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[Q] How to "upgrade" from DK28 to EC05? [Q]

I did my research in and out of XDA w/o finding specific method on how to go about doing this :s From what I've read in these forums I found 2 different files from k0nane that, according to the people that posted them and my limited knowledge of this, lead me to believe that it will do what it is I am asking. One is "k0nane.info/rom/SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL.tar", and the other is "k0nane.info/rom/acs-ec05-modem.tar". (being a new user I can't directly link to the files)
I would like to know which one is the one I need to make my phone EC05. Now that summer is here I'm interested in installing ROMs, themes and trying to brick my phone ^ .^ Thanks in advance
PS: If it isn't too much of a bother, where in Odin does one place a .tar file? I've only used Odin a few times a while back; last time to put DK28 on my Epic :3

You used the first one you named. You put it in the PDA slot in Odin.
The second one is only the EC05 modem, which is pretty much the "radio firmware".
Just know that Odin does wipe out everything on your phone except your SD card.

Is there a way to upgrade from DK28 without wiping your phone?
My phone is rooted and I have CWM v2.5.1.
I have Titanium installed.
Thanks.

Search the forums for user qbking77 I think is his nick he has excellent videos on how to use odin and other stuff. I have links in my sig too but not sure if my sig shows well using xda premium.
Sent from my lean mean drunken machine useing XDA Premium and a 12 pack of Sam Lager

Is there a rooted version of EC05 that will work directly from DK28 without having to go back to DI18 and lose everything? Or is there a way to backup apps and restore after ODINing ?

you can backup everything with titanium. Apps, data, contacts.. everything.

jmsnyc said:
Is there a rooted version of EC05 that will work directly from DK28 without having to go back to DI18 and lose everything? Or is there a way to backup apps and restore after ODINing ?
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Yup, just use titanium backup on a rooted phone to backup everything, Odin a prerooted EC05 tar and use titanium to restore.
Do you BONSAI?

kennyglass123 said:
Yup, just use titanium backup on a rooted phone to backup everything, Odin a prerooted EC05 tar and use titanium to restore.
Do you BONSAI?
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Thanks.
So just to be sure....
1. Titanium backup
2. Odin to DI18
3. Upgrade to Ec05
If I have CWM 2.5.1 is it necessary to upgrade to latest version?
Is step 2 necessary or can I go directly to EC05?
Thanks again

U can get the stock ec05 tar here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082783
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Wait, now I'm confused :S Do I need to go back to stock DI18 and then I can install EC05, or can I just install it from DK28?

Ultro said:
Wait, now I'm confused :S Do I need to go back to stock DI18 and then I can install EC05, or can I just install it from DK28?
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You can Odin from any version. It wipes your phone and puts on a new OS.
Do you BONSAI?

Ultro said:
Wait, now I'm confused :S Do I need to go back to stock DI18 and then I can install EC05, or can I just install it from DK28?
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No u can odin straigt to ec05.
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Much obliged for all the replies

Yes, thanks as well.
So after ODIN a rooted phone, root privileges will be gone? So I will have to re-root?

Yep. You have to re-root.

[ACS][Odin]Stock EG30 Deodexed with Root 3.0/Busybox 1.18.4

Big thanks to RoadRAGEN for helping me figure out an ext4 issue! Odin this to get Deodexed stock EG30 with latest root and su binary and Busybox 1.18.4.
This does not wipe data.
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. You do this at your own risk.
I have only tested this with the stock kernel and Bubby's CWM kernel.
Download​
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have installed the proper XP or Win7 drivers before starting. Also, remove the SD card from the phone (this may not be necessary, but having the SD card installed has caused Odin to fail for a number of people, so might as well just do it).
1. Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder
2. Open odin
3. Put your phone in download mode (Shut it off, wait for lights to all go out, then hold v-down + power)
4. connect phone (you should see odin put a Com4 or something like that in the first box. The actual number is NOT important what is important is something popped up there when you connected your device, meaning ODIN can see it)
5. The only box that should be checked is Auto Reboot.
6. You do not need to choose a pit file.
7. In the PDA Section choose the tar file. (Deodexed-Rooted-Busybox-EG30.tar)
8. Hit start. It will do its thing.
9. If it fails than try a new cable.
10. If the phone hangs for any reason take the battery and sdcard out and let it sit for an hour. Put it back together and try again.

reserved just in case

reserved again

Awesome crawrj. You do great work.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

Dumb question..... Will this flash the stock kernel that was released with the phone or is this the stock kernel source that is available from Samsung? Awesome Work sir!
Samsung Galaxy S II

Cannot wait to try, lol

stangdriverdoug said:
Dumb question..... Will this flash the stock kernel that was released with the phone or is this the stock kernel source that is available from Samsung? Awesome Work sir!
Samsung Galaxy S II
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This does not contain a kernel. This is a stock file system that is rooted with busybox. I have tested on the root kernel and Bubby's CWM kernel. I have not tested on the Zedomax kernel.

