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I am thinking about rooting using unrevoked 3. I am pretty sure that is strait forward. After that I should install titanium back up and do a nand back up? Then after that I should be able to delete the sense apk and htc lock apk screen and it should be stock vanilla 2.2 right. If I want to restore for a OTA can I just use the nand backup?
Then if I want to try flashing Roms what should I do? Is the Rom manager app all I need?
I usually try to ignore these threads but jesus man read a lill first
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I am thinking about rooting using unrevoked 3. I am pretty sure that is strait forward. After that I should install titanium back up and do a nand back up? Then after that I should be able to delete the sense apk and htc lock apk screen and it should be stock vanilla 2.2 right. If I want to restore for a OTA can I just use the nand backup?
Then if I want to try flashing Roms what should I do? Is the Rom manager app all I need?
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First, wrong section. This should be in Q&A whether anyone responds to it there or not.
Second, Titanium doesn't do NAND backups. That's a job for the recovery.
Third, deleting two apks will not make the ROM "vanilla". It will only mess things up and ruin your experience. If you want "vanilla", there are plenty of AOSP ROMs you can flash after you root.
Fourth, you don't do OTAs after you're rooted. It would unroot you, and you'd have to start all over, and there's no guarantee there would be root available for the new OTA. You should just stick to flashing rooted stock ROMs.
Fifth, I would personally advise against ROM Manager and tell you to learn to do it manually. It's not difficult at all, just a matter of learning a specific sequence of simple steps.
I think that about covers everything. I'm sure someone else will fill in the pieces I've missed.
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I am thinking about rooting using unrevoked 3. I am pretty sure that is strait forward. After that I should install titanium back up and do a nand back up? Then after that I should be able to delete the sense apk and htc lock apk screen and it should be stock vanilla 2.2 right. If I want to restore for a OTA can I just use the nand backup?
Then if I want to try flashing Roms what should I do? Is the Rom manager app all I need?
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You should probably do some more reading. Titanium back up only backs up apps. If you want a nand back up you do it through recovery. Deleting that stuff does not make it vanilla lol. If you want a vanilla build run a AOSP rom. I don't use Rom manager it crap I flash manually
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Please post your source codes along with the ROM/APP/Development you are doing in this thread.
if not then you realize this is not in the right section. not to be rude but its pretty straight forward with the unrevoked..dont be a ***** and just do it. Otherwise just leave your phone alone.
THIS MIGHT HELP YOU
http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/a-reminder-from-the-xda-moderator-team/
Google is your friend, learn to use it. Also not trying to scare you, but you could get stuck in bootloops so its better to read everything first then try flashing something.
Your post shows that you are completely clueless, so I really recommend that you read and research before you even attempt to do anything to your device.
Google the following:
1) how to root android
2) how to install custom roms
3) how to use Titanium backup
4) Difference between ASOP and Sense
5) Search in this forum "How to unroot your Evo in two easy steps" if you dont understand or cant follow the instructions there, you may want to reconsider rooting your device. Since if something goes wrong, you will need to unroot the device before taking it to Sprint, etc.
Also dont get offended by these comments because XDA isnt usually like this. But when its very clear that a member hasn't done any research, and expects to be spoonfed all the info, you will get flamed.
How did OP even start this thread in this section? He only has 5 posts... Did the rules change?
wow, my mistake. I'll just stick to Android central.
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wow, my mistake. I'll just stick to Android central.
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The reason you got the response you did is because you posted in the wrong section. Whike I know you are new to the forum out is always a good idea you read the stickies on any forum you visit.
Tons of new people make the same mistake.i wouldn't let it turn you of but use it as a learning experience.
Xda is an amazing forum (if you are willing to take the time to search post in correct places and do a little work yourself by researching.)
If you aren't willing to do those things then you will find it a cold unfriendly place.
Fort better or worse it is not always newbie friendly. On the plus most of the major developers are here so once you learn you have tons of resources.
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As others have stated previous, irritation arose due to posting in the wrong section (initially) and coming to the table without having first exhausted all resources outside making a new thread (see: Google, searching XDA, other forums, YouTube, even).
There are many guides to help you out there, many on these forums specifically. As one other said previously, as well, don't let this shown irritation from other users discourage you from using these forums. XDA is, by far, the best place regarding the rooting, flashing, development, and customization of our phones. You would be wise to stick around and learn the ropes a bit.
Next time, if you have a question, try posting what you did in the body, explaining what research you have done and what did or didn't work before you decided to post a new thread. This will help others see that you have indeed looked around some and tried some things out instead of rushing to post a new thread without seeing if your question(s) was/were already answered.
Overall, your experience can be very good and you can learn a lot from these forums. I'm still pretty new myself, but I visit these forums every single day and read up on things and just take it all in.
Have fun with everything! If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me and I'll do my best to help. But do some research before, if you do!
I would suggest reading and asking lots of questions and reading and asking lots of questions and reading and asking lots of questions before doing anything to your phone....
I think all of these responses would make me a little nervous as well...
EndlessDissent -
I have found Rom Manager to be quick and painless, why would you advise against using it?
fyi - I use it w/clockwork recovery instead of Amon-RA. And have downgraded it because of some kind of edify scripting problems. is this less than optimal?
Ok I think I have read all I can and watched all the youtube videos I can handle. It looks pretty strait forward and seems to be easier that the palm pre.
Now can anyone recommend a GB Rom? I would love a pure nexus s expirence. I plan to get it when it comes out.
I would recommend CM7, but some would say no cuz of weird instances that happened to a couple people. Evervolv, Salvage, king's ultra, and miui all have gingerbread though.
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Ok I think I have read all I can and watched all the youtube videos I can handle. It looks pretty strait forward and seems to be easier that the palm pre.
Now can anyone recommend a GB Rom? I would love a pure nexus s expirence. I plan to get it when it comes out.
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I second CM7. There are thousands of users, thus lots of potential help. It is a ROM that has been for awhile and they have really worked out quite a good percentage of the bugs that will inevitably come with any GB ROM.
Flash CM7 and get a good feel for it before you start hopping ROMs. Also do yourself a favor and make sure you use the search button liberally before you post questions/issues in the CM7 threads and provide some info on what you did to resolve your issues (you will have issues). If you do that the chances you'll get help rather than flames goes up 10,000%.
I would strongly recommend against MIUI. It is unquestionably the best ROM I have ever used, but it is really not a good ROM for an EVO rookie. The quirks in the flashing process are plentiful and the preciseness required by the nature of the ROM will suit you much better a month from now.
I'm sure there will be people who disagree with me, but I help people everyday who would not have needed help if they had learned a little more about the process on a more basic ROM with lot's of support and fewer bells and whistles. Just my two cents.
