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Let's get things started over here.
While we wait for the kernel source from Samsung, we can grab some basic information about the phone and use it to get things rolling.
I have the Sprint GSII, but I'm very prominent in that area as well.
Note: USB Debugging has to be enabled to run any adb commands.
Anybody with ADB if you would be so kind as to run:
Code:
adb shell mounts > mounts.txt
and then upload mounts.txt in your adb folder, that would be an amazing thing right about now.
Also somebody with some good internet speeds I would love to have a dump of the system and mounts.
Make a new folder (called SGH-T989-dump) from where you run adb and run the following command:
Code:
adb pull / /SGH-T989-dump
then please compress the SGH-T989-dump folder and upload it for me to use in future endeavors.
Thanks guys.
Information about rooting the Samsung Galaxy S II:
The Galaxy S II is immune to exploits unless it is those of an unsecured kernel. To have an unsecured kernel however, we have to compile from source, against a source that hasn't yet been released (as of this post).
Root can be maintained in the kernel or in the ROM, either or.
ClockworkRecovery Mod can be easily ported over to this device once I have a dump as described above and the output of all the commands above.
dump: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21231693/T989odex.zip
as far as that 'mounts' command... i don't think that's gonna work without root.
I've uploaded everything to my website:
for anybody that wants to take a look.
bubby323 said:
I've uploaded everything to my website:
for anybody that wants to take a look.
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awesome. on the i9100 i believe it's mmcblk0p5 that's the kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114297
EDIT: looks like the man 'chainfire' has already been modding kernels for the i9100 for while. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
Just in case some of you are not familiar with it... I wanna give you the link to Samsung's opensource website. This way we can all be checking it daily for the release for our T989.
https://opensource.samsung.com/
bubby323 said:
Let's get things started over here.
While we wait for the kernel source from Samsung, we can grab some basic information about the phone and use it to get things rolling.
I have the Sprint GSII, but I'm very prominent in that area as well.
Note: USB Debugging has to be enabled to run any adb commands.
Anybody with ADB if you would be so kind as to run:
Code:
adb shell mounts > mounts.txt
and then upload mounts.txt in your adb folder, that would be an amazing thing right about now.
Also somebody with some good internet speeds I would love to have a dump of the system and mounts.
Make a new folder (called SGH-T989-dump) from where you run adb and run the following command:
Code:
adb pull / /SGH-T989-dump
then please compress the SGH-T989-dump folder and upload it for me to use in future endeavors.
Thanks guys.
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Hey, if you want we can setup a go to meeting remote session and do anything you need remotely that way you can get exactly what you need from my phone and at the same time I can learn something.
I just got my T-Mobile Galaxy S2 and have not even put the sim card in it.
If you like this idea email me at:
[email protected]
Thanks.
Much Needed
It seems like given how much bloatware there is on the T-Mobile version, it seems like Rooting is an absolute necessity for this particular device. The Sprint version at least lets you uninstall all that crapware.
This is a BIG THANK YOU to all of those working on getting a root done for this device.
If there is anything I can do to help (I'm a bit of a n00b but I can at least try), please don't hesitate to let me know.
luckyduck69 said:
well.. i'll put it this way guys. i've 4 top devs remote into my machine and look at the phone and try various things. all of them have said that root will not happen unless samsung drops source. so... you're in a waiting game just hoping that samsung will be gracious enough to give it to you.
as far as that goes... you should talk to some prior samsung owners how that works. i honestly can't believe (based on sever prior samsung experiences) that source will arrive before 6 months from now. probably closer to a year. so that's the bitter hard truth of the outlook right now. if you're still in buyer's remorse period might wanna use it.
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I didn't say that.. I said put a damn device in my hand and I've got a method which, based on previous models, has a 99% chance of success. That 1% is if UART debugging is not present.
AdamOutler said:
I didn't say that.. I said put a damn device in my hand and I've got a method which, based on previous models, has a 99% chance of success. That 1% is if UART debugging is not present.
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How would you do it? I'm really curious to hear.
But you don't have to if you don't want to.
-Hercules grabbed my post, and threw it at your face to be read-
wesmagyar said:
I see what ya did there...
LOL just share the method. I'm sure if it works the community would be willing to hook ya up.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk
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I've been repeating this in both of these threads...
UART!
