I was upgrading ics and phone got stuck then I turned off and on . Now lts bricked. When I turn on screen led is black , nothing on. Only notification light turn on when I turn on the phone or connect to any USB. When I connect to computer it doesnot recognize. Also phone doesnot go to recovery or download mode. I have tried everything like pressing diff combo buttons even USB jig. Any ideas before I take to store.
Sounds like brick city. Your symptoms are similar to most of is who had bricks.
Take a look around, there are a couple threads in general and the q&a. Maybe pull battery for a couple hours amd come back to it. Otherwise, head to store.
How do I turn my phone on?
Doesn't sound so "soft" if you can't get into recovery or download mode.
Good luck to you.
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How exactly did you go about upgrading to ICS?
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How exactly did you go about upgrading to ICS?
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By CM recovery.
nathan7 said:
By CM recovery.
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So you were on Gingerbread, wiped everything and tried to flash an ICS ROM and it bricked your phone? You can't get into download mode? (Hold volume down and power)
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So you were on Gingerbread, wiped everything and tried to flash an ICS ROM and it bricked your phone? You can't get into download mode? (Hold volume down and power)
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No I was on MIJJz Ics and was trying to update the same but lattest with CM recovery and middle got stuck and thats it. Now tried all but nothing is working so looks like time to goto store.
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No I was on MIJJz Ics and was trying to update the same but lattest with CM recovery and middle got stuck and thats it. Now tried all but nothing is working so looks like time to goto store.
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OK, yeah if you wiped anything in ICS recovery and have blue light you are done. People are doing OK with the format zip but that's not 100% safe either. Wiping individual partitions is dangerous right now. Well, hope things work out for you at Sprint store. They are getting stricter about that. Let us know how it goes
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OK, yeah if you wiped anything in ICS recovery and have blue light you are done. People are doing OK with the format zip but that's not 100% safe either. Wiping individual partitions is dangerous right now. Well, hope things work out for you at Sprint store. They are getting stricter about that. Let us know how it goes
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Thank you all . This will help all read everything before flash.
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OK, yeah if you wiped anything in ICS recovery and have blue light you are done. People are doing OK with the format zip but that's not 100% safe either. Wiping individual partitions is dangerous right now. Well, hope things work out for you at Sprint store. They are getting stricter about that. Let us know how it goes
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Whew.... I guess I was the lucky one. I have flashed like crazy and wiped like a madman in both the fc24 repack and fd02 repack. So far, the only thing that happened was a few errors (like mms not working or phone only able to call out, not receive) when flashing mijjz xplod mini. Just had to wipe a few more times, but is working like a champ (so people dont read this wrong, the ROM is just fine, it was my fault by trying to flash theme at same time without setting up the ROM first).
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yeah dude, you're better off never using an ICS recovery. ICS recoveries offer nothing that GB recoveries can't do. the only thing gained is convenience and a huge risk of permabricking your phone. oh well, lesson learned (God knows I learned mine).
I've been using one click el29 Odin to go back to gb from ics leaks. My question is if I'm on an ics leak can I flash el26 kernel to go back without bricking?
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Rob4828 said:
I've been using one click el29 Odin to go back to gb from ics leaks. My question is if I'm on an ics leak can I flash el26 kernel to go back without bricking?
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If you use Odin or mobile odin, yes. I wouldn't recommend trying that through recovery.
Damn, the same thing happened to me with mijjz going from 3.2 to4.0. I even tried sending to mobile tech videos and they couldn't save it. I was using cwm and it froze midway through and it was done. All I get is a blue light.
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that sucks. hard to believe people are still bricking with all the warnings posted everywhere. unfortunately the side effect is going to be sprint cracking down on exchanges.
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that sucks. hard to believe people are still bricking with all the warnings posted everywhere. unfortunately the side effect is going to be sprint cracking down on exchanges.
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Its already happening. I read that they are starting to ask more questions when they see a blue light special
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OK, yeah if you wiped anything in ICS recovery and have blue light you are done. People are doing OK with the format zip but that's not 100% safe either. Wiping individual partitions is dangerous right now. Well, hope things work out for you at Sprint store. They are getting stricter about that. Let us know how it goes
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Does this apply to GB recoveries like Rogue's CWM? I've been using that zip without issues so far but now I'm wondering if it's safe anymore.