The options in teh roxxorz's post are good options as well.
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... miui ... gingerbread...
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Here I edited teh roxxorz's post to weed out the erroneous stuff and highlight what's important.
This phone had 2.2.1 when i bought it.
I used 1 click root to root my samsung epic 4g and now i want to unroot it and get it back to its stock settings..
Could anybody help me?"
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This phone had 2.2.1 when i bought it.
I used 1 click root to root my samsung epic 4g and now i want to unroot it and get it back to its stock settings..
Could anybody help me?"
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Many can, but for best purposes, why? You can have a lovely rooted, stock version that I believe they just updated. Otherwise look at qbking's vidoes on Odin/Heimdall to stock. No real reason to, unless you plan to sell or repair it.
When was this update?
And lately i havent been receiving any texts and was worried that it may have something to do with being rooted? idk..
and i know nothing about rooting/unrooting so when the day comes and i have to use my warrenty, id like to know how to unroot it.
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When was this update?
And lately i havent been receiving any texts and was worried that it may have something to do with being rooted? idk..
and i know nothing about rooting/unrooting so when the day comes and i have to use my warrenty, id like to know how to unroot it.
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Check the dev section, but not receiving texts may be an issue way easier than going back to stock. Also, be sure to state anything you've played with that makes you think it could be attached to s/u status. Lots of people will be happy to walk you through a variety of things that won't make you lose all your data.
honestly i love the whole rooted idea. I rooted my phone to use a screenshot app..but i feel like i can do more with it...the thing is..idk how. I wish i can get themes on my phone but everything seems so complicated. I probably wont unroot now...but since we're both here, any ideas on how to add themes to my phone? and maybe even reset to the default theme.
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honestly i love the whole rooted idea. I rooted my phone to use a screenshot app..but i feel like i can do more with it...the thing is..idk how. I wish i can get themes on my phone but everything seems so complicated. I probably wont unroot now...but since we're both here, any ideas on how to add themes to my phone? and maybe even reset to the default theme.
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Did you flash a Rom after you rooted? What instructions did you go by? Be aware, it's 12:33 here and your questions may get differred to everyone else until morning. If you're on certain main Roms, you might be able to easily flash to either a new Rom or theme with little effort. This is where it can get tricky though and retracing your steps out loud will help people walk you to what you need until you get more acclimated to searching and "shopping" for what you what in here. remember your thanks, donations and verbal support, people like to help here
i did nothing after rooting. All i did was use 1 click root and enjoy the apps. I also know nothing about ROM or any other terms :/
FPJ said:
i did nothing after rooting. All i did was use 1 click root and enjoy the apps. I also know nothing about ROM or any other terms :/
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Do you know what version Clockwork you have? (It usually says in the folder name for the one click root)
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FPJ said:
i did nothing after rooting. All i did was use 1 click root and enjoy the apps. I also know nothing about ROM or any other terms :/
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Here is a link with instructions on how to unroot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
but I don't think you should. There are plenty of good roms that you can use to make your phone better than a stock phone.
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honestly i love the whole rooted idea. I rooted my phone to use a screenshot app..but i feel like i can do more with it...the thing is..idk how. I wish i can get themes on my phone but everything seems so complicated. I probably wont unroot now...but since we're both here, any ideas on how to add themes to my phone? and maybe even reset to the default theme.
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Nothing is complicated about putting ROMs or Themes on your phone Its developing them that is Complicated!
Follow the link in my sig to qbkings videos and you will be wondering why you thought it was complicated to begin with!
And here is a good link to read about all the terms and what not that you have no idea about
Read it and you will know more than you started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798067
My biggest fear is getting bricked.
FPJ said:
My biggest fear is getting bricked.
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As long as you have a backup of your data on your card, your phone will live on as it did when you last clicked the wrong button. Bricking is everyone's biggest fear, but mostly because it's an inconvenience not a sentence.
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As long as you have a backup of your data on your card, your phone will live on as it did when you last clicked the wrong button. Bricking is everyone's biggest fear, but mostly because it's an inconvenience not a sentence.
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The Root is right. The word "brick" is used too much. I can only remember a couple of people actually bricking a phone thus making it useless. 95% of the problems can be fixed with Odin. I didn't know a damn thing 6 months ago. I had to Google "rooting your phone." Now I test ROMs,themes, and kernels for developers. I could never go back to stock now. Rooting really frees the phone to make it your own. Flashing ROM's, themes, and kernels is easy and if you have any questions, there are people like me that are glad to help. Also, qbking makes great videos if you are a visual learner or want to see the process before you do it.
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My biggest fear is getting bricked.
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I agree with JohnCorleone, there have been many times where I thought I had bricked my phone, but there is usually a way to fix any problem. This site is great for finding out answers to your questions. And if you need help with a rom or rooting you can PM me. I'll try to help if I can.
Yeah I actaully bricked.... from vision kernel it sucked but I got a new phone for free haha
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I followed the way to use odin to fryo eb03 release did update to ec05 and still saying I can go from ef10 to ef02. Base band says I am ec05. What up we ca downgrade modem via odin? I even used odin to flash ec05 modem. Still getting message to update.
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Good evening,
As you can see, I'm a noob on XDA, but I have done my due diligence on searching, and researching, and at an impass which an answer to, would be greatly appreciated.
In addition to explaining my specific issues and what I've done to fix it, it would be great if this post could help contribute a sum of all issues/attempts at fixing, for this huge problem, because I've found bits and pieces of the symptoms and fixes scattered in many different posts.
Ok...so I know now that issues with an ICS kernel source, possibly some problems with CWM (especially Touch), ROM manager, and nandroid backups/restores back and forth from GB to ICS, etc., caused this problem, which apparently a lot of people are having, and it doesn't seem to be a solely stupid-noob mistake. I just wasn't aware of the problems of going back and forth between GB and ICS. I always wiped data before installs, did nandroid backups, basic due diligence, and "thought" I was safe. Obviously mistaken.
So...my mistake was- I flashed Calkulin's stock F22, kernel, modem (instead of Odin) Worked great, looked great- Backed up in ROM Manager (instead of recovery) Then went back into recovery later to do a restore, but not back to GB, but rather my freshly installed ICS. And that's where it occured.
I've got all the symptoms many others have explained in several other different post:
It hung on data, wouldn't restore. Tried to reboot- boot animation loop all the way.
Tried Odin, all attempts hung at data, I knew at that point- my data was likely corrupted, partition messed up, etc.
Emmc won't mount, data won't mount, can't wipe, etc.
