How to take original fireware of phone once its bricked?
Above is my question , basically im in a bad situation after my phone being bricked i oppted for an exchange if i manage to unbrick my phone to 2.2 unbranded uk firmware then dont i void my warrenty as it was originally i 2.1 T mobile Uk so if i was to exchange it theyd say hold on your phone voids warrenty?
Equally if i go for an exchange theyd say wait you rooted your phonee? and might even knoaw it got bricked by glitch whilst using milestone overclock who knows?
So i would like to flash it with the original and right now i cant find fireware to use with RSD lite as im using this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853674
Advice would be a life saver at the moment`
THanks!
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Hi,
I currently have a VF UK Desire, which has been updated with the recent branding.
I'm planning on rooting the phone and installing "NexTSense v5.0 Sense-FroYo 2.2 Official"...
Once this is done, can I run a RUU (say RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe) to unroot my phone is I have issues and need to send back for warranty repairs?
Thanks,
Kiz
Hi there, you can indeed unroot your phone but the problem is that the bootloader will remain unlocked meaning that it is possible to tell that the phone has been messed with. I don't know for sure if that ROM would unroot the phone though, not that it really makes a differance especially if you find you need to return it for a reason that would prevent you restoring such as a broken USB port
Hello,
3 day's ago I bought Se arc and first thing what I want to do was find the latest version of firmware for this phone. I connect to my wifi, downloaded the latest soft version 4.0 and clicked install. After installing the phone has shutdown and does not respond now. After pressing the power button flash only for a moment the green light and thats all. After reading forum I tried to flash it and install 3.0.1.A.0.145 FT but still no reaction what can i do next ?
maybe you have an unlocked bootloader?!
Maybe your bootloader was unlocked and the OTA update brick your phone.
Just look in: Fix FOTA bricked phones
If that's the problem, you will find some usefull information to repair.
Bukest
yessssssssss it works
thanks
strange thing that you bought a bootloader unlocked phone, you can get problems with your warranty
depulle87 said:
strange thing that you bought a bootloader unlocked phone, you can get problems with your warranty
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thats why was so cheap ;/
ok, my phone work now and I wont to get new software version 4.0 what can I do ?
When I take update software in telephone always after instalation it doesn't wont turn on, but after connecting to pc companion 2.0 also I have error "Your phone contains a modified software, which can not be updated"
You have two options:
1.As you are already unlocked simply flash a custom ROM (Check for DoomLord's kernel in the forum).. U get root, ability to overclock and tons of other stuff..
2. If you want to stick to stock SE.. Relock bootloader and then update.. (Check the namaste guide..)
I'd go with the first one
I have new soft in my ARC
i do this i my way - I search forum xda for new soft for arc 4.0 and using flashtool instaled that soft and working ;] symply and quickly
Very upset with Samsung. My GS3 suffered sudden death but, because I rooted it 6 months ago, they are refusing to repair it under warranty.
I don't want the same to happen to my N7100 so I have have unrooted it and gone back to total stock from Spain where I bought it. I would prefer to use the UK firmware and I believe I could flash it with Odin without affecting the binary counter. However, if I have to send it in for repair, would sending it with UK firmware (which will not match the serial number) allow them to void the warranty? Obviously, if it is completely dead they may not be able to check the firmware but I am now very OCD about this after my experience with the GS3.
Anyone know for sure?
http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/category-blog/83-rooting-and-custom-roms-does-not-void-warranty.html
They cannot refuse you warranty in EU even if you used custom firmware. To do that they have to prove it happened because of the firmware you used and not because of harware problem:
Anyway, if you flash uk software your system status will remain Official, i believe that doesnt void the warranty since you're using official samsung rom.
norm2002 said:
Very upset with Samsung. My GS3 suffered sudden death but, because I rooted it 6 months ago, they are refusing to repair it under warranty.
I don't want the same to happen to my N7100 so I have have unrooted it and gone back to total stock from Spain where I bought it. I would prefer to use the UK firmware and I believe I could flash it with Odin without affecting the binary counter. However, if I have to send it in for repair, would sending it with UK firmware (which will not match the serial number) allow them to void the warranty? Obviously, if it is completely dead they may not be able to check the firmware but I am now very OCD about this after my experience with the GS3.
Anyone know for sure?
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It based to the situation. Regarding your gs3 sds problem. Sssc should repair your phone with foc because they totally unable to track you phone being rooted. Since sds problem will cause your phone totally unable to switch on no matter on any mode.
But, if you having minor issue for accesories such as charger failure, sssc sure will replace without concern your phone being rooted or not. Since use custom rom or other country based rom wont change your imei or serial number.