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MicrosoftBug said:
Does this apply to GB recoveries like Rogue's CWM? I've been using that zip without issues so far but now I'm wondering if it's safe anymore.
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The zip is completely safe especially for gb recovery with rouge cwm. The problem is the ics recoveries
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Its already happening. I read that they are starting to ask more questions when they see a blue light special
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even if your phone is really messed up they are making it impossible. thats the phase im in right now.
Do yourself and everyone a favor and just buy a new phone. It isn't fair to all of the people who can read that you didn't read some simple instructions and are going to try and scam sprint to get a new phone. Either buy a new phone full retail (500 at corporate) or buy a phone used. Take it as an expensive lesson to actually read for once.
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This seems to be working on all of our ics roms
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
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Dude, your better off playing safe by Odining back to an earlier build before el29 I believe and using a usb jig, also recommend using chris41g method to rid triangle.. Here's link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297999&highlight=triangle
I recommend this way atleast until devs check it out and our device is supported
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doesnt look like it would work for us yet.. but it's possible in the future.
this is a very interesting find.. and something like this light be used to finally find our hidden modem partitions.
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Think this will work with the alpha build we have?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
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We have alpha CM9 which is using a patched up GB kernel. This requires a ICS kernel and is very risky right now.
Cool cool.....maybe when the official ICS gets released or leaked
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the way I have reset my counter was flashing the eg31 bootloader. that way using a usb jig works again.
I hope that some easier alternative (not that obtaining a jig is difficult) will present itself in the form of a recovery image that includes a kernel with a executable script to "remove" or at least hide that horrid triangle that appears during the initial booting process.
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There is a post about removing the triangle.....easy.....I just wanna get rid of my flash count
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Reignzone said:
I hope that some easier alternative (not that obtaining a jig is difficult) will present itself in the form of a recovery image that includes a kernel with a executable script to "remove" or at least hide that horrid triangle that appears during the initial booting process.
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"horrid triangle"? It looks fine ,in fact "pretty". I honestly cant imagine why people are obsessed with getting rid of the triangle. Its harmless!
On a slightly different subject, I dont know why people always get rid if bootup sounds. Whats wrong with those either?
Sorry fellas, but I like my triangles and sounds. Su me!!!
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"horrid triangle"? It looks fine ,in fact "pretty". I honestly cant imagine why people are obsessed with getting rid of the triangle. Its harmless!
On a slightly different subject, I dont know why people always get rid if bootup sounds. Whats wrong with those either?
Sorry fellas, but I like my triangles and sounds. Su me!!!
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If it wasn't for that stupid triangle with i9100 on it I bet a bunch of the idiots who bricked their phones would not have done it ...
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Can someone that knows how to make a USB jig PM me?
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Can someone that knows how to make a USB jig PM me?
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There's a video on you tube...pretty easy
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I'm too much of a nervous wimp... I'm not asking how to do it, I'd pay someone to do it via PayPal...
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Aren't they like 3 bucks on Ebay?
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Aren't they like 3 bucks on Ebay?
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More around the 2 dollar mark
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Pre-made???
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Pre-made???
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Yes....search for it on eBay.....there are a shiiiiiit ton of them
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Pre-made???
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OMFG what rock U been under.lol. This can't be for real.
This is my first ANDROID Samsung phone, but I've owned many Samsungs, just not Androids
. GEEEEEZZZZZEEEE give me a break!
Indrid just got his flame thrower out lol
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I am getting awesome battery life and everything is stable and no restarts. Is it worth the upgrade to alpha 3? Just wondering as some people have been posting bad battery life.
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I always say if its good no need to fix it
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I decided not to upgrade to alpha 3. Alpha2 works very well for me.
New is always better but not so sure in this case. Stay
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I see no reason not to. I've heard issues with random resets or Sleep of Death with A3, but I was getting that with A2.
I really want to, but don't feel like going through all the trouble. I had to go through hell to get GPS working with alpha 2, and I don't feel like having something go wrong again. I will update when there are major advantages, or when they begin including an easy to use CWM style recovery (I understand why they don't include it). I long for the day when I can boot into recovery and update CM9 with one step, like we did with every other rom.