Cool thanks!
Samsung Galaxy S II

File is up.

My phone is not rooted. If I flash this I will be rooted with the Kernel that was on the phone out of box? Also if I then flash Clock work recovery will it change the Kernel to the one others are claiming LOS on?

redram38 said:
My phone is not rooted. If I flash this I will be rooted with the Kernel that was on the phone out of box? Also if I then flash Clock work recovery will it change the Kernel to the one others are claiming LOS on?
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That is correct. It will be just like flashing with the stock kernel which I have done. If you flash CWM it will change the kernel. Whether or not you get the LOS is up in the air. I have been using it for days and haven't had it yet.

Just so I have this straight, this is a stock rom, no kernel, deoxed so once installed I can flash a theme over it.
I flashed buddies kernel with cwm rooted and flashed back to the stock kernel is there anything I need to do with my kernel or can I just flash this rom?
Edit: he beat me to it, must have been typing at the same time.
Sent from my Samsung Epic Touch 4G

skyward01 said:
Just so I have this straight, this is a stock rom, no kernel, deoxed so once installed I can flash a theme over it.
I flashed buddies kernel with cwm rooted and flashed back to the stock kernel is there anything I need to do with my kernel or can I just flash this rom?
Sent from my Samsung Epic Touch 4G
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That is correct. Just flash and go.

Im on starburst rom with zedomax v3..could i just flash the stock kernel and then flash this on top of starburst?

Awesome work. Does the Odin flash give you CWM as well? Or just SuperUser?
Sent from my Galaxy S II

jayv1717 said:
Im on starburst rom with zedomax v3..could i just flash the stock kernel and then flash this on top of starburst?
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This will overwrite everything regardless of what setup you are on.
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crawrj said:
That is correct. It will be just like flashing with the stock kernel which I have done. If you flash CWM it will change the kernel. Whether or not you get the LOS is up in the air. I have been using it for days and haven't had it yet.
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Ok...so the only way to have CWM is to change the kernel? I guess rom manager doesn't work for flashing CWM? Sorry if its a stupid question but I have been all over these threads for a week trying to decide which way to root and which way is better.

Dj21o said:
Awesome work. Does the Odin flash give you CWM as well? Or just SuperUser?
Sent from my Galaxy S II
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That what I was going to ask. You said we could flash a theme over this so I assume CWM is in there as well right?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

JohnCorleone said:
This will overwrite everything regardless of what setup you are on.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
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thanks bro.. One more question does this wipe internal sd card?

This does not have the kernel. I left it out for people to make their own decision on what kernel to use. Once we get a completely stock kernel with stock CWM I will update it. But for now it is just the system partion.

[Q] How to restore "Stock" recovery and unroot without reflashing the ROM?

Is there a way to replace CWM with the stock recovery?
Also, is there a way to unroot?
I am currently on EC05 rooted with CWM purple but I'd like to unroot and remove CWM without having to reflash and spend hours reinstalling all my stuff.

Yes. I can't gve an exact guide right now, but you should delete superuser.apk and /system/xbin/su or /system/bin/su. Then find the stock recovery
sent from my cm7-ified epic

poit said:
Is there a way to replace CWM with the stock recovery?
Also, is there a way to unroot?
I am currently on EC05 rooted with CWM purple but I'd like to unroot and remove CWM without having to reflash and spend hours reinstalling all my stuff.
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DCrocks put out a stock recovery flash. Then I guess you would remove Superuser. Why do you need to do this? If you go to Development in the stickies there is the How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Dyeha posted links for this in one of the last posts.
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Here's the stock recovery
http://db.tt/ijXFTzOB
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kennyglass123 said:
DCrocks put out a stock recovery flash. Then I guess you would remove Superuser. Why do you need to do this? If you go to Development in the stickies there is the How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Dyeha posted links for this in one of the last posts.
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I'd like to use the OTA GB whenever it arrives. I'm on stock EC05 except for root and CWM, so I think reflashing stock recovery should allow the OTA without losing my setup.

