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Unrooting, then rooting

When I first got my epic I installed a 1 click root on it. I have no idea which one it is as its been a while. I have been wanting to upgrade my phone to nebula's 1.0.7 rom so I can run 2.2 on it. I would first like to put my phone back to 100% out of the box factory everything before I go and do this. I have been reading the android development section for the epic but all the links I click on to download the software I need are all down. Pages are all comming up unavailable. Is there anyway I can get some help with getting the files I need and also a quick step by step on how to do this? Thank you in advance, il post my current software installed below
Kernal version: 2.6.29
Build Number: SPH-D700 Eclair.DI18

I'm on mobile so I can't provixe you with a link right now, but I believe it is best to use Odin to flash back to stock.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Well after tons and tons of searching I was finally able to get odin and the stock DI18 downloaded. Now I ran into another problem, Im trying to do the 1 click root with clockwork and I cant download it. Keeps comming up as a virus and wont let me download it. Trying to get syndicates rom installed.

=) Have to write 8 posts before i can post a URL... I'm on 5 with this one.

I recently rooted my girlfriends EPIC and it is running smooth...

She is running MIDNIGHT ROM and it's very fast. Had to install SETCPU to conserve battery.

Its coming up as malware and such cause its an exploit.
Sent From My Evo Killer!

Ok check it out... I used this method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XrE7D_Raw4 I followed STEP BY STEP and it worked. Make sure you have the ROM you want in your SD card and flash BEFORE you reboot after you set up CWM for the first time. Make sense? Lol... If you want 100% out of the box factory, download ODIN 1.61, open ODIN, put your phone on DOWNLOAD MODE (HOLD 1 and POWER button at the same time til you see yellow droid dude with a shovel). Connect your phone via USB cable. On ODIN window, put SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar on PDA section and s1_odin_20100512.pit on PIT section. After you do that, UNCHECK F.Reset Time and click START (Leave Auto Reboot checked). Let it do its thang. Your phone should reboot and BAM!! Hello 100% out of the box factory. I used this method at least 4 times while trying to figure out what ROM was best for my girlfriend. Haha. Hope this helps!

I've been looking everywhere for ODIN and it always leads to the SDX link that's down. Any links?

So will a computer with no protection allow me to download it? I ignored the warning anyway and downloaded it to my desktop but it didn't show up, no file was there. I'm sure that's just mse just blocking it out. Already have the rom downloaded and ready to go, just need to install a 1 click root with clockwork before I can install the rom.
Also figured out odin and have my phone back to out of the box stock so I'm ready to start trying some roms. Thanks for the help thus far.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

When I did the syndicate rom and root it did the same thing to me and I just let it download anyways... Have you updated to eb13 yet?
Sent from an EPIC 4G FROZEN and Syndicated

sorry, I misread what you wanted to do
Sent from an EPIC 4G FROZEN and Syndicated

Ok so I finally figured it out and clockwork installed. Now im trying to install nebula's rom to see how I like it. I booted into system recovery but I dont know the keys. I figured out how to go up and down but what key is enter?

Yea i don't see why not. Hmmmm. Try saving it in your downloads. Don't know why the file isn't showing up...

The enter button is your HOME button at the bottom...

Or the MENU button but im almost sure its the home.

Ahhh thanks.

No prob SIR =)

Heres another question for ya. I got clockwork installed and I want to install syndicates rom now. I have the zip on my sd card but when I boot to system recovery it doesnt show up. Am I doing something wrong?

Did you go into your SD card through CWM?

