I may have missed something, I try to check once a day for any updates on Android development, however, I haven't seen anything about EG31 until today.
Where did this come from? Is this released from Sprint or Samsung? When was it released?
It came from squshy's factory odin tar file. This post explains a little about the versions in that tar file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352725
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I need to take my phone back today and have flashed back to DI18 in order to OTA EC05. However when I try to update it I get "No software update is available at this time. Your current software is up to date." I have downloaded DI18 from two reliable sources so I assume that "I am doing it wrong" Under Firmware version it says 2.1 -update1, Kernel is 2.6.29 & its on Eclair.DI18
edit: I should have posted this in the Flash Back To Stock thread but for the sake of not cross posting I could use some help here.
edit 2: Just tried to send a text message and my phone told me I had an update available. Thanks for the help everybody! lol
stir fry a lot said:
I need to take my phone back today and have flashed back to DI18 in order to OTA EC05. However when I try to update it I get "No software update is available at this time. Your current software is up to date." I have downloaded DI18 from two reliable sources so I assume that "I am doing it wrong" Under Firmware version it says 2.1 -update1, Kernel is 2.6.29 & its on Eclair.DI18
edit: I should have posted this in the Flash Back To Stock thread but for the sake of not cross posting I could use some help here.
edit 2: Just tried to send a text message and my phone told me I had an update available. Thanks for the help everybody! lol
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Yeah, it takes a while to download the update.zip and then you get the update message.
Do you BONSAI?
I see that we've managed to get our hands on a copy of the EG30 Modem, Huzzah! See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381632
That's all well and good, but has anyone gotten the OTA update notification after flashing back? I used Odin to head back, hoping to get the official OTA. (I had previously unrooted and flashed the .tar file to go back to stock with the EG31 modem.
Looking on Sprint's site for the update (Here) I noticed that my baseband version is: S: D710.0.10S.EG30
And the Sprint website lists the official build as being: S: D710.0.5S.EG30.
Does this mean I'm still SOL on an OTA? (I don't seem to get the notification and a manual check doesn't pull anything up for me)
Or can I flash the update from recovery now that I'm on a version of EG30?
Thanks!
Sprint website has a typo. The version you have is what it should be.
They pick the MEIDs to get the update in a pseudo-random fashion.
Oh ok. Good to know. I'll just be more patient then. Thanks.
Can you provide any more insight into the selection process?
Can someone give a laymen definition of what is what?
I think some are kernels, some are modems, and some are updates, but I can't find anywhere describing what is what...
What is the following:
EG30
EG31
EG12
EK02
Maybe just a little history of what is what would help some of the newbies coming online.
Bielinsk said:
Can someone give a laymen definition of what is what?
I think some are kernels, some are modems, and some are updates, but I can't find anywhere describing what is what...
What is the following:
EG30
EG31
EG12
EK02
Maybe just a little history of what is what would help some of the newbies coming online.
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EG30, EG31, and EK02 are all software versions for your phone.
The 1st letter is the year (E=11, F=12, ...)
The 2nd letter is the month of build (A=Jan, ..., G=Jul, ..., K=Nov, L=Dec)
The last 2 #s are the day of month.
The most important parts of these software releases are:
1) modem/radio
2) Kernel
3) ROM
Sprint/Samsung will usually include new versions of all three for each release.
While in theory you could experience incompatibilities mixing and matching different versions of the 3 parts, in practice, so far, it hasn't been an issue. This statement is regarding the stock versions. Sometimes custom kernels can make changes that make mix and matching not work.
EG12 - this is what is stored on the modem partition of the shipped EG30 phone, that partition is UNUSED. Often it is confused for EG30 because when people first pulled the modem from the modem partition, this is what showed up. Later on people realized that was a dormant partition that doesn't reflect the running modem.
EG30 - this is the software version that shipped with the phone Modem/Kernel/ROM. For the longest time we had no true "factory restore" for EG30. We had pulled the EG30 Kernel/ROM from the phone so you could restore to those, but we couldn't pull the EG30 modem (thus you couldn't restore to the EG30 modem). Right around the time of the EK02 release Przekret graciously leaked an EG30 ODIN tar update that include the EG30 Modem/Kernel/ROM.
EG31 - for the longest time we didn't have any way to do a true factory restore. sqush 7 graciously leaked a factory restore that Samsung sent to the maintenance machines at Sprint. At first we thought this was EG30, but after looking at the files we realized there were slight differences. It include the EG31 modem/baseband. It included the EG30-Rev5 Kernel and ROM, which to reduce confusion, we've been referring to as EG31 Kernel and ROM.