What I've tried:
Numerous attempts with Odin (1.85, the one-clicks), Roms, recovery-only files, stock rom, .tars, kernels
Tried Pit on and off to help with partitioning (remember I'm a noob)
When I could get into different CWM recoveries off and on, I tried to flash everything under the sun: Stock unrooted, EL29 rooted, EL29 w/o data (really hoped that would work), zedomax kernel, retried to flash stock fc22 kernel and fc22 de'odexed rom, maybe in some f'd up way, get back into ICS.
I tried repartitioning, mounting, clearing cache, disabling signature verification, wiping, restoring, advanced restoring, applying updates, etc.
Emailed Josh who said JTAG couldn't help me.
Tried Heimdall one-click, looking at trying Heimdall full.
Probably at least one or 2 others, I'm missing. But long story short- is I've tried pretty much everything.
I'm still holding out hope I'm just soft-bricked, and can somehow get back from this, but I simply can't find a way to fix the data.img.
I've read the posts on "how not to brick your E4GT"- one guy wrote:
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Everytime i try a OC odin, it hangs at data.img forever, i can't restore any rom, tried reflashing the rom that 'broke' my phone, not sure where else to head.
You didn't read what me and stonesaber were talking about did you? your phone is not bricked, however, to get it back is extremely complicated and may not even be worth attempting. They're is another thread somewhere in which they fix this issue with a very in-depth procedure, keep looking and you will find it
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I searched for this "very in-depth procedure" but can't seem to find it, if there is one. I was to a point, where I couldn't install or get anything to load. I have fought my way back a bit, and hope I'm making progress.
Where I'm at now:
I can get into download mode
I can boot into recovery
I was even able flash a copy of Cyanogenmod RC 7.2 that I just happened to thankfully have on my internal SD. At first it had nothing on it, and couldn't get data/wifi. It would freeze up. But I was able to go back into recovery...advance restore, and restore boot, system, cache, sd-ext., everything but data. As a result, I could then get wifi/data signal. I tried to install titanium, but it said I had no more memory (obviously). It has developer tools, terminal emulator. But when I reboot of course, I lose everything I just restored, and would have to re-restore.
I don't know if any of that would help- I haven't been able to get my phone to do squat for 3 days, but now I can actually load a "half" working ROM again.
There have got to be outs from here, right??
What else is there left to try?
Had a similar problem. I had to flash el26 kernel with cwm recovery. From there I wiped everything like 10 times. I then flashed el29 deodex and let it settle for like an hour. From within that rom. I cleared internal storage and wiped my sd card. I odined el29 stock rooted. Used the one-click to install recovery and have since been ok.
You made another post and just like the other thread you are bricked and there is no fix.....your reading comprehension must be horrible because this is the same as 15 other threads....thanks
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Epix4G said:
You made another post and just like the other thread you are bricked and there is no fix.....your reading comprehension must be horrible because this is the same as 15 other threads....thanks
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He can type like a mofo though
Epix4G said:
You made another post and just like the other thread you are bricked and there is no fix.....your reading comprehension must be horrible because this is the same as 15 other threads....thanks
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Wow...what an attitude right out the gate. I read profanity isn't allowed; can I use the word.....d*ck? I hope your posts and actions aren't representative of other senior members...
First off...this was literally the first post I've ever posted here, after registering just this evening...hence why you see today's date for my join-date and the words "good evening". So no...I haven't ever posted anything here.
And...as I said in my post, many other's have mentioned similar symptoms, and similar fixes, but one or two at a time scattered in many different posts, yet all the same issues and fixes for the same main root cause, whereas here is a summation of all.
I know you probably feel a bit god-like on this site senior member....but let the noob...who's not really a noob in that whole reading and writing English thing, give you the memo that the "horrible reading comprehension" is all yours bro...on pretty much literally everything you said in your post.
It's pretty sad, because I would certainly expect some harmless noob flac and/or joking, but not a typical ****-post (especially from a senior member) I sometimes see on XDA from time to time, that- instead of advancing a solution to the issue, creates a back-and-forth reply-session for pages at a time, simply junking up a post, wasting peoples time.
That being said, if you'd like to re-read my post, notice that I've tried pretty much everything you remarked about in all those other posts, and offer a positive contribution to the discussion, it would be appreciated. If not, another smart-alec reply would be expected. To be honest, I'd rather have the surprise of a quality answer. It's always cool in life when you think bad of someone, and they surprise you.
If there is another experienced senior member that has some input, that would be appreciated too.
Thanks
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He can type like a mofo though
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Thanks for the compliment man. I taught English for a while, so I would hope I had that whole writing thing down. But I've heard from some that my reading comprehension is actually quite crappy...lol
Honestly I think you're pretty much screwed. I think the post you're looking for is titled something like "help! Stuck in data.img"
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
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Honestly I think you're pretty much screwed. I think the post you're looking for is titled something like "help! Stuck in data.img"
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
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Thanks for link sir! Unfortunately, did read that blow-by-blow as sfhub tried to help dude. I did Odin that original tar file sfhub mentioned, but it's just straight Rogue recovery. I mean, it helped, because it was a workable recovery that let me finally flash Cyanogenmod 7, and get to a bootable rom.
I did Odin EL29, and like that post, it skipped over data. When I Odin'ed stock unrooted md5, it did the same thing.
The unfortunate part, is that I am fully capable of booting into a working rom, but because my data or data partition is damaged, I am crippled. Since getting my Evo over 3 years ago, and reading about the amazing programmer feats in Android on this site and others, it's unfortunate there is no program or ability to reformat or repartition from here.
One area that I have NOT seen on XDA regarding this issue- a readme doc for Heimdall regarding this issue (it says earlier in the page that it works for all Samsung firmware) says:
Flashing Firmware from Command Prompt:
1. Fully charge your phone (use the wall charger as it's faster).
2. Download a decrypted Samsung Galaxy S ROM and extract it to a directory.
3. If the ROM is provided as one of more archives (nested or otherwise),
extract them all to the same location.
NOTE: If you want to use the CSC then extract it last.
4. Put your Galaxy S device into download mode and plug it in..
5. Open command prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted the
ROM files.
6. Type the following to list all the functionality Heimdall supports:
heimdall help
7. Use the instructions to manually enter a command with all the files you
want to flash.
Here is an example that does a full flash and repartition:
heimdall flash --repartition --pit s1_odin_20100512.pit --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --param param.lfs --kernel zImage --modem modem.bin
8. Done
I don't know if this avenue is worth a try. What does someone else think?
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Wow...what an attitude right out the gate. I read profanity isn't allowed; can I use the word.....d*ck? I hope your posts and actions aren't representative of other senior members...