ClockWorkMod for Sprint Galaxy Tabs

PREPARATION STEP! download sgs kernel flasher from the market (must be rooted I believe) and do a kernel backup as this process changes your kernel.
SPRINT TAB INSTRUCTIONS THAT WORKEDFOR MANY SPRINT TAB OWNERS. IT MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU!
Ok here it is, Thank koushs for this product, cruiserbax for his awesome instructions and Benjamin Dobell for giving up Heimdall flashing utility and install instructions.
I NOR THE ANYONE LIST ABOVE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NOT WORKING!!! OR ANY DAMAGE IT MAY DO TO YOUR TAB!!
To get the zip file containing the zimage download it from here. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SV6IKL1D
To flash the zimage you will need to use Heimdall which can be downloaded here. http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/ <--------click on the binaries link for 1.1.1
instruction are below.
Heimdall install instructions
1. Download Heimdall here http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
2. Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) and install it. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...5E-6DE6-4D3A-A423-37BF0912DB84&displaylang=en <------only if you are using Microsoft widows
2. Unzip Heimdall and you should have several files in the folder called Heimdall.exe, Heimdall-Frontend.exe, QtCore4.dll, QtGui4.dll, Readme.txt and drivers folder containing zadig.exe
3. Put you tab into Download mode(while the tab is OFF hold Volume Down + Power Button). Hook the tab up to you PC and Run Zadig.exe to install the drivers.
4. From the menu chose Options -> List All Devices.
5. From the USB Device list chose "Samsung USB Composite DEvice".
6. Press "Install Driver", click "Yes" to the prompt and if you receive
a message about being unable to verify the publisher of the driver
click "Install this driver software anyway".
7. Done. This only needs to be done once.
ClockWorkMod Install Instructions
1. First root you tab (use one click root or z4root) then downloaded rom manager.
2. Unzip the flash_image_VZW_zimage.zip. It will have have two files flash_image and zimage. you only need to use the zimage file. Open Heimdall-Frontend.exe and browse to where you unzipped the zimage to and select it. Make sure the box infront of zimage is checked. Hit start and it should flash the zimage and reboot the tab.
when it reboots it will get stuck at the samsung screen long hold the power button to shut it off. boot into recovery (cwm) power button plus volume up button it will start backing up to do the fs conversion but it will fail at /data and /cache. it will leave you in recovery.
3. While still in recovery select factory reset/data wipe when finished also do a cache wipe.
4. select reboot system, if you let it try to boot it will loop/hang on the SAMSUNG logo, this is not an issue just hold power key until it powers off.
5. while off hold volume up + power until you see the SAMSUNG logo then release both keys! NOTE: if step 4 does not fully power off and reboots just keep holding the power button until the screen blanks again then let go and quickly hold down only volume up + power until you see the SAMSUNG logo.
6. once it boots back into recovery (cwm) it will start the same backup/conversion process again, this time it will finish and leave you in recovery.
7. select reboot system and wait for it to load the tab back to froyo. (it will be back to factory defaults with the activation screen again)
8. Your tab will still be rooted so install terminal emulator and run "mount" to verify that your partitions are ext4.
9. Power off then boot back into recovery with volume up + power, it will boot back into recovery (cwm)
10. Do a backup and reboot your tab.
Source:
http://www.thegalaxytabforum.com/index.php?/topic/1775-clockworkmod-for-sprint-galaxy-tabs/

Yes, I tried this and it works great but be aware that certain kernels seem to mess it up.

Which Kernel Seems To Work The Best?
@ lloydcabraham
Which kernel is the most stable?

I rooted my tab last night in preparation for the HC port, and I'm curious about whether CWM is necessary... seems everything needs to be flashed via Heimdal or Odin, so is the advantage to having CWM installed just the wipe capabilities? I'm used to my EVO, and flashing/rooting/modding which is obviously different, I just don't understand what the differences are, I guess. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE STEP BY STEP! Simpletons like me find them EXTREMELY useful!
Great work, and thanks again!
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

I'll have to try this soon.

IP IHI II IL said:
I rooted my tab last night in preparation for the HC port, and I'm curious about whether CWM is necessary... seems everything needs to be flashed via Heimdal or Odin, so is the advantage to having CWM installed just the wipe capabilities? I'm used to my EVO, and flashing/rooting/modding which is obviously different, I just don't understand what the differences are, I guess. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE STEP BY STEP! Simpletons like me find them EXTREMELY useful!
Great work, and thanks again!
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Somewhat Offtopic:
Chances are the honeycomb port will come to GSM Devices First, We can only hope that it comes to Sprint and Verizon devices.

I believe the build being worked on right now in here is based on a cdma device...