In other case, if your phone itself having hardware issue and need to leave your phone at sssc and let the technician to checking. Then you might having problem that sssc will refuse to give you foc repair. Even software and hardware are seperate things, but if im not mistaken your warranty will be void once you has modified your phone. You can check your phone status under setting.
Normally the receptionist at counter wont check very detail about your phone status. But when your phone send to technician department, those technician guys sure will noticed.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
I don't care what country you live in, unless the manufacturer can prove that rooting your device was the cause of it dying, they are obligated to fix it. If they refuse, sue them.
In the case of the s3 sudden death problem, they know this is a device problem and a wide spread one. They have balls if they're telling you it's because you rooted your phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk 2
Akiainavas said:
http://www.modmymobile.co.uk/category-blog/83-rooting-and-custom-roms-does-not-void-warranty.html
They cannot refuse you warranty in EU even if you used custom firmware. To do that they have to prove it happened because of the firmware you used and not because of harware problem:
Anyway, if you flash uk software your system status will remain Official, i believe that doesnt void the warranty since you're using official samsung rom.
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Thanks for this. I have been dealing with the Amazon repair centre in Germany and I am now using your links to have another go at them. Unfortunately, the GS3 can still go into Download mode and shows the binary counter but any attempted flashing via Odin fails. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
norm2002 said:
Thanks for this. I have been dealing with the Amazon repair centre in Germany and I am now using your links to have another go at them. Unfortunately, the GS3 can still go into Download mode and shows the binary counter but any attempted flashing via Odin fails. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
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I will, and keep us posted - they took all this from EUR-Lex so i believe it's quite accurate. Hope you'll get your phone repaired.
Hi everyone,
Last week I sent my phone to the retail store in France where I bought it to have it fixed (microphone defect).
The store sent it to Samsung for repair...
The phone was sent back today, repaired (they have change a piece of hardware) but also upgraded against my will to official 4.3 with Knox on...
Screenshot of my new rom
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I'm sooooooooooooooo UPSET !!!!!
Prior to sending my phone to repair, my GN2 was on 4.1.1 rooted with Miui rom and a custom kernel.
I'm desperate, because I want my root and Miui back !!!
I've read a lot of stuff on 4.3, Knox, the difficulty people have to root official 4.3 with knox, the knox counter moving up to 1, the impossibility (?) to downgrade the bootloader, etc...
But everything I read is confusing and sometimes contradictory...
So here are my questions:
1) Can I downgrade my phone and root it to install the Miui rom (which is base on Samsung 4.1.1) ?
2) Can I get rid of the Knox counter by downgrading ?
3) If I can't get rid of the Knox counter, can I avoid having it raise to 1 ?
4) If I can't avoid raising the knox counter to 1, then what is the consequence ? Does this mean loosing Samsung's warranty ?
Please any help will be welcome
Surfinette, on the verge of Panic + Madness
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Once there's knox there's no way to remove it.
I read several threads and posts, all still a blur solutions. Some succeed, some fail.
U have to read nd search carefully for those thread say succeed. Spend more time to read on them.
This is the 1st attempt of samsung to use knox for warranty issue. In some countries, the service center still can accept when the value changed. U have to check with samsung in ur country.
Sent from the corner of this rounded earth (N7105 v4.3, powered by LionROM)
What is really driving me mad, is that the Sammobile website says that 4.3 is still not available in France for the GT-N7100...
Yet Samsung Repair Shop in France managed to upgrade My GN2 to 4.3 without me asking anything about changing the firmware !
What this means is that anyone attempting to avoid Knox for warranty reasons, will ultimately end-up with Knox if their phone goes to repair...
So let's assume I don't care loosing warranty (anyways I consider my phone useless without root, so if I can't root it I will sell it),
- Can I step back to 4.1 ?
Surfinette said:
What is really driving me mad, is that the Sammobile website says that 4.3 is still not available in France for the GT-N7100...
Yet Samsung Repair Shop in France managed to upgrade My GN2 to 4.3 without me asking anything about changing the firmware !
What this means is that anyone attempting to avoid Knox for warranty reasons, will ultimately end-up with Knox if their phone goes to repair...
So let's assume I don't care loosing warranty (anyways I consider my phone useless without root, so if I can't root it I will sell it),
- Can I step back to 4.1 ?
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As far as I'm aware you cannot downgrade the new bootloader.. Pretty piss poor behaviour by Samsung but what can ya do?
Unfortunate situation.. I hope someone can help you out.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
Surfinette said:
What is really driving me mad, is that the Sammobile website says that 4.3 is still not available in France for the GT-N7100...