First off...this was literally the first post I've ever posted here, after registering just this evening...hence why you see today's date for my join-date and the words "good evening". So no...I haven't ever posted anything here.
And...as I said in my post, many other's have mentioned similar symptoms, and similar fixes, but one or two at a time scattered in many different posts, yet all the same issues and fixes for the same main root cause, whereas here is a summation of all.
I know you probably feel a bit god-like on this site senior member....but let the noob...who's not really a noob in that whole reading and writing English thing, give you the memo that the "horrible reading comprehension" is all yours bro...on pretty much literally everything you said in your post.
It's pretty sad, because I would certainly expect some harmless noob flac and/or joking, but not a typical ****-post (especially from a senior member) I sometimes see on XDA from time to time, that- instead of advancing a solution to the issue, creates a back-and-forth reply-session for pages at a time, simply junking up a post, wasting peoples time.
That being said, if you'd like to re-read my post, notice that I've tried pretty much everything you remarked about in all those other posts, and offer a positive contribution to the discussion, it would be appreciated. If not, another smart-alec reply would be expected. To be honest, I'd rather have the surprise of a quality answer. It's always cool in life when you think bad of someone, and they surprise you.
If there is another experienced senior member that has some input, that would be appreciated too.
Thanks
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I would like to thank you...I now see what is wrong with this country when you have people who can't read and understand that are teaching our children no wonder this country is going down the tubes.. There are only 10 + threads on here with this in them but you still think your special and your problem is so different from the others. Your data partition is screwed and you should be mad at yourself for not reading and understanding this phone before flashing . There is no fix when it hosed your partition is permanent but you don't listen to the numerous people telling you this that is why he told you jtag won't work that is the lowest level of chip programming there is no fixing it with heimdal or Odin . Sleep well tonight and take it to Sprint and cry to them They may replace it for you otherwise craigslist has them for like 300
And don't use ROM manager how many times does it have to be said... Ooh that's right you probably won't read this anyways
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These folks arent being jerks. If you spent half of the time reading before the fact as you did typing after the fact then you would have a functioning device...
Buy insurance, run over your phone, and pay the 100 bucks. Then remain stock.
There are tons of threads that explain everything. Your initial post makes it very clear that you went in blind and borked your phone.
Good luck.
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Start reading here
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=epic+touch+bricked
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I would like to thank you...I now see what is wrong with this country when you have people who can't read and understand that are teaching our children no wonder this country is going down the tubes.. There are only 10 + threads on here with this in them but you still think your special and your problem is so different from the others. Your data partition is screwed and you should be mad at yourself for not reading and understanding this phone before flashing . There is no fix when it hosed your partition is permanent but you don't listen to the numerous people telling you this that is why he told you jtag won't work that is the lowest level of chip programming there is no fixing it with heimdal or Odin . Sleep well tonight and take it to Sprint and cry to them They may replace it for you otherwise craigslist has them for like 300
And don't use ROM manager how many times does it have to be said... Ooh that's right you probably won't read this anyways
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Why are you wasting your time on this thread? "Ya screwed Bra'h" that's your solution? Firstly, everyone of those "10+ threads" you mention have knowledgeable people giving quality positive suggestions on issues, stark contrast to your style there senior one.
Secondly, I didn't look up rom on google one day and start downloading. I've had several phones I've been rooting and using custom roms for years. I didn't know CWM Touch was sketchy. I didn't know doing a nandroid restore with FC22 with an issue with a kernel could f'up my data. Do you know why I didn't know these things? Because I don't spend every freakin day on forums buddy.
And for the third time- I wrote what I did at the top of my post because of exactly what you are talking about. I looked at those 10+ threads. I looked at more threads than that...for the last 3 freakin days, and better part of a good weekend. I would look at one post and find a solution, only to read 5 pages down, that it didn't work. So let me pose a pretty stupid question: why the 'f would I "want" to do that? Why would I want to spend all that time digging?
But ya know what, after doing all that digging, what I realized is that many if not most people were having issues that mostly stemmed from the same larger root cause. And they were all trying all these things (with little success), randomly strewn among "10+" 20, maybe 30-page threads- who wants to have to make sense all that?
Instead, I put up a post that simply explained root cause, the many symptoms, and the laundry list of fix it methods and their success. I did this for 2 reasons Mr. Epix. One, to obviously find help for my situation, but just as important, to contribute (as positively, ie. to "add" something) in addressing the issue.
I mean, is it that hard? I wrote it, because it would have been a hell of a lot better had I myself stumbled across one or two core posts that listed everything and anything, so I didn't have to spend days digging through dozens of posts and hundreds of pages- it is still somewhat suprising how you don't get it, when you are making my point for me.
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Good evening,
As you can see, I'm a noob on XDA, but I have done my due diligence on searching, and researching, and at an impass which an answer to, would be greatly appreciated.
In addition to explaining my specific issues and what I've done to fix it, it would be great if this post could help contribute a sum of all issues/attempts at fixing, for this huge problem, because I've found bits and pieces of the symptoms and fixes scattered in many different posts.
Ok...so I know now that issues with an ICS kernel source, possibly some problems with CWM (especially Touch), ROM manager, and nandroid backups/restores back and forth from GB to ICS, etc., caused this problem, which apparently a lot of people are having, and it doesn't seem to be a solely stupid-noob mistake. I just wasn't aware of the problems of going back and forth between GB and ICS. I always wiped data before installs, did nandroid backups, basic due diligence, and "thought" I was safe. Obviously mistaken.
So...my mistake was- I flashed Calkulin's stock F22, kernel, modem (instead of Odin) Worked great, looked great- Backed up in ROM Manager (instead of recovery) Then went back into recovery later to do a restore, but not back to GB, but rather my freshly installed ICS. And that's where it occured.
I've got all the symptoms many others have explained in several other different post:
It hung on data, wouldn't restore. Tried to reboot- boot animation loop all the way.
Tried Odin, all attempts hung at data, I knew at that point- my data was likely corrupted, partition messed up, etc.
Emmc won't mount, data won't mount, can't wipe, etc.
What I've tried:
Numerous attempts with Odin (1.85, the one-clicks), Roms, recovery-only files, stock rom, .tars, kernels
Tried Pit on and off to help with partitioning (remember I'm a noob)
When I could get into different CWM recoveries off and on, I tried to flash everything under the sun: Stock unrooted, EL29 rooted, EL29 w/o data (really hoped that would work), zedomax kernel, retried to flash stock fc22 kernel and fc22 de'odexed rom, maybe in some f'd up way, get back into ICS.
I tried repartitioning, mounting, clearing cache, disabling signature verification, wiping, restoring, advanced restoring, applying updates, etc.