Not off topic at all. THE ONLY HC port is currently being built by spacemoose (reading more than one thread on one website helps) and that wasn't the focus of my question. Please read before you quote/insinuate. Don't wanna be tagged with the troll label...
cdguider said:
Somewhat Offtopic:
Chances are the honeycomb port will come to GSM Devices First, We can only hope that it comes to Sprint and Verizon devices.
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Clockworkmod has many advantages if you flash different roms, or say wanted to backup your current sprint rom & settings before testing Honeycomb Port.
As far as Honeycomb Port goes,
Again Chances are Honeycomb will port to Gsm Devices First,
Honeycomb is still Closed Code.
I said somewhat off topic, which it was, considering the thread is titled Clockworkmod.
Get your facts straight.

cdguider said:
@ lloydcabraham
Which kernel is the most stable?
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I like Bauxite but you will get a flaky camera (Sometimes won't initialize without reboot) and seems to mess up CWM (Although redoing these steps fixes it) but I do love running @ 1.4 super stable!

cdguider said:
Clockworkmod has many advantages if you flash different roms, or say wanted to backup your current sprint rom & settings before testing Honeycomb Port.
As far as Honeycomb Port goes,
Again Chances are Honeycomb will port to Gsm Devices First,
Honeycomb is still Closed Code.
I said somewhat off topic, which it was, considering the thread is titled Clockworkmod.
Get your facts straight.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11780452&postcount=1
3/26/11 #2:...Second... The "dirty" port will be for CDMA devices, but as soon as the CDMA version is released I'll look into getting a GSM version out asap. Shouldn't be hard. Instead of using my own kernel for this one, I'm using a modified version of Boushh's kernel and can probably hack together a suitable kernel for other devices as well. My own kernel for the larger project is still in fluctuation as I have to make changes to suit the build on a regular basis, but when I finalize that kernel I'll release it as an update and it will get a repo of it's own.
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The quote was for what?

Re-read it one more time...

Really
I still stand by my message.
It's also apparent you didn't go back to page 1 otherwise you would have known I acknowledged spacemoose1 Honeycomb Port.
Despite someone working on Honeycomb port for Sprint / CDMA devices.
Chances are someone else is working on it for GSM, as with damn near anything, GSM devices will most likely get it first,
KEYWORD: most likely, and if you read the previous post - keyword is chances are
Bottom line is who cares who gets it first.
I'm well aware of most developments going on XDA

can u guys just drop it already!

Ok im stuck I followed steps but I am stuck at the samsung screen won't boot into recovery I don't know what I did wrong... I need help I have it stuck! (sigh) uSING hEIMDALL It isn't specific on which box I should use the zimage in which box using heimdall... I used it in the recovery under other made sure the box was checked. It ran through backups 2 times then looked like it was launching into recovery cwr 3.0 but when I picked it up it turned off when I turned on all I get is the samsung logo FOREVER... I have tried using heimdall again and tried to use it under FACTORYFS but same result. Please help. All I have now is a Huge Expensive Paper Weight. HELP
*** Ok after further review *SIGH* I understand I probably should have studied the damn thing better there is an option for zImage there... So how bad did I mess this thing up and is there a way to UnDue what I have Done?
Update-
So I was able to flash the Zimage and get to recovery but when I tried to wipe/data/cache and load K-lean rom I got this ---->http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8655/imag0061y.jpg
I was also able to boot in but couldn't launch because every one of the launchers would fc.
I will attempt another ROM but I fear it is bricked.... I don't give up easily so any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advance.

Damn,
Can you boot into recovery at all? Ifa ll fails, put your Tablet in downloader mode, and flash the file below, follow the instructions in the zip file, if you have done some of the steps skip them, however read very carefully.
http://www.gsmelite.com/Sprint Galaxy Tab EA24 Flasher Odin.zip

cdguider said:
Damn,
Can you boot into recovery at all? Ifa ll fails, put your Tablet in downloader mode, and flash the file below, follow the instructions in the zip file, if you have done some of the steps skip them, however read very carefully.
http://www.gsmelite.com/Sprint Galaxy Tab EA24 Flasher Odin.zip
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So I was able to flash the Zimage and get to recovery but when I tried to wipe/data/cache and load K-lean rom I got this ---->http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8655/imag0061y.jpg
I was also able to boot in but couldn't launch because every one of the launchers would fc.
I will attempt another ROM but I fear it is bricked.... I don't give up easily so any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the link... Will give it a try.