EK02 - this is the recently released first official Sprint OTA update for the E4GT. This is the same as the "leaked" EK02 that kingsway8605 obtained a week earlier from Sprint. It has only been released as an OTA patch update. That means it doesn't include the full Modem/Kernel/ROM. It only includes the "differences" from the EG30 release. It is meant to be applied on top of an stock EG30 installation. That is why you must be on truly stock EG30 to apply the EK02 update successfully. Some enterprising folks applied the EK02 update on top of EG30, then pulled the results off the phone to create "full" EK02 updates. Those are floating around and don't require you to be on EG30 (they are also much larger downloads) Caveat is the EK02 modem is still a patch release that must be applied on top of EG30. The modem on the phone is essentially write-only right now. The running modem can't be read or we would have a full EK02 modem pulled.
From another pretty new guy....Thanks for the excellent explanation.
Yea, excellent info. I must have changed something in my install that is causing the update to fail.
Only thing I can remember doing is deleting skype and manually updating to the beta.
Bielinsk said:
Yea, excellent info. I must have changed something in my install that is causing the update to fail.
Only thing I can remember doing is deleting skype and manually updating to the beta.
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Based on what you wrote in the other post, it doesn't sound like it is something you changed. It is unlikely you would have modified that file and that is the first file being checked by the updater, so the install virtually didn't start at all.
More likely it is something else, possibly running in CWM?
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Based on what you wrote in the other post, it doesn't sound like it is something you changed. It is unlikely you would have modified that file and that is the first file being checked by the updater, so the install virtually didn't start at all.
More likely it is something else, possibly running in CWM?
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replying in other thread.
I want to revert my ROM back to stock, but I can't seem to locate the proper one to download. Searching the forums revealed several links to ROM lists, but none of them seemed to be for my region. I have Sprint in the USA.
Any hints?
You can find the EG30 ODIN files in my signature.
The main post has 2 full factory restores for EG30 (Modem/Kernel/ROM). One resets your user data. The other does not. These are self-extractors bundled with ODIN, so a single package has everything you need.
In the 2nd post, there are individual ODIN tar files for the Modem, Kernel, and ROM. These are self-extractors with JUST the tar file. You provide your own ODIN installation.
be careful when searching the forums for roms.
it shouldn't be any harder then going to our development forum and looking through the first page. you don't want to flash anything not meant for this device.
Thanks
That did the trick. Nice to know it was that easy to get back to stock. I may play with a custom rom later on, but for now I'm going to leave it as is.
So with my USB being bad I have to use my buddies gnex to charge my battery. More of a problem however is the fact that every way I've found to get back stock involves connecting to a PC.
I've found a way to do it with "Mobile Odin" but you have to be on the same Android version as the Odin tar file. Only tar file I've found is 4.0.2 and I searched high and low for a 4.0.2 rom.
Any of u happen to have a 4.0.2 rom chill'n in you're HD to save my ass?
I have a Gnex-toro.
Nobody has a 4.0.2 Rom?
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Nobody has a 4.0.2 Rom?
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I think you must have warranty with any stock rom that comes from Google. Only thing you have to check is your bootloader. If that is closed you are fine.
What rom do you have now? and what recovery? and are you rooted?
And lastly, why do you want to go back to such an old version, and not some more recent stock version.
One last thing, you can try to buy the USB connector on ebay and replace yourself. Or you can try to send it to warranty in current condition, maybe they won't care since it's a hardware problem.
I'm on:
AOKP jb milestone 1 (4.2.2)
TWRP Recovery
Most definitely rooted.
As I said in my op, I need a 4.0.2 Rom in order for the only Odin tar file I've found to work. Its a 4.0.2 Odin tar.
If I replace the USB myself, I've just wasted many months of warranty payments.
If you want to create ODIN images of 4.2 you may be able to do that.
Chainfire supposedly did something like this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
Notice that these are for maguro and not your device, but you might be able to make odin files for your device from factory images, hints here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30366696&postcount=50
Hey, I just realized something: You're just looking for a 4.0 ROM, not an ODIN repack of a rom? I was confused.
You can try to get from goo.im (for example, http://goo.im/devs/aokp has old AOKP versions) or just travel back in the development forum and look at the earliest ROMs.
I'd take an updated Odin too. I'll look into making my own tar. I tried flashing img's from the 4.2.2 Google release but that didn't work.
As far as looking for a 4.0.2 Rom, I've tried. Oldest aokp is build 18 4.0.3. Odin file wouldn't work with it.
Here's where im getting my info from: post #48
Http://rootzwiki.com/topic/19864-vz...ockrootflash-romsfaq/page__st__40#entry759280
for anyone else trying to get back to stock without a usb, i couldn't get it to work.
i borrowed my friends phone and usb port to get mine back to stock. these phones come apart pretty easy actually