You should upgrade alpha 3 fixes many bugs and includes more features also. Just don't wipe data and all your settings won't change.
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You should upgrade alpha 3 fixes many bugs and includes more features also. Just don't wipe data and all your settings won't change.
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I'm loving it.. Solid! Aplaha 3 for me
Go for it
I went for it. Upgrade was super easy and lost no settings. The install guide states that you do not have to wipe anything for a straight CM9 Update. I had terrible battery life on alpha 2 and it seems to be getting better now that I switched to 3.
Is there a step by step in just updating instead of going back to gingerbread im new at this. Sorry for my noobness.
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pochopalolo said:
Is there a step by step in just updating instead of going back to gingerbread im new at this. Sorry for my noobness.
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You don't need to flash gingerbread entirely. Just Odin the el26 kernel long enough to get to recovery, then flash alpha 3.
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In my opinion i had flashed both Alpha2 and alpha3 both the same both battery for me is a tad different, alpha3 battery drains alittle faster
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Title says it all. I'm wondering how many of you guys have used it with your epic 4g touch and has anyone bricked from it?
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Title says it all. I'm wondering how many of you guys have used it with your epic 4g touch and has anyone bricked from it?
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works for me but I checked to make sure my device wasn't in the "known brick" list.
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works for me but I checked to make sure my device wasn't in the "known brick" list.
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What is the known brick list and how do u find out if ur on it lol? I did use the app over FI03 stock rooted but then couldn't get past the black galaxy screen. Luckily I was able to get into recovery where I had a copy of the no data version of my rom. Flashed that and was all good from there. Also app did what it said it does. Triangle is gone and counter reset.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704&page=39
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704&page=39
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Looks like I have it! That kinda sucks but what can u do. I'm using rjules's kernel which I thought was free of that bug, which btw it probably is, so I'm wondering how I got it and if there's anyway to reverse it. Gonna have to peek around that thread to see what others have done in this case. Thanks.
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That for the emmc bug. Does it effect the triangle away app? I know both of my phones i work with have that brick bug. But i thought it was only from recoveries formatting and the like
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That for the emmc bug. Does it effect the triangle away app? I know both of my phones i work with have that brick bug. But i thought it was only from recoveries formatting and the like
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We'll I was able to use it like I said but I'm not sure how the bug would affect it. I'm not a dev and don't know a whole lot about this so maybe someone with some better info could help u. I don't want to tell u one way or the other what u should do but that was my experience with it.
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I've used Triangle Away several times on my original Epic 4G Touch without bricking it. I haven't needed it yet on my new one because I flash the One Click Odin files that do not trigger the counter.
Check the Triangle Away page on the Play store to verify, but I am very sure it is safe to use on our devices.
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I've used triangle away many of times. I've never had issues with it.
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That for the emmc bug. Does it effect the triangle away app? I know both of my phones i work with have that brick bug. But i thought it was only from recoveries formatting and the like
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ask in the triangle away forum. they will know.... I'm not 100‰ sure but anything that touches firmware is worrisome.
EDIT: but I use it weekly.
I have been using it since I installed ICS and have used it often. In fact, I set it to auto so I don't ever have to worry about it.
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My phone is on the list and I've used Triangle Away multiple times. I've only had one instance of the phone freezing and having to pull the battery. Nothing was affected from it.
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I've used it and it worked perfectly :beer:
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Used it 3 times since I had this phone not one issue
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I think it's safe to say Triangle Away will not brick the E4GT.
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Its safe to use .I use it everyday
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That's what i wanted to hear. My phone, i don't care. My girls phone though different story.
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I've been using it for a month or so. Always works perfect for me.
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Used it once. Havent had to use it after. Worked perfectly.
Tappin' Typin'
I have also used it multiple times. Only works on ics as far as I know.
Not sure if many people were aware or not but Codename put out a ROM for our Sprint version. It's up on GOO and also if you just google Codename Android, his site will come up. Not sure why he didn't open a thread on here.
I ran his Roms on the Nexus and it was awesome, lots of customizations. It's more like AOKP as far as options as opposed to CM.
Edit: DO NOT FLASH YET, ISSUES BEING WORKED OUT.
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Not sure if many people were aware or not but Codename put out a ROM for our Sprint version. It's up on GOO and also if you just google Codename Android, his site will come up. Not sure why he didn't open a thread on here.