Emailed Josh who said JTAG couldn't help me.
Tried Heimdall one-click, looking at trying Heimdall full.
Probably at least one or 2 others, I'm missing. But long story short- is I've tried pretty much everything.
I'm still holding out hope I'm just soft-bricked, and can somehow get back from this, but I simply can't find a way to fix the data.img.
I've read the posts on "how not to brick your E4GT"- one guy wrote:
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Everytime i try a OC odin, it hangs at data.img forever, i can't restore any rom, tried reflashing the rom that 'broke' my phone, not sure where else to head.
You didn't read what me and stonesaber were talking about did you? your phone is not bricked, however, to get it back is extremely complicated and may not even be worth attempting. They're is another thread somewhere in which they fix this issue with a very in-depth procedure, keep looking and you will find it
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I searched for this "very in-depth procedure" but can't seem to find it, if there is one. I was to a point, where I couldn't install or get anything to load. I have fought my way back a bit, and hope I'm making progress.
Where I'm at now:
I can get into download mode
I can boot into recovery
I was even able flash a copy of Cyanogenmod RC 7.2 that I just happened to thankfully have on my internal SD. At first it had nothing on it, and couldn't get data/wifi. It would freeze up. But I was able to go back into recovery...advance restore, and restore boot, system, cache, sd-ext., everything but data. As a result, I could then get wifi/data signal. I tried to install titanium, but it said I had no more memory (obviously). It has developer tools, terminal emulator. But when I reboot of course, I lose everything I just restored, and would have to re-restore.
I don't know if any of that would help- I haven't been able to get my phone to do squat for 3 days, but now I can actually load a "half" working ROM again.
There have got to be outs from here, right??
What else is there left to try?
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Unfortunately it doesn't look good. At least you posted here and not in development. I clearly see acknowledgments of these other threads in the OP so that would mean you at least did your searching before posting, so meh.
Sadly there seems to be an issue with injecting recoveries into these ics kernels and doing work with them which result in possible non friendly outcomes. I don't have a fix, unfortunately, and its general knowledge that there isn't one atm (nothing implied just stating fact)
I can give advice for the future. Make sure to do your reading before attempting such things. See what others are reporting. And imo stay away from cwm. It can't do anything you're not capable of doing on your own
Edit: the "in depth" fix that you mention I believe involves repartitioning the device. I haven't encountered this issue myself so havent attempted such but I do remember talk about repartitioning the device based on stock config to fix the borked data partition. I wish I had a link but I don't. You might br able to dig it up on xda.
If I come across it ill share.
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These folks arent being jerks. If you spent half of the time reading before the fact as you did typing after the fact then you would have a functioning device...
Buy insurance, run over your phone, and pay the 100 bucks. Then remain stock.
There are tons of threads that explain everything. Your initial post makes it very clear that you went in blind and borked your phone.
Good luck.
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Maybe it's the whole "sent from my sph-d710" thing, that your not getting the full context and content on a 4.3" screen.
I made it fully...fuullly clear, that as a part of posting responsibly here, that I researched the hell out of this issue. The list of almost a dozen things I tried to fix it, that I found among more than a dozen threads I looked at...if you know anything about this issue at all- should be pretty obvious that I looked at that content and tried those fixes.
This was the very first thing I noted in my post and made it retardedly clear. So if you missed it the first time, now you know- so why are you offering input here, when you have nothing to add?
It's a shame why some feel this thread needs junked up with talking smack.
Are there any quality knowledgeable members that have some positive suggestions on other avenues in this set of circumstances?
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Unfortunately it doesn't look good. At least you posted here and not in development. I clearly see acknowledgments of these other threads in the OP so that would mean you at least did your searching before posting, so meh.
Sadly there seems to be an issue with injecting recoveries into these ics kernels and doing work with them which result in possible non friendly outcomes. I don't have a fix, unfortunately, and its general knowledge that there isn't one atm (nothing implied just stating fact)
I can give advice for the future. Make sure to do your reading before attempting such things. See what others are reporting. And imo stay away from cwm. It can't do anything you're not capable of doing on your own
Edit: the "in depth" fix that you mention I believe involves repartitioning the device. I haven't encountered this issue myself so havent attempted such but I do remember talk about repartitioning the device based on stock config to fix the borked data partition. I wish I had a link but I don't. You might br able to dig it up on xda.
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Thanks for the info- it has been a learning experience to say the least. I guess I didn't look, because I wasn't looking for that in particular. My friend let me know there was real progress on a good stock ICS for our phones- so I looked it up- and easily found all the files and versions, and page after page of people posting how bomb it was. Of course, I read all the "I'm not responsible for bricking your phone" quotes, but that's been on every page for years.
But from now on, I will definitely do some research on the dirty side of any new big changes on configs. So, I fully understand, stay away from all cwm? or just touch? what should I use place?
and general knowledge of one atm?- (acronym?)
Thanks again for the info
The reason people are grumpy and give attitude on this subject, is because we have to read this subject about every other day, and it's all the exact same thing.
No, there is no fix because flashing through CWM/touch ICS recoveries will BRICK YOU PHONE. No fix, no pass go, no 200 dollars, YOU ARE BRICKED.
I say you are bricked even though there is one solution (that's untested I believe) that involves a deep DEEP level partition of your internal drive to not include the /data/ partition that is now physically f'd up because of wiping through an ICS recovery. No one I believe has tried it, and as far as I know, no one really wants to take the time to try it or even has the ability to do it. Basically, it's not an option.
We are tired of seeing this issue every other day. Yes we know you want to be able to fix it, but we know of no one that can, and we do not like having to state multiple times in the same thread that you are bricked, and have it be refuted by the one asking for help.
Um, wow interesting thread. I see several people actually trying to help however.
Have you tried a different cable btw? The OEM cable is pretty horrible. I didn't see it mentioned throughout the troubleshooting process.
tdunham said:
Um, wow interesting thread. I see several people actually trying to help however.
Have you tried a different cable btw? The OEM cable is pretty horrible. I didn't see it mentioned throughout the troubleshooting process.
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Yes sir, I did try that as well. And I do appreciate the people trying to help, in spite of the odds.
borkan said:
The reason people are grumpy and give attitude on this subject, is because we have to read this subject about every other day, and it's all the exact same thing.
No, there is no fix because flashing through CWM/touch ICS recoveries will BRICK YOU PHONE. No fix, no pass go, no 200 dollars, YOU ARE BRICKED.
I say you are bricked even though there is one solution (that's untested I believe) that involves a deep DEEP level partition of your internal drive to not include the /data/ partition that is now physically f'd up because of wiping through an ICS recovery. No one I believe has tried it, and as far as I know, no one really wants to take the time to try it or even has the ability to do it. Basically, it's not an option.