Yet Samsung Repair Shop in France managed to upgrade My GN2 to 4.3 without me asking anything about changing the firmware !
What this means is that anyone attempting to avoid Knox for warranty reasons, will ultimately end-up with Knox if their phone goes to repair...
So let's assume I don't care loosing warranty (anyways I consider my phone useless without root, so if I can't root it I will sell it),
- Can I step back to 4.1 ?
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From few posts I found online, there has been rumours/news that europe country at the moment is not affected by knox for samsung's warranty.
U can find out more about this.
So, by right, if u do properly for the rooting nd flash custom rom, as long as u know how to do it, u don't need to care about loosing warranty. U may try to google about this stuff.
But, my advise, don't downgrade to any 4.1.2 rom (stock/custom), as it may mess up ur partition, efs partition, or ur imei as well. Unless u really sure how to do this.
Sent from the corner of this rounded earth (N7105 v4.3, powered by LionROM)
Surfinette said:
What is really driving me mad, is that the Sammobile website says that 4.3 is still not available in France for the GT-N7100...
Yet Samsung Repair Shop in France managed to upgrade My GN2 to 4.3 without me asking anything about changing the firmware !
What this means is that anyone attempting to avoid Knox for warranty reasons, will ultimately end-up with Knox if their phone goes to repair...
So let's assume I don't care loosing warranty (anyways I consider my phone useless without root, so if I can't root it I will sell it),
- Can I step back to 4.1 ?
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I recommend u not to risk it. (If Samsung did that to me, I would be going back to the service centre and demanding a downgrade.)
Smack that thanks button if I helped.
N7105 Note 2 LTE International powered by Illusion ROM 2.6
Plasma Kernel 2.02
Sent from a small country named Singapore
Would re partitioning with Odin and a pit file get round that to reflash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? Or is it the case that once the new bootloader is on were screwed? Perhaps one of the devs could let us know..
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
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Just found this for n7100 version.. A
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2536418
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
the question is do you care about raising the counters for knox? it's basically for warranty purpose. If not, you can try to check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531965
there's a multitool there to remove knox & enable you to root your N2
bearusa said:
Would re partitioning with Odin and a pit file get round that to reflash 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? Or is it the case that once the new bootloader is on were screwed? Perhaps one of the devs could let us know..
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
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Just found this for n7100 version.. A
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2536418
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
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yeah..once you upgrade to knox bootloader you will never get to downgrade knox free bootloader..
the link you provide is to downgrade from mj5 leak rom to 4.1.2..its possible for mj5 and below but official 4.3 is big nooo.
Thank you all for your help and support.
I'm completely despaired, don't know what to do...
Someone on the French Miui Forum (an admin on the forum) told me I could safely downgrade to any 4.2.2 rom in order to re-flash Miui, as long as I wouldn't care about the knox counter... he did it himself
Also, you know the worst part of my story (which I didn't know yet when I initiated this post) : My microphone issue is still there, so I really didn't know what Samsung f***ed up with my phone. I'm sending it back to repair once again...
My last option could be to sell my phone and move on to another brand... except that I love the GN2 and its 5.5" screen size
In any case, this is very worrysome for the development scene... because any new phone (by new I mean newly repaired or sold) will end up with knox...
Thank you all for your help and support.
I'm completely despaired, don't know what to do...
Someone on the French Miui Forum (an admin on the forum) told me I could safely downgrade to any 4.2.2 rom in order to re-flash Miui, as long as I wouldn't care about the knox counter... he did it himself
Also, you know the worst part of my story (which I didn't know yet when I initiated this post) : My microphone issue is still there, so I really didn't know what Samsung f***ed up with my phone. I'm sending it back to repair once again...
My last option could be to sell my phone and move on to another brand... except that I love the GN2 and its 5.5" screen size
In any case, this is very worrysome for the development scene... because any new phone (by new I mean newly repaired or sold) will end up with knox...
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Has anyone here used it?
I was wondering what firmware etc it was on as i get one this Saturday. I'm also assuming we arent lucky like the t-mobile version and have an unlocked bootlater as default? I Have always been addicted to flashing roms haha, been doing it since the HTC Dream (I.e the G1) days with jesusfreke root.
Having come from a Nexus 4 where it is easy to return to root/relock the bootlader if you need to send in for a warranty, What is it like for the G3? If i put TWRP on there and something hardware wise goes wrong, is it easy to relock etc? I have read about the LGFlashtool but notice a lack of availability of the Optus Firmware to use as a backup
Cheers