If that does not work, then I'd go inside the device and locate the pre-FSA9240 chip UART lines, connect to them and exploit the battery charging sequence root prompt.
btw.. that video is old. I found a method and the captivate is now a development platform
AdamOutler said:
I've been repeating this in both of these threads...
UART!
If that does not work, then I'd go inside the device and locate the pre-FSA9240 chip UART lines, connect to them and exploit the battery charging sequence root prompt.
btw.. that video is old. I found a method and the captivate is now a development platform
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I totally have an Arduino board. I never thought about attempting to use it as an interface. That's slick.
icebrkr said:
I totally have an Arduino board. I never thought about attempting to use it as an interface. That's slick.
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Are you using it or are you just stating that it's cool? I'm betting that it will take at least a few days to get the parts together.
This would already have been done if someone had USPS'd me a device on day one.
Only DEV work on this topic!
Developers only please
keep all comments and chats on this other thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299840
To figure out which partition the kernel is, and also as an initial "can heimdall even talk to this thing" test, someone needs to install heimdall, enter download mode, and run the following:
Code:
heimdall print-pit
And put the output here.
Preferably someone who is already familiar with heimdall. Download mode is USUALLY accessed as follows:
Turn off device
Hold VolUp + VolDn
Insert USB
Again i wish i was home if for some reason nobody does this throughout today i will when i get home. I am not a dev bit also a quick learner and willing to help in any way possible
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Entropy512 said:
To figure out which partition the kernel is, and also as an initial "can heimdall even talk to this thing" test, someone needs to install heimdall, enter download mode, and run the following:
Code:
heimdall print-pit
And put the output here.
Preferably someone who is already familiar with heimdall. Download mode is USUALLY accessed as follows:
Turn off device
Hold VolUp + VolDn
Insert USB
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I am not familiar with heimdall at all, but if you can't find anyone else, ill try to help.
Sent from my Tmo Galaxy S II
"Steve Jobs is not your boyfriend.....STFU"
Bad news... I've been told that heimdall won't work with the T989, and also supposedly, Odin won't work without a PIT (this is a new thing I've never seen before.)
Entropy512 said:
Bad news... I've been told that heimdall won't work with the T989, and also supposedly, Odin won't work without a PIT (this is a new thing I've never seen before.)
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that can't be good for business
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bzlik88 said:
I am not familiar with heimdall at all, but if you can't find anyone else, ill try to help.
Sent from my Tmo Galaxy S II
"Steve Jobs is not your boyfriend.....STFU"
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jeffk-macbookpro:bin jeffkloy$ sudo heimdall print-pit
Heimdall v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
ERROR: Claiming interface failed!
I got the following response:
The application cannot be tested for compliance for Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements because it fails to launch on all Windows Phone 7 devices. The application terminates at launch.
However, I tested it on my own device and emulator, it works fine on all of them.
Here is a little background.
My app requires internet to run, if there is no internet for the phone, it will pop a message to let users know that it needs the internet and exit.
Currently, I am supporting both Nodo and Mango. Mango version has been approved already. The nodo version shares most the code of mango with 7.1 related features removed. The mango version has the title of "XXX for mango", and the nodo version has the title of "XXX for nodo". I don't know if this can be the cause of the problem. Can someone please give me some insights on this?
I am fairly certain that you shouldnt be exiting the application like that. Bring them to a screen/page that lets them retry or make the popup let them retry.
I am not sure if that was the problem tho. because my app has been like this since day 1, and mango version was recently certified too.
Well you can try to resubmit and it might pass...contact create.msdn.com support to get more info.
I did, it failed again. The only reason I can think of is that if its not an clean install, meaning update from an existing older version of the app, there might be some issues, since I changed the structure of the storages. but i don't know how to test it.
Maybe request Microsoft to provide some debug information to you?
If you install your previous version (hope you kept your versioning archived somewhere) by deploying to emulator/phone, then deploy the new version, it may act as an upgrade, and you should be able to see what is happening with debugger attached. I haven't released an upgrade to any of my apps, so I'm not too sure on this feature.
If you did change isolated storage (definitions, etc), that may be your problem (serialization/deserialization).
Try the Windows Phone Power Tools from Codeplex, it has options to 'Upgrade': http://wptools.codeplex.com/ and provides a GUI for browsing storage.
There is also an Isolated Storage Explorer as part of the SDK [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh286408(v=VS.92).aspx] that should allow you to see everything that may have changed between versions.