We are tired of seeing this issue every other day. Yes we know you want to be able to fix it, but we know of no one that can, and we do not like having to state multiple times in the same thread that you are bricked, and have it be refuted by the one asking for help.
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Borkan, I totally understand what you're saying- I get why it could get frustrating. I've read a lot of similar posts too that mention the same or similar things over and over. Often times however, what I find in some of these post is-
- someone asking for help for one particular symptom that has rendered their phone inoperable, but aren't aware it's part of a larger issue, and all the discussion around it.
- then, several people...trying to help, chime in "well, did you do this? What about this" for post after post.
So, like I mentioned in an earlier reply- instead of making a post like those other 10 like posts, I tried to give a respectable effort at differentiating my post- because I get the frustration of seeing the same stupid questions.
Instead of asking noob-like, "Hey, I flashed ICS and now I'm hosed, what do I do?" I said, "ok...I know what's wrong, what happened, how I did it. Here's everything I tried from 100's of pages of threads, but still stuck- any new ideas?"
I mean...I've read some pretty dumb posts, poorly explained, stupid questions, that would make someone want to pull their hair out, because the person isn't making it any easier to help them. I wrote what I thought was a decently thorough post, to make it as easy as I could for someone to help me- and I would have hoped such respectable efforts would at least earn a few quality contributions- and surprised to get the same haterade as if I wrote a really poor/stupid post that wasn't quality in anyway.
Had I not been able to get anything to load, I would thought I was pretty much out of options- but getting into one workable rom (albeit w/o data) I was hoping I had outs.
If this is as huge a problem as it sounds- I'd be curious to know why it isn't better identified at the source. I don't know where most people have been going but I went right to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494847
I scrolled down a few pags to see if any flags came up- but instead there were just a ton of replies about how awesome it was. It would be good if there was possibly a section in or close to the original post about the issue with this.
And just to close off a criticism before it starts, I'm not talking about the blanket "I'm not responsible for you bricking your phone." That's pasted everywhere and really isn't going to help anyone's cause.
But possibly a convergence of the "how not to brick your E4GT" thread with the main ICS thread, would help fix this issue at the source and before the fact- and keep in mind- I'm not suggesting this for people who are on here posting and contributing every day. It would definitely help noobs who've just bought their phone and never flashed anything before.
But it would also help "intermediates" like myself, to be cautioned about it. I mean...I flashed back and forth from Froyo to GB, different roms, used cwm, for years without issue- this was somewhat of a curve ball for me.
Anyways, that's my thoughts. I understand now that, short of ridiculously complicated work way above my skill set, I am pretty much out of options.
Thanks to all that tried to help.
I'm glad you went about it that way, was the most informed thread for this type of bricking I've seen by far.
I really wish we had a fix but I don't think that'll happen until we have a better ICS kernel. The only one we have to work with right now is just the Stock ICS kernel, we don't have any customized ones yet because they have yet to release the source for it, so we haven't been able to use any others besides the stock, or a GB kernel for it. That's where the problem comes in because those are not meant to wipe data or factory reset when on an ICS bootloader. (At least this is what I've gathered from everything, I've luckily only read about it, not had to experience it myself)
Hello all,
Long time lurker, just wanted to share an issue I had.
I've flashed nearly every ROM that is out there since I got my SGS3 and have never had any GPS issues, however this weekend I used it without a problem but Tuesday all of a sudden turning it on and off still produced nothing...not even the increased battery drain from having GPS on.
Here's what I did in hopes that it can help someone or at least give some knowledge as there wasn't a lot out there when I searched:
1.) Restored a previous Nandroid that I knew had a working GPS --- Result = FAIL
2.) Searched XDA and Google...found a video with some USSD codes for the dialer, etc.. ---- Result = FAIL
3.) Pulled battery and sim card, etc... --- Result = FAIL
4.) Flashed Wicked as I know that is a stable and highly used ROM. Everything great but still no GPS. ---- Result = FAIL
5.) Found a suggestion about clearing cache in google framework, Maps and uninstalling Maps updates. Result = FAIL
**however Play Store wouldn't let me update Maps when I rebooted as it said it wasn't compatible with my phone. No clue why.
6.) Finally I decided to do Triangle Away and Chainfires unrooting procedure to get back to unrooted stock. ---Result = SUCCESS!
Not sure what about it made GPS come back, however the next step will of course be to root again and see if there are any issues.
Hope this helps someone who ends up in my situation. Feel free to PM if you need more details.
Thanks to all
Edit: Just as an FYI -- when I rooted again, GPS was still back and I've had no issues since.
Thanks man, I like threads like these because you never know when you may need them. Same issue for me. On CM10 ROMs,I have trouble locking onto GPS, and the fix for me has been downloading GPS test and running that before using something like navigation.it's a minor inconvenience but it works great
Overall, if you have something borked, no matter what rom you use... no matter how many times you wipe... odin back to stock, should fix it always.
mt3g said:
Overall, if you have something borked, no matter what rom you use... no matter how many times you wipe... odin back to stock, should fix it always.
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True, but honestly, that doesn't always work. I have a second SGS3 Pebble Blue 32GB, and it won't play nice with Lean Kernel/Ktoonz, unless it's the touchwiz based kernels, whereas my white 16GB runs all of them flawlessly. They were rooted and booted the same way, and they both have the same GPS issue.
Out of curiosity, what's the chainfire way of going back to stock?
Also, do we have any guides here/on youtube that detail how to odin back to stock. I'm gonna give it a go on the blue one again/cross my fingers hoping I made a mistake, hence why I want a guide lol! *Searches*
thanks for the info jpk17!
saved us a lot of time here for whoever has that issue in the future.
can you provide the link to Chainfire's unroot procedure?
thanks!
Good to know but youcould have got straight to the point rather than writting five pages of useless stuff then saying something that to be honest is not any special invention anyways.
lazarat said:
Good to know but youcould have got straight to the point rather than writting five pages of useless stuff then saying something that to be honest is not any special invention anyways.
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Kind of a **** huh? He was just explaining what he did. Geeze.
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I love this thing!
The only time my gps was ever messed up was when i used a sprint leak JB rom and had the gps turned off. Flashed a couple roms after no gps whatsoever. Odin'ed with 2 or 3 different versions and still couldnt get the gps back.
Finally I flashed another JB rom based on the sprint leak and turned GPS back on and everything started working again. Lesson learned on using sprint leaks lol.
Had op's problem myself before, and full wiping and Odin'ing back to stock actually didn't work.. what did work though was after full unroot, doing tmo ota update.
Who knows, this info could help someone out as well..