I refuse to have stock anything on my phone; I continue to wait patiently for a GB that is fully modded and hot rodded

poit said:
I'd like to use the OTA GB whenever it arrives. I'm on stock EC05 except for root and CWM, so I think reflashing stock recovery should allow the OTA without losing my setup.
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Are you sure you have all the stock apps? Asphalt?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

kennyglass123 said:
Are you sure you have all the stock apps? Asphalt?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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yup, got them all

poit said:
yup, got them all
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Then you are all set...oh, no custom kernel and boot ani right?

I tried the above zip, but it caused my phone to hang on restarting; only odining something could get my phone back.
Like the above poster, all I have is a rooted stock EC03 (with no system apps removed whatsoever), and all I want is to update to EI22, either OTA or from the Google download, without losing my data. Does anyone know of another way to restore stock recovery to help make this possible?
Thanks much!

I wish I could do the same since I'm on stock rom + root. But since I'm already getting the OTA gingerbread prompt, I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again.

rafareal said:
I wish I could do the same since I'm on stock rom + root. But since I'm already getting the OTA gingerbread prompt, I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again.
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That will certainly work. I did it and it worked fine. But I didn't want to lose my settings and data, and I'm not adept enough with Titanium Backup, so I didn't keep things that way. Still trying to find a way with keeping my settings/data...

I'm going to go ahead and try to ODIN to EC05 then upgrade to Gingerbread then root again
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Will that wipe your phone. I'm in the same boat & I don't want to lose everything again.

[Q] my phone wont unroot

my phone wont unroot ive tried all the things that are posted here ive tried the odin way using the recovery tar and all the process finishes but when i get to boot my phone i still have the clockwork mod and the superuser app installed...... the other way is using the micro sd and using the micro sd wont let me choose the "yes" option all i get to see is NO so i cant install anything from the sd card can please somebody help me out? im having screen issues and i have to return my phone please help me i'd read all the forum threads

Ok, since I'm having such a good day I will help you out. Usually I would just tell you to search some more.
Step One .- Flash Stock KERNEL with CWM. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/kernel-stock.zip
Step Two .- Flash Unrooted Rom with CWM. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip
And Last..
Step Three .- Odin Stock Recovery. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
You should be fully STOCK now. Follow the steps and don't skip any.
Good luck.....

Flash this rom thru cwn, it restores back to stock unrooted, and installs the stock recovery.
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyS2TMobile/unroot
I just flashed this since i am getting a warranty exchange and everything is back to stock unrooted. Except for the kernel, make sure you flash the stock kernal first
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk

From what i've heard, none of these solutions will get you back T989UVKL1 true stock. Both of the above posts will put the phone back to and 'older' unrooted version of stock T989UVKID.
I guess if needing to return the phone back to T-Mobile, only assuming that's what you want, it should work, however if you purchased the phone (like me) with the upgraded firmware pre installed, and you wanted to "wipe the slate clean" and start fresh with prue pre installed updated stock - the above 2 posts won't do it.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Yes but if you go back to T989UVKID shouldn't it give you the OTA update?
That should do the trick

ingenious247 said:
Yes but if you go back to T989UVKID shouldn't it give you the OTA update?
That should do the trick
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This might of worked but I had the KL1 modem installed and not I can't find a KID modem that odin flashable or a stock KL1 Rom that odin flashable.

ThC23 said:
Ok, since I'm having such a good day I will help you out. Usually I would just tell you to search some more.
Step One .- Flash Stock KERNEL with CWM. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/kernel-stock.zip
Step Two .- Flash Unrooted Rom with CWM. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/SGH-T989-UnRoot_ROM_Zedomax.zip
And Last..
Step Three .- Odin Stock Recovery. Which is here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2510030/SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
You should be fully STOCK now. Follow the steps and don't skip any.
Good luck.....
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man thank u very much.............the only thing is that i still have the CWM when i press vol + - is there something available to go back to the stock recovery android tool??

I have the stock recovery. PM me your email.

rhymeislife said:
man thank u very much.............the only thing is that i still have the CWM when i press vol + - is there something available to go back to the stock recovery android tool??
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Omg, didn't I tell you not to miss a step, lol.
Step 3 is to remove cmw.
Powered by the SGSII....