Please give me a thanks if this was helpful, it will be my first .
I think you really did provide the kind of help I need, but I don't know how to give you a thanks. Thanks!!! ( Not sure if this is what you meant tho)
My problem is that my app needs this type of changes, and I am willing to take the risk of asking users to reinstall it instead of just updating. Should I be able to do it?
blkjack2u said:
Maybe request Microsoft to provide some debug information to you?
If you install your previous version (hope you kept your versioning archived somewhere) by deploying to emulator/phone, then deploy the new version, it may act as an upgrade, and you should be able to see what is happening with debugger attached. I haven't released an upgrade to any of my apps, so I'm not too sure on this feature.
If you did change isolated storage (definitions, etc), that may be your problem (serialization/deserialization).
Try the Windows Phone Power Tools from Codeplex, it has options to 'Upgrade': http://wptools.codeplex.com/ and provides a GUI for browsing storage.
There is also an Isolated Storage Explorer as part of the SDK [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh286408(v=VS.92).aspx] that should allow you to see everything that may have changed between versions.
Please give me a thanks if this was helpful, it will be my first .
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I am seeking beta testers to help me locate the problem. If you are interested please reply/PM me with your live id. I will send you an update once the beta test is live. Your help is much appreciated.
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I think you really did provide the kind of help I need, but I don't know how to give you a thanks. Thanks!!! ( Not sure if this is what you meant tho)
My problem is that my app needs this type of changes, and I am willing to take the risk of asking users to reinstall it instead of just updating. Should I be able to do it?
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I was thinking the 'Thanks' button that is attached to a post; kind of like receiving a badge for helping others.
As a user I'd probably be unhappy if I was asked to have to reinstall, but I guess if the update contains some good stuff and I wouldn't lose data, it isn't too difficult to uninstall/install again and is only a minor inconvenience.
Is there anyway you can code in to convert from previous storage structure to the new one since a standard WP app upgrade preserves the previous version?
I just did. Well, I just used the tool you pointed me. I first installed the old version of the app, open and close it a few times, check the setting file, making sure, it has the old structure, and i "updated" with the newer version, it opens fine, and I check the setting file, the file has the new structure. So it doesn't really prevent the app from launching. So it is not really the problem. Will you be interested in being my beta tester?
btw, i just "thanked" you in both the replies.
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I was thinking the 'Thanks' button that is attached to a post; kind of like receiving a badge for helping others.
As a user I'd probably be unhappy if I was asked to have to reinstall, but I guess if the update contains some good stuff and I wouldn't lose data, it isn't too difficult to uninstall/install again and is only a minor inconvenience.
Is there anyway you can code in to convert from previous storage structure to the new one since a standard WP app upgrade preserves the previous version?
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Are you using dotfuscator or another tool to ofuscate your code?
No I don't, but I probably should. Can I know why you asked?
MJCS said:
Are you using dotfuscator or another tool to ofuscate your code?
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My app was rejected again. I am running out of ideas what I can do now.
Hey guy's,
Hopefully This is in the right place. Please assist in anyway you possibly can. This phone is not a brick, but it might aswell be. I have tried literally every kind of reset unbrick guide I can find for the past 2 months, and nothing works.
From what I can tell it is a driver issue, but even installing the meta mediatek preloader, and drivers does not seem to work. I have tried a fresh install of windows 8.1, windows 7, and xp. nothing works. I can not install the adb drivers for this device, because the phone will not even boot into recover. Recovery is corupted or something. I do have an mtkdroidtools backup, but can not flash it with sp flash because it always gives the error "THIS IS A SECURE BASEBAND CHIP PLEASE LOAD AUTHENICATION FILE". I've worked with kirito9 which was a big help in understanding a few things, but we could not get it sorted. I will stop talking now, and post something useful.
BTW:mobile upgrade tool s does not work either. I get terminal read failure.
As of now im on windows 8.1 with drivers installed. I have posted a couple of videos to show whats going on. Hopefully they will help. I can post some logs, but I honestly dont know which ones you would want, I have a lot of them, and have tried so many things I dont know where to begin again. In the zip file there is 2 videos, and the original mtk.log.