I ran his Roms on the Nexus and it was awesome, lots of customizations. It's more like AOKP as far as options as opposed to CM.
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Hmmm; I looked but don't see a Galaxy S3 version.
Its not listed on the web site either. Might you have the wrong forum??
Here is the link its under nightly
http://goo.im/devs/codenamedroid/nightlies
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looks like it was just released less than an hour ago which would explain why there is no thread yet.. happy to see more ROM!!!!
Ran his roms on my nexus. Usually buggy but awesome ROM non the less.
Can anyone report back to see it boots and runs fine???
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I will when I get home.
Theres some issues with it right now. Don't flash it. I didn't get data or service, he's working on it.
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Has anyone even got this to boot ? I flashed with twrp and cwm and get a boot loop
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Has anyone even got this to boot ? I flashed with twrp and cwm and get a boot loop
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Guess you didn't bother reading the original post or the post right above yours. A working build will be coming.
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Guess you didn't bother reading the original post or the post right above yours. A working build will be coming.
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I also see 3 Roms that have been posted and was wondering if any worked as I could not get any to boot ...
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I also see 3 Roms that have been posted and was wondering if any worked as I could not get any to boot ...
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Build bot is building them, I'd say flash a kernel right after
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Flashed ktoonsez kernel and it worked and gapps , only thing not working is 3g so far that I can tell.
never mind messed with the data settings and did a reboot and 3g is now working
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Flashed ktoonsez kernel and it worked and gapps , only thing not working is 3g so far that I can tell.
never mind messed with the data settings and did a reboot and 3g is now working
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i flashed todays nightly and everything so far works for me.
CNA was my favorite rom on the et4g
im glad to see it on the gs3
What bugs has everyone noticed? how does it compare to CM10 and AOKP?
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What bugs has everyone noticed? how does it compare to CM10 and AOKP?
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Weird we all noticed this Rom without being told bout it, Andriod minds think alike I guess lol
We find our own way... we aren't sheep who have to be told when our updates are coming via a major conference. *looks at sheeple*
I've got something from codename, need someone to test with me. Can someone msg me for it. Looks to be data isn't working for me, want to make sure it isn't just me with this new build.
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Im fairly confident that I could do the right thing here, but there is always a fear that I will screw something upthe first time I try.
My E4GT is rooted, on a stock rom. A while back I used the auto rooter to upgdate to FF18, but now I want to manually flash to FI25, FI03, or FH23.
Is it really as simple as moving the ZIP to my SD card and flashing the new modem ZIP after wiping cacha and dalvik?
So, in theory I could flash ANY of the modems, correct?
Thanks guys!
Assuming that you have a custom recovery as well, yes you can. I take it you meant placing ff18 agats custom on.
:edit: And don't forget to update profile/prl after reboot as well.
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Assuming that you have a custom recovery as well, yes you can. I take it you meant placing ff18 agats custom on.
:edit: And don't forget to update profile/prl after reboot as well.
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I do have a custom recovery.
I want to get away from FF18 since Im having GPS and 3g signal issues. I'd like to be able to try out FI25 or FI03 switch when I want to.
Do I update the PRL/Profile normally through the setting in the phone?
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I do have a custom recovery.
I want to get away from FF18 since Im having GPS and 3g signal issues. I'd like to be able to try out FI25 or FI03 switch when I want to.
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Are you talking about going full ROM (rom/kernel/modem) or just modem only? I ask because from fi03 forward, there are changes concerning Wimax settings in all three aspects which help improve speed.
You can mix match modems across the board if you're not focused on 4g.
Do I update the PRL/Profile normally through the setting in the phone?
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Yes.
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Are you talking about going full ROM (rom/kernel/modem) or just modem only? I ask because from fi03 forward, there are changes concerning Wimax settings in all three aspects which help improve speed.
Yes.
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For the moment Im only looking at updating the modem. I need to read up on how to flash full roms. I did it a few years back on my Hero but Im a bit out of the loop right now and possibly bricking my phone is not an option.
Heh, went for a reply and hit thanks..
Anyway, mix and match from where you are. You have it right.
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Heh, went for a reply and hit thanks..
Anyway, mix and match from where you are. You have it right.
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Thanks for your help!