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HG! said:
thanks for the info jpk17!
saved us a lot of time here for whoever has that issue in the future.
can you provide the link to Chainfire's unroot procedure?
thanks!
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Here is the procedure I followed to unroot...followed step by step and couldn't have been easier to follow:
I can't post links as I don't have over 10 posts yet, but should be able to figure it out from this:
www . androidrootz . com
Copy the next line after the .com and you'll get to the page.
/2012/10/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s3-at.html
Mr. Pot ...meet Mr. Kettle
lazarat said:
Good to know but youcould have got straight to the point rather than writting five pages of useless stuff then saying something that to be honest is not any special invention anyways.
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My sincere apologies that my 15 line post was too much to handle.
I'd also like to thank you for such a nice response to a first time poster that was clearly just trying to help the community for an issue that is rare and relatively undocumented based on my searches.
I shall go back to normal... lurking and wading through useless posts like yours to find those with relevance...
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My sincere apologies that my 15 line post was too much to handle.
I'd also like to thank you for such a nice response to a first time poster that was clearly just trying to help the community for an issue that is rare and relatively undocumented based on my searches.
I shall go back to normal... lurking and wading through useless posts like yours to find those with relevance...
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Just dont get some people....thanks for the steps. But im traveling away from home and only have my MAC and it cant get Bootcamp to work on this one, so my question is, how do i unroot on a mac.
Thanks i advance guys....
jpk17 said:
My sincere apologies that my 15 line post was too much to handle.
I'd also like to thank you for such a nice response to a first time poster that was clearly just trying to help the community for an issue that is rare and relatively undocumented based on my searches.
I shall go back to normal... lurking and wading through useless posts like yours to find those with relevance...
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Dont let this guy discourage you. He's generally an arse to everyone. When i see a pointless **** post from him like you received, just keep reading through Thanks for the thread!
jpk17 said:
My sincere apologies that my 15 line post was too much to handle.
I'd also like to thank you for such a nice response to a first time poster that was clearly just trying to help the community for an issue that is rare and relatively undocumented based on my searches.
I shall go back to normal... lurking and wading through useless posts like yours to find those with relevance...
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Hey man props for the post it'll probably help someone out, assuming they are respectful enough to search and try things before posting. Which I also want to commend you on. Most like to post frantically wanting help before bothering to search or try anything. So gj man
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This fixed my GPS too. Triangle away and then flash stock NON ROOTED firmware and GPS will come back...NOW hopefully this fixes my weird battery life too. About to root again and shoot right back to PA android and see if it works there. Wish me luck
Edit. Yup it works. Went straight to pa android
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This fixed my GPS too. Triangle away and then flash stock NON ROOTED firmware and GPS will come back...NOW hopefully this fixes my weird battery life too. About to root again and shoot right back to PA android and see if it works there. Wish me luck
Edit. Yup it works. Went straight to pa android
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Ok so i finally unrooted using above steps. Still no gps. Tried GPS Toolbox, GPS Test and the google navigation. Nothing.
What Im seeing is that the little Icon in the upper status bar never shows. Like ether it doesnt even see a SAT, or the receiver in my phone isnt even turning on.
If i cant figure out, i guess ill go back to Tmo....
Thanks for the help.
What I did was go to a stock ics based Rom then triangle away and then I followed the site that op posted. The download was ridiculously slow. Took like an hour for 690mb. That should do the trick. Do it in that order
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osmosizzz said:
What I did was go to a stock ics based Rom then triangle away and then I followed the site that op posted. The download was ridiculously slow. Took like an hour for 690mb. That should do the trick. Do it in that order
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HAHA funny, i actually did it EXACTLY like that. I tried a stock ICS ROM from wildchild and nothing. Then Triangle away, ODIN flash to stock with un root and factory reset and nothing.
If i wasnt getting lock, that would be different. But im not getting the little Icon in top left corner.
I have a friend with a Stock Sprint phone and his works in same room.
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Sucks cordell... Sorry you're not getting it working.
Only thought I had if I followed you correctly is you said you went to a wildchild stock. Maybe you need to go back to the older stock from the link that worked for osmosis and I?
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Sucks cordell... Sorry you're not getting it working.
Only thought I had if I followed you correctly is you said you went to a wildchild stock. Maybe you need to go back to the older stock from the link that worked for osmosis and I?
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I went to wild child stock just before i unrooted and went to Stock Tmo form the guide above. I didnt think that would have made a difference.
Im not gonna root and go to store, so ill go to store and see what they say.
The reason i went to the wildchild stock based ICS rom was hope that I wouldnt have to unroot....
Thanks.
EDIT>>> Just did the OTA from Tmo and back .. Yes GPS back,
Thanks minigame
Guys,
This might be a longshot, but I'm hoping someone might be able to give some advice.
I have the Epic 4G tough and had it flashed over to straight talk. At first it worked good(since Dec), but the 3G data speeds were never really there. Was getting a max of around 200-250k/sec, but things were pretty solid. Others around here with ST and flashed ST phones have been able to get 1.5+ Mb/sec speeds.
Did have a problem with the signal just disappearing and then coming back a few seconds later, even while in an area where I had 4+ bars. Just Poof, gone and then it would come back.
The phone did an OTA update a month or so ago and things were still working the same. I think a couple of ther updates might have happened in the past week because I heard my phone reboot a couple of times for no reason that I can find.
For about the past week though things have went all to crap on it.When 3G does connect I'm luckt to get 16k/sec. Still works great over wifi.
Here is my baseband version:
S710.10 S.FL24
Android version 4.04.
Does anyone have any advice that might help me out?
Thanks in advance.
I'm assuming that since you flashed over to ST that you are rooted? If so, have you updated your modem, prl, profile? There is also a thread on here where you can change your 3g settings using your MSL code, that may help you. From what I've read, sometimes OTA will jack with the 3g signal. Try those things and see if that held. You may have to flash different modems depending on where you live to find the best one. You're running ICS, I'd start in rwilco12's repository and flash the latest ICS modem, update prl and profile, and see if that helps. Good luck! Hope it works out
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I'm assuming that since you flashed over to ST that you are rooted? If so, have you updated your modem, prl, profile? There is also a thread on here where you can change your 3g settings using your MSL code, that may help you. From what I've read, sometimes OTA will jack with the 3g signal. Try those things and see if that held. You may have to flash different modems depending on where you live to find the best one. You're running ICS, I'd start in rwilco12's repository and flash the latest ICS modem, update prl and profile, and see if that helps. Good luck! Hope it works out
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Unfortunately I had the phone remotely flashed by flashedphones.net and it isn't rooted.
It does have the newest ST PRL on it.