I forgot to mention that, this all started when I wanted to root, and install a custom recovery. I believe I used the guide on here but cant remember seeing as it was a while ago. Also the phone does not vibrate at all. Like I said I have a backup, but I dont remember much about it I dont know how reliable it is, and if I read back with sp flash or not. I believe I had to right? idk. thanks in advance.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DyVUIoGhqBSXlhbkNhdVNCR1k/view?usp=sharing
Wow I cant believe nobody has run into this problem. That or you guy's are just busy which I totally understand.. I'm just really frustrated. I think I am going to try to return it to t-mobile. You gotta know when your defeated, and this is it. This phone has been a nightmare.... I just hate giving up. I broke it, and I wanted to fix it.
Anyway if this was in the wrong lace to post please let me know. thanks.
I called t-mobile, and told them it didnt work. They asked the normal questions, and agreed to replace it. The guy said they are going to check it out to verify condition. Once they play with it enough to power it on they will see the flash error.
Is this something to worry about? also, is there a way to make sure it doesnt power on? I know thats shady, I just cant afford the deductible right now seeing as i'm out of work at the moment.
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I called t-mobile, and told them it didnt work. They asked the normal questions, and agreed to replace it. The guy said they are going to check it out to verify condition. Once they play with it enough to power it on they will see the flash error.
Is this something to worry about? also, is there a way to make sure it doesnt power on? I know thats shady, I just cant afford the deductible right now seeing as i'm out of work at the moment.
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Hey man, I cant really help with unbricking it. Mediatek chips are not my strong point but i just wanted to say logically if the recovery is corrputed and the rom is corrupted and the bootloader is not playing ball then unless the chips have a write counter/modification check then you should be okay I reckon.
Good luck though
I still have it because I wanted to at least make it boot ok, but to no avail. I got the replacement and made a good back up with mtk droid, but I still get the error.
The phone is an Identical copy of my last one, and still no go. I even tried to flash it with the new phone, I get the same error. so I guess im a monkey, and cant do it right. If it's doing the same thing with the new phone as it is with the bricked one, than its me right?
I did notice that I cant create a scatter file with the create scatter button(its greyed out) I can only make one through the firmware.info.
This is the phone info from both phones.
Hardware : MT6581
Model : ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 4037T
Build number : ALPS.KK1.MP1.V2.10
Build date UTC : 20140918-073410
Android v : 4.4.2
Baseband v: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V34.P13, 2014/09/18 15:26
Kernel v : 3.4.67 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Sep 8 10:47:59 CST 2014
Uboot build v : ----- should be root shell
LCD Driver IC : 0-nt35512_dsi_vdo_tdt_lcm_drv
From what I have read this is actually a 6572 chip. Is this correct? I was just thinking that maybe droid tools wasn't reading it right, or backing it up right. Droid tools creats a 6582 scatter file, but my phone says 6581, and I saw 6572. Which one is it? I cant find or make a 6581, so I do not know what to do. I have tried both phones with all of the different drivers, with the different scatters, and I always get error 5000 secure baseband chip.
Hello TireIron, in these moments I am passing through the same despair that you suffered with your telephone, I have done the same steps exactly than for the ones that you passed, although with less results, not even I have been able to find the scatter of the device to use sp flash tool.I have done the same steps you passed for, although with less results, not even I have been able to find the scatter of the device to use sp flash tool.
I don't know, if at the end you could solve the problem and recovering the telephone, if so, what solution did you find? I would thank you for if you shared the solution.
Thanks from the start.
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Hello TireIron, in these moments I am passing through the same despair that you suffered with your telephone, I have done the same steps exactly than for the ones that you passed, although with less results, not even I have been able to find the scatter of the device to use sp flash tool.I have done the same steps you passed for, although with less results, not even I have been able to find the scatter of the device to use sp flash tool.
I don't know, if at the end you could solve the problem and recovering the telephone, if so, what solution did you find? I would thank you for if you shared the solution.
Thanks from the start.
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Your issue is you flashed with the secure bootloader still active, as to why your having issues flashing it back... I've been searching around for a Custom Recovery/ROM, I'll check back in if I find anything on Disabling the Secure Bootloader, as I see it your not going to be able to restore (even to STOCK) without Unlocking the Bootloader/ And/Or Reactivating it upon re-flash.... So far no luck on finding a way to disable it, but just started a couple hours ago....