Really don't know what to say about the error message, My tab was messed up with errors like can't mount....., some other stuff, I had to send mine in to get replaced, never would go past the samsung logo. At the time the only thing Sprint users had was the Stock DJ30 With Modem.
Now we have no modem.
EA24 Stock
Ext 4
Honeycomb Port In Progress.

cdguider said:
Damn,
Can you boot into recovery at all? Ifa ll fails, put your Tablet in downloader mode, and flash the file below, follow the instructions in the zip file, if you have done some of the steps skip them, however read very carefully.
http://www.gsmelite.com/Sprint Galaxy Tab EA24 Flasher Odin.zip
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Before I tried that I loaded the Honeycomb ROM well it isn't but the Khasmek's AOSP beta 1 and it worked everything working but the real question is what to do now... If I reboot does it load agian? Should I use Rom manager and run a recovery Backup? what would you advise?
****Update
So after getting everything setup I tried to do a boot to recovery through Rom Manager and low and behold back to dreaded SAMSUNG screen with NUTIN happening. Will try your steps next
****Update
After following steps and flashing image with odin... I was able to boot up fine... Downside---> My Verizon tab is now a Sprint Tab ... I need to find the .tar for VZW anyone? ANYONE? *SIGH*

[EVERYTHING] Samsung Galaxy Attain 4G LTE

Hello guys!
This thread will be an expensive everything for the Galaxy Attain since it doesn't have it's forum so I'm going to make everything here.
I will be updating the thread with ROMS, RECOVERIES, GUIDES, ETC. but right now is too late and I want to sleep , will leave some.
GUIDES:
-Unbrick Galaxy Attain
ROMS:
THEMES:
KERNELS:
RECOVERIES:

Unbrick Galaxy Attain.
Please follow every step as wrote.​
With this guide you will bring your Attain back to life like I did with mine.​
NOW THE TIME HAS COME!, Follow the steps
Step 1. Files to download:
-Heimdall Suite: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
-GA Fix: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Step 2. Heimdall Suite
Heimdall Suite is a suite made by Benjamin Dobell, so thanks to him we can have the Galaxy Attain back to life.
-Extract the Heimdall Suite wherever you want, but to make sure extract it in the main disk (C:\).
-After you have extracted it go into the folder of Heimdall Suite and open the Heimdall-fronted.exe (To make sure you have MS Visual C++ 2010)
--In case it gives error MSVCP100.DLL, download MS Visual C++ 2010 here: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
--Also make sure you have lastest Samsung USB Drivers, if you don't have it here is a link: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Step 3. Preparing/Configuring Drivers
-In the folder of Heimdall Suite go to a folder named Drivers
-Attach USB to your Attain and put it into download mode. (without battery) *Volume Down + Power* then *Volume Up*
-After the computer recognizes it open zadig.exe
-Click on Options and click on List All Devices
-Go to the List and mow you should see "Samsung USB Composite Device" on the list.
-Click on Install Drivers
-Done.
Step 4. Attain Back to Life / Heimdall Suite
-Go back to Heimdall Folder and open heimdall-fronted
-Click on Browse and look for the AttainFix.tar.gz
-Click on Load/Customise.
-Click on Flash.
-Voila! (Done).
If you have any question or anything to ask, just feel free I'm here to help,
Special thanks to:
*MobilePlay
*DadCup
Also thanks to:
*Shabbypenguin
For their great support and all the files =D
If you like my work buy me a beer

Reserved again.

And once again reserved lol.

Last time reserved

Thanks for making this thread
Sent from my SCH-R920 using xda premium

ICS
Any movement on an ICS rom?

thanks

Samsung USB Drivers download is dead
Samsung USB Drivers download is dead . Please reupload again.

I've tried everything on here and a lot of other fixes too. I have had absolutely no luck
I believe my phone is soft bricked. It's booting by default into system recovery
Any help would be great

samsung Galaxy Attain 4g root
BrogiBear said:
I've tried everything on here and a lot of other fixes too. I have had absolutely no luck
I believe my phone is soft bricked. It's booting by default into system recovery
Any help would be great
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Ok, This is no issue.
I have soft bricked the samsung Galaxy Attain 4g numerous times.
Lets confirm a few things. first, is this still an issue?
You used samsungs upgrade?
MPCS_R920_FG02_Simple_Download_Tool.exe
SIMPLE_R920_FG02_CL1163798.tar
You Need:
Odin 1.85.exe
Attain-4G.pit
Pre-Rooted.tar
I have them and can walk you through this. sorry, i could use help on attaching these apps/sw?
Thank You