What if I did a backup of my stock unrooted ROM, can I just restore that, then Odin stock recovery?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Towle said:
What if I did a backup of my stock unrooted ROM, can I just restore that, then Odin stock recovery?
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You should be fine, but if you tested other kernels you'll have to flash stock kernel first. Then your nandroid.
Powered by the SGSII....

ThC23 said:
You should be fine, but if you tested other kernels you'll have to flash stock kernel first. Then your nandroid.
Powered by the SGSII....
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Cool I should be good then. The backup I have is completely stock, all I did was Odin CWM then did a backup right away.
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Can I just take a moment here to say how much I love Odin?... Thank you...
Sent from my €pic 4g - CM9 A2 - Tanto - Supercharged - 1.5gz - ICS Infusion Theme, (cuz I like the inverted messaging and status circles), using xda premium!

[Q] How To Root? (Guides all say do not use/outdated)

I am trying to root a friend's old ass sph-d700. The guides here say outdated. and she is running gingerbread.fc09
can someone point me in the right direction?

hectorp212 said:
I am trying to root a friend's old ass sph-d700. The guides here say outdated. and she is running gingerbread.fc09
can someone point me in the right direction?
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Have to use Odin to flash either TWRP or CWM. Make sure auto-reboot is unchecked. After successful flash, pull the battery. Replace battery and 3-finger boot (Camera+VolDwn+Pwr) into recovery and flash whatever rom you want. If you're just trying to root and keep everything the same, then you'll need to flash both SuperSU and a BML FC09 kernel to retain root. Otherwise the stock kernel will rewrite stock recovery upon reboot.
If you want to just be rooted, then flash the stock deodexed or odexed-rooted version of FC09.
This information is readily available if searched in these forums. The guides are a bit outdated.

nikon120 said:
If you're just trying to root and keep everything the same, then you'll need to flash both SuperSU and a BML FC09 kernel to retain root. Otherwise the stock kernel will rewrite stock recovery upon reboot.
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I don't know why everyone says this. I rooted my stock BML FC09 by Odin-ing CWM 5.0.2.7 and then directly flashing SuperUser 3.2 RC3's flashable zip. After reboot everything including root is fine while I always have access to the CWM recovery. True story Try it.
Sent from HTC Incredible S @ CM10.1

AndyYan said:
I don't know why everyone says this. I rooted my stock BML FC09 by Odin-ing CWM 5.0.2.7 and then directly flashing SuperUser 3.2 RC3's flashable zip. After reboot everything including root is fine while I always have access to the CWM recovery. True story Try it.
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We say flash the fixed stock kernel or a 3rd party kernel because the stock FC09 kernel has a line of code that checks the recovery partition for stock recovery. If there is a mismatch, then the stock recovery is flashed silently during the boot sequence.
Andy, are you sure you weren't on the fixed stock kernel when you experienced that? Or that you weren't on the recompiled FC09 on here?

nikon120 said:
We say flash the fixed stock kernel or a 3rd party kernel because the stock FC09 kernel has a line of code that checks the recovery partition for stock recovery. If there is a mismatch, then the stock recovery is flashed silently during the boot sequence.
Andy, are you sure you weren't on the fixed stock kernel when you experienced that? Or that you weren't on the recompiled FC09 on here?
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Huh? I just Odin flash the stock FC19 tar... (sorry, I got it wrong with the version, I initially got a leaked "official" FC19 from the dev section. Does the version difference matter?)
Sent from HTC Incredible S @ CM10.1

Look on youtube for a guy named QBking77. He has the best videos for rooting/rom-ing. He shows video and gives commentary as he goes. I use his videos/tutorials all the time. I highly recomend his stuff. He has plenty of vids for the Epic4g.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

AndyYan said:
Huh? I just Odin flash the stock FC19 tar... (sorry, I got it wrong with the version, I initially got a leaked "official" FC19 from the dev section. Does the version difference matter?)
Sent from HTC Incredible S @ CM10.1
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I believe so. I think with that version the line of code mentioned above is removed from the kernel. It's been so long since I read discussions on that unofficial release, but that is my recollection.

All qb kings dl links are no longer working im on fco9 can someone please provide the rooted fco9 tar and victory
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Sherrillface said:
All qb kings dl links are no longer working im on fco9 can someone please provide the rooted fco9 tar and victory
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The prerooted .tar can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24419155
And the victory pit file can be found in this post with the unrooted .tar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
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You couldn't have looked too hard
This is in the stickies in General subforum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006687

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