Could you possibly post a link for the MSL thread?
Looking over the repository and reading the thread about it, I see mention that there are ODIN 1 click modem files and someone mentioned that these will root the phone as well. Does anyone know if this is correct? If so that would be a great added bonus for me.
I think I can still flash a modem to the phone through ODIN even if it is not rooted?
Thanks!
Yes, you should be able to flash a modem without rooting using odin. If you can boot into download mode, Odin should flash just fine. However, in order to change 3g settings, you need to be rooted. You have to use terminal emulator(on the linked guide, there may be other ways) which requires rooting to have full control.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377407
Here is the guide to get MSL code. Let me know if it works or not. And hit thanks if you think it helped at all! Good luck
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Yes, you should be able to flash a modem without rooting using odin. If you can boot into download mode, Odin should flash just fine. However, in order to change 3g settings, you need to be rooted. You have to use terminal emulator(on the linked guide, there may be other ways) which requires rooting to have full control.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377407
Here is the guide to get MSL code. Let me know if it works or not. And hit thanks if you think it helped at all! Good luck
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Thanks done on both posts man. I really appreciate it.
I need to look through the root guide to see if there is a way to get this thing rooted without losingthe settings, etc.
ntrain2k said:
Thanks done on both posts man. I really appreciate it.
I need to look through the root guide to see if there is a way to get this thing rooted without losingthe settings, etc.
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First thing you'll want to look for is making a nandroid backup. The saying goes "if flashing breaks it, a backup should restore it".
You'll specifically want to look for recording your mms/mmsc/apn settings. Basically anything carrier specific settings that you can edit via the ##data# menu. Make sure you write them down and that way you won't have to hunt for them.
You'll need to know what your msl is as well. There are threads to help you get that.
When it comes to flashed over carrier devices, mms usually breaks and has to be edited for settings.
Check out threads that deal with, for example, Boost flashes and check their issues and expect the same to happen and you'll need to fix.
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First thing you'll want to look for is making a nandroid backup. The saying goes "if flashing breaks it, a backup should restore it".
You'll specifically want to look for recording your mms/mmsc/apn settings. Basically anything carrier specific settings that you can edit via the ##data# menu. Make sure you write them down and that way you won't have to hunt for them.
You'll need to know what your msl is as well. There are threads to help you get that.
When it comes to flashed over carrier devices, mms usually breaks and has to be edited for settings.
Check out threads that deal with say Boost flashes and check their issues and expect the same to happen and you'll need to fix.
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I've heard the tern nandroid backup, but don't have any idea what that is?
ntrain2k said:
I've heard the tern nandroid backup, but don't have any idea what that is?
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That's the first thing you do after rooting with a custom recovery.
One step at a time. Do your research, read and ask questions and you'll be good to go.
Tip, use Google to search the forum, the forum search can be confusing at best.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
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I've heard the tern nandroid backup, but don't have any idea what that is?
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PanchoPlanet said:
That's the first thing you do after rooting with a custom recovery.
One step at a time. Do your research, read and ask questions and you'll be good to go.
Tip, use Google to search the forum, the forum search can be confusing at best.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
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Pp is right, finding good info can be difficult sometimes. Here are 2 good threads to read and know.. (If you get stuck, let us know)
This is older but still is a good resource for understanding.
[TUT] What Is Nandroid And How To Use It [Complete Guide] [VeNuM]
A newer thread talking about the JB TW leaks and creating a Nandroid.
[HOW TO]How To Perform a Successful Nandroid Back Up and Restore On Twiz Jelly Bean
PanchoPlanet said:
That's the first thing you do after rooting with a custom recovery.
One step at a time. Do your research, read and ask questions and you'll be good to go.
Tip, use Google to search the forum, the forum search can be confusing at best.
Pp.:beer::thumbup:
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Grrr,Pancho you're too da*n fast for me! I actually knew the answer to that one. Throw a brother a bone will ya? Ha. On a serious note, Pancho is right. If you don't know what nandroid is, you're not ready to root. But once you do, you'll have the ability to flash a custom recovery that basically allows you to make a mirror copy of the current ROM you have. That way, if you mess things up, you can always reflash the custom recovery cwm, restore the ROM, and start over. Read, read, read. The folks here have encountered and answered about every type of issue.
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Flashed a different modem and had no change. Flashed the GB08 rooted no data rom and still the same.
GRRRRR....
ntrain2k said:
Flashed a different modem and had no change. Flashed the GB08 rooted no data rom and still the same.
GRRRRR....
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Just had someone local take a good look at my phone.
Looks like it was a bad flash from the start.
Another flashedphones.net victim.
They want me to send it in to them so they can "fix" it.
The hell with that. I'll eat the money and get it fixed locally so that I have someone who actually knows what they are doing.
ntrain2k said:
Just had someone local take a good look at my phone.
Looks like it was a bad flash from the start.
Another flashedphones.net victim.
They want me to send it in to them so they can "fix" it.
The hell with that. I'll eat the money and get it fixed locally so that I have someone who actually knows what they are doing.
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Hmmm, that sucks. Well, if you are the least bit comfortable with doing it yourself, you can guaranteed find something to help you on here. The instructions are on here, just read, read, read, and ask the right questions. Good luck!
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jdsingle76 said:
Hmmm, that sucks. Well, if you are the least bit comfortable with doing it yourself, you can guaranteed find something to help you on here. The instructions are on here, just read, read, read, and ask the right questions. Good luck!
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Thanks man.
Luckily this local guy is pretty good. I'm pretty sure he will let me watch so I might learn some things. Not interested in doint other peoples phones, but would like to learn so I can do my own stuff.
As far as flashing ROM's/ modems I'm comfortable with that. Just need more experience with the changing over to other services on them.
But hey, at least I have a pretty decent JB rooted rom on it now.
Has anyone played around with the radios and seen which ones seem to be pretty good in weak signal areas?
ntrain2k said:
Thanks man.
Luckily this local guy is pretty good. I'm pretty sure he will let me watch so I might learn some things. Not interested in doint other peoples phones, but would like to learn so I can do my own stuff.
As far as flashing ROM's/ modems I'm comfortable with that. Just need more experience with the changing over to other services on them.
But hey, at least I have a pretty decent JB rooted rom on it now.
Has anyone played around with the radios and seen which ones seem to be pretty good in weak signal areas?
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That you do(have a good jb rom, if you have jellyverse that is ). I'm using GB27 modem on mine. Works fine, but no modem I have will get goods signal in my office. Awesome that you'll get to watch live and in color. Let me know how it goes and if you need anything else. I may not know the answer, but can certainly find it or reach out to someone who does know. Enjoy your weekend
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