Mike
UPDATE:
ok Upon more searching it appears at the moment you need an NCK BOX...
https://www.google.com/search?q=unl...-8#newwindow=1&q=disable+secure+boot+on+4037t
http://www.ebay.vn/mo-ta-san-pham-281534386171.html
Hello there,
I would like a more secure and private OS on my phone. Copperhead OS is interesting but I don't have the money to buy a device from them nor the know how to use the source. So my question, what is a good alternative. It seems like there are a lot of options here on XDA. It's my first time here and I'm not the most technical when it comes to software. I was able to switch all my home computing to linux/tails but working with my phone seems much harder. Any advice would be a huge help at this point.
What I think I know:
-I need to unlock my phone, and I have a Verizon Pixel XL. I found this article, (turns out new people can't post links but it is the page with the depixel8 tool), that I think will help me to unlock. Step one of this article mentions fastboot and adb which I think I get from Android SDK. So I'm pretty sure I first download the SDK (gonna find a guide to be safe) and then I do these steps through the terminal.
-Back up everything! I've removed all my pictures, I don't have a ton of contacts but I saved those else where too. Everything at this point can be lost, so when we say "back up everything" is there something I am missing? In my Desktop experience this also meant back up my old windows install, is this the case here? If so how do I do that?
-When the phone is unlocked, I then load a ROM on to it and select it in bootloader?
In summation, very lost, slightly confused, willing to learn! I'm just looking for an OS where I can use open source software, including the OS. Call me paranoid (fixes tin foil hat) but I'd rather try to keep my life private if even a little. Thank you for any help you can provide me in taking my first steps into something new.
If you are already on latest Verizon there is no way to unlock.
So no way to flash any custom roms.
But if security is what you want an unlock bootloader is just the other way. Less security.
Darn, I am on the latest version. I'm not able to unlock using the depixel8 tool? If that's the case I may just pick up a nexus and try to use Copperhead.
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Darn, I am on the latest version. I'm not able to unlock using the depixel8 tool? If that's the case I may just pick up a nexus and try to use Copperhead.
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If you're past 7.1 then sadly depixel8 won't work
Guess that's a done deal then. Instead of making a new thread I guess I'll just ask here. The way I understand it, Android is open source, but that doesn't mean the OS on my phone is open source. Seeing that the community here works with Android so much, are there any major privacy concerns running the latest version. As an example, Windows, especially Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare. I can't imagine Android is that bad, but what can you tell me?
Hello? Anybody still around? I hope so. I need some advice/help. I will bold my questions so they are easier to reference.
I have two identical Lumia 1020’s that I upgraded to Windows 10 using this procedure posted by hikari_calyx https://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/guide-win10-mobile-offline-update-t3527340 and summarized here https://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-10-mobile-how-guides/452310-how-offline-update-unsupported-lumias-8-1-latest-10586-xxx-14393-xxx-15063-xxx-build.html
This procedure got both phones to 10586.107. However, one phone was able to get updates to Redstone automatically. The other is stuck at 10586.107. The stuck phone is my daily driver and the phone that I’d like to be on Redstone. The one that actually made it to Redstone is a spare and has mechanical issues. It was the phone that I upgraded first to familiarize myself with the upgrade process. The phones are identical except the one that fully upgraded does not have an active SIM.
Since the upgrade I’ve been spending many hours in the forums and on youtube looking for reasons why my one phone might not be getting updates and also for ways to force updates. Most posts are very old and maybe I’m late to the party, but I’d like to get this other phone upgraded.
Here’s what I’ve tried:
1) Since the phones are 1020’s I had to modify the “OEMInput.xml” file to get past a bug in the update process. Following this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/guide-how-to-fix-windows-update- issue-t3697172, I was able to continue getting updates on the one fully upgraded phone. Since I cannot get updates at all on the other phone, I don’t know if this will work for
it yet.
2) I checked that all my registry settings are properly set for my model:
PhoneManufacturer=”MicrosoftMDG”
PhoneManufacturerModelName=”RM-1085_11302”
PhoneModelName=”Lumia 950 XL”
PhoneHardwareVariant=”RM-1085”
I examined the source code for DHTUpgradeAdvisor and I think this is all that should be set.
3) I tried the Windows Insider App, to be sure I’m getting updates but it when I click the “Get preview builds” it throws a Server Error “A connection error prevented us from downloading programs for you. Please check the date/time of your device and its network connection and try again.”
Of course my date time is correct.
I tried reinstalling the Windows Insider App. Same problem.
