROM flash with Odin, so I will search for that thread and have a go through it later today.
Once I get a hang of CM7, I'll go in for the nightlies as well. And yes, I did read about the CM7 guys revert the status to an RC because of the bugs reported, so will give it a try once I definitely know what I'm getting into .
Thanks again,
Ish.
cheemais said:
Awesome ! This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't dived into all the options of the CWM, so didn't know that this feature existed.
Also, many thanks for explaining most of the things in a single concise post, it was very helpful. I'll have to check the ROM flash with Odin, so I will search for that thread and have a go through it later today.
Once I get a hang of CM7, I'll go in for the nightlies as well. And yes, I did read about the CM7 guys revert the status to an RC because of the bugs reported, so will give it a try once I definitely know what I'm getting into .
Thanks again,
Ish.
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Well good luck! Tell me if you get any problem.
Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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1. No. However, Samsung proprietary apps will not work with CM9
2. Since you have ROOT, we can get to work now.
I'll post steps soon
3. You are lucky you got it fixed. Do you have backup of your /efs now?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
redfeeniks said:
@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
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To backup your /efs again, visit: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Although optional, I recommended you flash a Samsung based ICS 4.0.3 ROM before flashing CM9.
I recommend Wanamlite ROM. Download Wanamlite 12.0 here: wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26
Visit CM9 thread, download ROM and Gapps here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Flashing instructions will follow soon
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I backed up my EFS folder, just need flashing instructions now..
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Sorry bro for late reply, I've been very busy.
Step 1:
We will need to flash the Samsung ICS ROM (Wanamlite), you downloaded first, like I recommended
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash Wanamlite ROM you downloaded
- reboot phone
Use the phone for about 30 minutes to 1 hour then proceed to step two
Step 2:
We will now be flashing CM9
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM (optional)
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash CM9 ROM
- flash gapps
- fix permissions (under Advanced)
- reboot phone
Please report feedback.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
redfeeniks said:
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
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About your problem:
-brightness slider, screen shots (from power button) all can be found under settings, just go there and tweak your device as you please
-Rom Toolbox lite, a free app can help you change your fonts to whatever font you want, and lot more
good luck
I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
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I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
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I've not heard a single complaints account that that app since I've been recommending it.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Well I tired the app worked great for the first two tries but on the third I got stuck on the boot loop, quick googling saved me the horror of starting over as I simply reinstalled the rom without doing any wipes and I'm back on the phone..
yeah on the third try I decided to apply the font I wanted which resided in the system fonts it was by a different name however after the reboot I was stuck..
There could be many reasons behind it.. but I think I shouldn't go taking too much risks over a stupid font..
Is this possible? The full details are I had my phone stolen, and got a new one with android 4.0.4 on it. I have on my computer a copy of my latest backup of my old cognition gingerbread rom. Can I just use CWM to recover to my old rom, or do i need to first downgrade to a gingerbread rom, and then recover?
Thankyou very much for assistance
Edit: Also, I don't actually want to use the old rom, I just need the contacts it saved, afterwards I'll wipe everything and install a clean ICS mod. In case there's any way of doing this without having to revert
You'll probably need to restore the backup with a version of CWM close to the one the backup was made with, you can often have problems restoring if you're using a CWM version a lot (say 12 mths or more) newer than the one you made the backup with.
So I'd probably go GB/with a rooted GB kernel first, restore the backup & go from there. I mean, it could work first try with an ICS kernel that's running a recent CWM build, but there's a fair chance it won't.
Edit - And be really careful with stock 4.0.4, don't do a wipe while you're running that.
Wow. I just... wow.
Ok, so I did the stupid thing and just tried to restore my old backup without doing proper downgrading first and it ended up soft bricking my machine, couldn't get recovery mode up, but I got into download mode. So I downloaded my country's stock gingerbread rom from samsung's site and flashed it with odin just to see what happens, and somehow my old rom was working again, and I have all my contacts and data. saved everything up to google, upgraded to ICS, import.
Everything went better than expected.
Thanks for the help
Told you Important thing is you managed to fix it yourself without asking silly questions in Q&A. Not many people seem to be able to do that these days.
Well done. I'm glad you got it sorted
Edit -You're welcome
hey there
i hope my phone is not bricked, but i've been looking now for two hours for a solution and haven't found anything.
I have a rooted GT-9100 with jelly bean 4.1.2 XWLS8 official Samsung Rom.