I need help
I have two Attains. 1 is rooted and screwed. It says for "baseband: Unknown". Samsung simple upgrade doesn't recognize it and when I put it into recovery/download mode it say "ODIN" at the top. It won't come out of airplane mode. It has been rooted by the previous owner. I am trying to return it to it previous glory. I want to start fresh. The other is untouched. The factory ROM is still intact and the phone is fresh. How do I copy the factory data and restore the screwed phone.
Please, I am a noobi so let's play nice. I have rooted my admires previously. Both of them are fine. One I even updated and rooted with odin.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx in advance

u can use samsung kies to copy your. tar and. pit. from new phone and/OR other rom and then use oden to get the job done

Links fixed, also if anyone needs help please PM me and I will also post the solution I used here.

thax
thax

good
good work ..

Constant Restart
Having problems here. It only constantly reboots itself.
After I flash the phone, it restarts into recovery mode. The first time I simply selected Reboot, and the second time, after another flash, I wiped it and restored it to factory defaults.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

can yo send me the file to unbrick my galaxy attain?
Hi bro, do you have the file to recover the galaxy attain?, because my phone is bricked and i need to repair it. Can you help me?

Request
Justrollen said:
u can use samsung kies to copy your. tar and. pit. from new phone and/OR other rom and then use oden to get the job done
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Samsung ON5. G550T1 ROOTED ZIP available upon request

[Q] Kies closes on GB27 update

I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock unrooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.

mewikime said:
I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock rooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.
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Well for it to work you need to be on stock fl24 your phone can't be rooted. So dl a stock fl24 one click then try the update.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2

Oops, my fault, I did mean unrooted. I've edited the OP to reflect that. Anyway, I'm going to try it on a different computer

I'm having the same problem on my girlfriends stock unrooted phone
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Luda305 said:
I'm having the same problem on my girlfriends stock unrooted phone
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The only thing I can think of is going to the forum I posted and somebody should be able to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39692230
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mewikime said:
I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock unrooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.
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Kherr said:
What worked for me was using an Odin One-Click package from here.
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Use that link to download an Odin One-Click tool that will make your life easy. Whether you're looking to root her phone or keep it un-rooted, there is a tool for you on that page. Download whichever one of the tools you need whether or not you need to root her phone or keep it un-rooted. RESTORE versions will WIPE all user data from the phone. NODATA versions will NOT wipe user data from the phone. After downloading the one-click tool you need, simply turn off her phone and once it's fully powered down, press and hold volume down and the power key at the same time until you see the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo. You can let go now. It will boot into something called "Download mode" and that's what we need.
I'm going to assume you've already installed the samsung drivers since you're using KIES. If not, get them from here and install.
Make sure the phone is FULLY CHARGED at this point.
After the drivers are installed, launch the Odin One-Click program and wait for it to appear. Once it's loaded go ahead and connect your phone to the computer. Make sure your phone is still in download mode before you connect to the computer! The top left box in that Odin window should light up with a yellow box with "0:COM#" in it, once that's lighted up, go ahead and click start at the bottom.
If you do not see a yellow "0:COM#" light up in the top left set of boxes, you may need to run the ODIN One-Click as an administrator.
DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT OFF WHILE ODIN IS WORKING! Once it's done, it will change the bigger box on the left of the "0:COM#" to a green box with the word "PASS!" in it. Once this happens, the phone will reboot on its own. Once the phone reboots, it's safe to disconnect from the computer.
And that's it. You've skipped trying to use the crappy KIES software and you've successfully installed GB27 (JB 4.1.2)! I'd say it's time to celebrate!
Hope this helps you. Cheers! :beer:
(alternatively you could just follow the instructions from the page where you download your ODIN tool from... Thanks to "Admin" from that website for the post, garwynn from here for leading me there, and QBKing77 for instructions that taught me how to do this back when ICS just released for this phone. )