I did notice a difference between the phones here. When I open the Windows Insider App on the phone that fully upgraded it shows “Go to Settings” instead of “Get Preview Builds”. The phone that fully upgraded has a “Windows Insider Program” link under Settings>Update&Security. The phone that refuses to upgrade does not have this link. The app does not work on either phone. Why is there a difference between the phones here? How can I get the Windows Insider App working again?
4) I’ve tried to add the provisioning for Mobile Enterprise, but I can never get it to show “Enterprise” in the about section. The package does appear in provisioning. I’ve tried multiple .ppkg files. None have worked.
I did see in a post that you must opt out of the Window Insider Program. I’m not sure how to do this since I cannot get into the Windows Insider App. Also it mentions that the SIM should be removed. I did not try this.
Is there a registry setting or something that can be modified to change the update rings or opt out of the insider program? Or does the insider app associate my phone with my Microsoft account and I need to login to my Microsoft account and somehow disassociate it there? Does the SIM really need to be removed?
5) I had the idea to make an image of the fully upgraded phone and then dump it into the non-upgraded phone and then hard reset it and recommission it. I tried to make an image with Windows Phone Internals 2.8. I am able to unlock the bootloader of the upgraded phone but I’m not able to get it into Mass Storage mode in order to make an image. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I have only a basic idea of the phone hardware architecture so I don’t even know what to try next to get an image. Any ideas?
Is this idea even feasible? Is it possible to take an image from one phone and dump it into another effectively cloning the first one? I wasn’t sure if there would be problems with hardware (MAC addresses, etc) mismatches with the software or not. Anyone tried this? Should I pursue this more?
6) The next option is to pump the updates into the phone offline. I am not clear on how to do this. Of course I know how to use iutool (as long as it behaves) since I used it to get the phones to 10586.107.
There is a guide to updating offline here https://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10/windows-10-mobile/w10m-builds-update-links-collection-cab-t3234805. It looks like this is mostly a guide to capture the cabs for posterity. For upgrading, it’s not clear to me how to begin. There are links to some update cabs in the post, but also this link: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=RM-1085_11302. It has info, but I don’t know what I’m looking at. This is where I get confused. Are these even the cabs I need? Are these update cabs independent of the phone model? Can I just grab the cabs within those links and copy them to my PC and then update my phone using iutool? Do I need to do all the updates in order or can I skip ahead? How do I know which ones I can skip over? What is 000-88 based vs 000-HK based vs CTM-MO based devices? Do I use iutool as I did before (keeping the same files in place and just overwrite the cabs with the new ones)? I see these questions partly answered in the subsequent posts, but I’m still unclear of the cabs to use and the order. This method seem like it’s for people smarter than myself and has a high risk of trial and error and brick potential. I’d rather figure out how to get the proper update pushed over-the-air if possible, but if someone has done this method on a 1020 successfully I might try it.
I would prefer to not have to do hard resets or rollbacks if possible since I feel like I'm very close to getting it to work (It worked on my other phone naturally).
Thank you to anyone who is able to answer any of my questions and give me advice on which of the above methods is best to pursue!
I’ve never posted to a social media site such as this, so if I’ve posted wrongly I apologize.
Your friend,
WolfCobra
If you want to upgrade to higher versions, just go to https://www.wpvision.de/tourniquet and download the "Phone Updater" there. With that you will be able to update any Windows Phone 8.1 up to 15063.297.
You might get into some trouble because you already modified OEMinput.xml. But overall you do not need to do any registry editing to get to build 15063 (Version 1703).
I registered on the wpvision.de site. I am waiting to be accepted for membership so that I can view the posts describing the functionality and operation of the phone updater. I'm not able to access much of the site, so I cannot tell how helpful this will be yet. Thank you for pointing out this site to me; it is one that I have not seen before.
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I registered on the wpvision.de site. I am waiting to be accepted for membership so that I can view the posts describing the functionality and operation of the phone updater. I'm not able to access much of the site, so I cannot tell how helpful this will be yet. Thank you for pointing out this site to me; it is one that I have not seen before.
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I was able to fully update my 1020 with the Phone Updater from wpvision.de. It works very well. I would recommend it to anyone still looking to update an unsupported phone.
WolfCobra said:
I was able to fully update my 1020 with the Phone Updater from wpvision.de. It works very well. I would recommend it to anyone still looking to update an unsupported phone.
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Can you please provide the linkto the thread?