In the last few days i was having problems with many apps, especially the video player and the gallery app, which wouldn't start because there wasn't enough memory (even after having deleted all the trash files and dumpstate files).
as i had not made a data wipe after updating from xwssl to xwls8 (i rooted afterwards, i didn't want to reconfigure everything again), i wanted to make a backup before i would try the data wipe now.
So i made the backup with my Rom Toolbox pro on the sd card, rebooted the phone to recovery mode, wiped the data and rebooted the phone. as always the starter mode wanted me to select the language, which i did and then suddenly the screen went black.
It started to reboot and since then the phone is hanging in the Samsung Logo.
i've tried to wipe data, wipe cache partition, wipe kalvik, no success.
tried to restore from the backup i made this morning, says md5 mismatches.
what now? any suggestions?
kind regards skapo
Sent from my girlfriend's GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app
Back to ICS stock (not 4.0.4) via Odin (Get one from Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net), that will give you a clean slate & you can go from there.
Edit - Or....Search on here for the md5 mismatch thing with your backup. There's been plenty of threads on here over the past 18 mths or so. Not sure if these methods work all the time (or even at all, I've never had the problem so never had to use them), but you might as well find the threads & see if any of the suggestions for fixes work for you. Could save you doing a clean install of stock & starting again (which will obviously be somewhat time consuming).
thx for the fast reply
why ics? isn't jb stable enough?
is there actually a pure rom like the nexus phone for the s2? i was wondering if the touchwiz from samsung might be responsible for so many problems...
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Worry about all that once you get the phone working normally again, this should be the only thing you're thinking about right now. First thing's first
yeah, you're right. i'll give it a shot i'll update this post tonight. thx
UPDATE:
Ok, i've reinstalled a ICS 4.0.3 I9100XXLPS, Buildnumber IML74K.XWLP7 (whatever this may be, where is the guide to the structure of Android and all the definitions, can't find any proper introduction).
It seems to work fine, but i had to wipe data and wipe cache partition, otherwise the phone still got stuck in the boot loop.
So what now? I've tested the root access, which of course isn't available anymore after flashing the ICS Stock ROM.
Do i need to install first a JB ROM with root access to (try to) restore from my backup or can i do it right from here rooting the ICS ROM?
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sKapo_daVinci said:
yeah, you're right. i'll give it a shot i'll update this post tonight. thx
UPDATE:
Ok, i've reinstalled a ICS 4.0.3 I9100XXLPS, Buildnumber IML74K.XWLP7 (whatever this may be, where is the guide to the structure of Android and all the definitions, can't find any proper introduction).
It seems to work fine, but i had to wipe data and wipe cache partition, otherwise the phone still got stuck in the boot loop.
So what now? I've tested the root access, which of course isn't available anymore after flashing the ICS Stock ROM.
Do i need to install a JB ROM first with root access to (try to) restore from my backup or can i do it right from here rooting the ICS ROM?
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OK, i think i've got the problem solved:
The first thing i tried is to root the ICS and restore with the CWM. Interesting that this time it didn't give me any md5 mismatch, but it suddenly stopped during the process and the phone booted normally to ICS, in other words the restore didn't work.
So I downloaded the latest SGS2 JB I9100XWLSJ again (i had that one installed before the whole mess), i thought that the one i had installed before may have been corrupted. I flashed the ROM, wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and rooted the phone with Siyah. From there i tried to restore again, but again it stopped because of the md5 mismatch.
At least the new JB ROM booted successfully, which allowed me to access the backup file in the phone's internal sd with my PC.
I edited the nandroid.md5-file with notepad ++ and the md5 calculator. There's a good instruction from here. The folder distribution from the original instruction is a little bit confusing, that's why i've uploaded another one
I recalculated every md5 number for each file in the backup (except the nandroid.md5-file itseld of course and in some cases the .android_secure.img [i didn't have such a file]) and modified the md5 numbers inside the nandroid.md5-file.
That solved my problem :laugh: I was able to restore from my backup .
Even so, the video player app is still crashing. I restored my files and all the config, but with it the same problems i had before :crying:
Good work on finding a solution & posting it here, I'm sure it will help someone at some point in the future
Re: the FC's with the video player (which one ?), sounds like restoring it/it's settings is causing you problems. You might want to try clearing data on it first - go into settings/apps/all & select the app, then clear data; and if that doesn't work, uninstall it then do a clean install without restoring the app or settings. If the settings were backed up on ICS & you're currently using JB, that may be the cause of the FC's.
sKapo_daVinci said:
I edited the nandroid.md5-file with notepad ++ and the md5 calculator. There's a good instruction from here.