Kherr said:
Use that link to download an Odin One-Click tool that will make your life easy. Whether you're looking to root her phone or keep it un-rooted, there is a tool for you on that page. Download whichever one of the tools you need whether or not you need to root her phone or keep it un-rooted. RESTORE versions will WIPE all user data from the phone. NODATA versions will NOT wipe user data from the phone. After downloading the one-click tool you need, simply turn off her phone and once it's fully powered down, press and hold volume down and the power key at the same time until you see the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo. You can let go now. It will boot into something called "Download mode" and that's what we need.
I'm going to assume you've already installed the samsung drivers since you're using KIES. If not, get them from here and install.
Make sure the phone is FULLY CHARGED at this point.
After the drivers are installed, launch the Odin One-Click program and wait for it to appear. Once it's loaded go ahead and connect your phone to the computer. Make sure your phone is still in download mode before you connect to the computer! The top left box in that Odin window should light up with a yellow box with "0:COM#" in it, once that's lighted up, go ahead and click start at the bottom.
If you do not see a yellow "0:COM#" light up in the top left set of boxes, you may need to run the ODIN One-Click as an administrator.
DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT OFF WHILE ODIN IS WORKING! Once it's done, it will change the bigger box on the left of the "0:COM#" to a green box with the word "PASS!" in it. Once this happens, the phone will reboot on its own. Once the phone reboots, it's safe to disconnect from the computer.
And that's it. You've skipped trying to use the crappy KIES software and you've successfully installed GB27 (JB 4.1.2)! I'd say it's time to celebrate!
Hope this helps you. Cheers! :beer:
(alternatively you could just follow the instructions from the page where you download your ODIN tool from... Thanks to "Admin" from that website for the post, garwynn from here for leading me there, and QBKing77 for instructions that taught me how to do this back when ICS just released for this phone. )
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I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
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Luda305 said:
I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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No. Use a NODATA rooted FL24, install Titanium (PRO highly recommended), and backup all your apps, call log, sms inbox, etc.
Then put the Titanium Backup folder from your SDcard on a PC (or somewhere else safe, off the internal storage. External SD card is ok too).
Then run the RESTORE ROOTED GB27, which will repartition your internal storage, likely wiping everything. This is why you moved your backups. Install Titanium and restore your backup. Reboot.
Then reboot to recovery and do a nandroid backup. Copy this backup to your PC for futureproofing.
Now, if you want to be unrooted, you can Odin a NODATA UNROOTED GB27, and you should have all your apps and such intact, without root access.

Luda305 said:
I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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I didn't have any issues with the NODATA that I did to my phone, and I got it from where I sent you... Maybe I just got lucky...

How to return to stock Samsung firmware

I'm completely new to rooting. I plan on rooting my Galaxy SII using the Cyanogenmod Installer. However, I want to know how to return to stock.
I found this FAQ online and want to know if it's the correct way of doing it or if there's some easier way out there.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00052690/61265
I would also like to know if Triangle Away works with the Hercules? Thank you.

Hero746 said:
I'm completely new to rooting. I plan on rooting my Galaxy SII using the Cyanogenmod Installer. However, I want to know how to return to stock.
I found this FAQ online and want to know if it's the correct way of doing it or if there's some easier way out there.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00052690/61265
I would also like to know if Triangle Away works with the Hercules? Thank you.
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Well I first would do a superwipe on TWRP before anything, and download ODIN and your SAMSUNG drivers. I have included a nifty .zip file with everything you would ever need, with all of the firmwares, drivers and ODINs. After you run that superwipe, go on download mode by plugging in your USB cord on your computer, then on your phone. Hold down both volume keys and proceed to turn on your phone. Then, you should see a screen that says volume up to install custom firmware, and volume down to restart. Press volume up. Open ODIN, and click on the PDA or AP (which ever one it says) proceed to go to one of the three files, I have included either 4.0.3, 4.0.4 and 4.1.2. Pick which file you want to restore to and press start. Let it do it's thing and you're done. To root, just go back to ODIN, point it at your root folder and double click on the TWRP file. I have included the upgrade .zip as well to put it to the latest TWRP that works correctly. Enjoy! (The link is huge because it has EVERY SINGLE Stock ROM from ICS and up).
Download to everything: https://mega.co.nz/#!AJ83jQzD!PjrpkBxbFAuQucYEnVcH7yWHagcy3z9Q_3sQ8ZBK980
Also, I have not tried triangle away, but from what I know I've flashed so many times but I haven't even tripped the counter yet.

I'm bumping this with the intent of thanking you.
I followed your instructions to the dot and returned my phone to stock in preparation for the Note 3 I'm getting tomorrow. I feel like this thread should be stickied or included in some sort of master list so as to help the rest of the community.
A word of advice though. If Odin fails to recognize your SGH-T989, you must uninstall and then reinstall your Samsung Drivers. Once again, thank you!