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Thank you so much for bringing that thread to my notice! Could be useful in the future..:thumbup:
And good work solving it on ur own. XDA needs more guys like u!
If u do manage to solve all ur issues, please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post, so that others too may benefit from ur solution.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Hi guys, firstly I'd just like to say I have followed all the protocol that is required on here and been reading and researching/ applying fixes for the past few days now. I have tried to help myself as far as i possibly can but i am still having no luck and i don't think too many people have had the exact similar issue after reading all the other threads that are similar to my issue.
with some of the fixes it is my first time using them as i have never needed to in the past, so bare with me if my level of understanding isn't as great in some departments.
Now onto the issue:
I own a galaxy s3 i9300 and it has been rooted on stock rom since day 1 about a year ago. A few days ago my phone battery died, and when connnected to the charger it had this grey icon with a circle. It wouldn't boot up either so after searching on the net i thought i would listen to the advice of clearing the cache etc etc but this didn't work and neither did the wipe data/dalvik in CWM.
So i reflashed a stock jellybean rom and it worked fine.
It was then at this stage i thought i might as well upgade to a custom rom as every galaxy i had owned before i had done it on, and my current Note tablet is also running custom rom.
I first loaded a stock 4.3 rom and then flashed the slimbean 4.3 with gapps ...and it worked perfectly. I found a couple of issues with the browser which i use a lot so i downgraded to a 4.2.2 version of slimbean with gapps and this made the browser really fast again and all was perfect.
I had been using this for two days or so and everything was smooth, including charging etc until one night it had that same grey battery icon again with the circle and would get stuck booting at the samsung logo.
So as this had happened before i thought i would just flash a stock rom....this is where it all started going mad
Bearing in mind, every flash i always did it properly and wiped cache/dalvik cache and wiped data three times for each one just to make sure as i didnt have anything of value so wanted a fresh wipe each time and didnt need to back anything up.
now before i get flamed i realise i made a huge stupid error in not backing up my efs folder before hand as i had done with every previous phone but because i was under pressure to get it working it skipped my mind totally.
So i flashed a stock jellybean 4.2.2 rom and still bootloop with the EFS not found invalid argument error
i flashed a 4.3
i flashed a 4.1
i flashed a different 4.1
i flashed a different 4.2
i tried loads but nothing worked
so after reading that this would not help as it doesnt touch the efs i looked into fixes that others had done
i tried to follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197515
So i downloaded efs professional / adb tool
i downloaded busybox
and cwm was already on the phone but i downloaded philz cm incase i needed that too
now as the phone doesn't turn boot up i can't access anything, i can only access download mode and CWM.
When i open efs professional it says current device offline, turn on allow usb debugging to confirm your phones RSA fingerprint and click ok.
I have no idea what to do about that because i can't get into the phone.
Regarding busybox i have no idea how to get that to install on the phone, i have tried writing some stuff to push it in the adb shell (but because its my first time using adb shell and command prompt i have no idea if i am doing it correctly). Can you install it with odin?
also regarding adb shell i followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2197515 and got into [email protected] and SU....and then when on the phone in cwm i clicked mount efs...and obviously it failed. I went into the log as said and /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 was the file it failed to mount
the thing is everything after that step doesnt work, as i can't create an image of mmcblk0p3 as it says it can't find it as if it doesnt exist.
So im screwed as it effectively is saying i don't even have that file or efs folder i think?
The thing is i never had any issue with losing imei or anything like that at all and this just happpened out of the blue without me doing anything as such
any ideas?.....would be HUGELY appreciative for anyone willing to take the time out and help me with this as i'm not sure i can explore any more avenues on my own with my limited knowledge and at the same time don't want to give up.
PS. I also have access to a galaxy s3 i9305 ....and can possibly try and source another i9300 from a family member IF this helps in any way or makes life easier?
Stickied faqs and guides .
No IME/ EFS
service centre repair is your best choice if you have read and tried the stickied fixes .
Reads like efs partition corrupted and your phone was already suffering with nand memory issues.
There is no substitute for an efs backup, you cannot recreate the unique information it contained.
Take it to a reputable repair centre, they will be able to get it back to normal, but you are still left with why it keeps corrupting -which may require a new motherboard.
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