I was wondering if there was something I could flash to completely return my phone to stock from ICS. Thanks
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Scoutamis said:
I was wondering if there was something I could flash to completely return my phone to stock from ICS. Thanks
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If you want to go back to completely stock unrooted, with stock recovey, you will need to use Odin to flash a stock rom. Why are you wanting to stay away from Odin? It's even easier to use than CWM.
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If you want to go back to completely stock unrooted, with stock recovey, you will need to use Odin to flash a stock rom. Why are you wanting to stay away from Odin? It's even easier to use than CWM.
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I feel like ima brick my fone I like flashing lol what's the best, safest, easiest way to unroot n put stock back on?
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mightymike889 said:
I feel like ima brick my fone I like flashing lol what's the best, safest, easiest way to unroot n put stock back on?
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Odin
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Towle said:
If you want to go back to completely stock unrooted, with stock recovey, you will need to use Odin to flash a stock rom. Why are you wanting to stay away from Odin? It's even easier to use than CWM.
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Uhh because of all these stories of people bricking their phones using Odin..you know the qhusb_dload or something like that...
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Uhh because of all these stories of people bricking their phones using Odin..you know the qhusb_dload or something like that...
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That's from not reading or not paying attention to what you're doing. It's very simple if you take a few minutes to read
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There is a zip file just look up galaxys2root.com and look up under galaxy s2 it has the zip file to unroot but flash back to stock first then flash it :thumbup:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18752424&postcount=2
When it comes to this phone Odin is your best friend and ONLY way to restore stock recovery. Look here and read a few times you shouldnt have any problems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359 if you rooted your phone you shouldnt have any problems unrooting it.
I think flashing back and using the zip file is quicker I done it had to send my phone back under warranty and got my replacement everything worked just fine they never knew I was rooted but what do I know
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Scoutamis said:
I was wondering if there was something I could flash to completely return my phone to stock from ICS. Thanks
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Odin is the way my friend, and I wouldn't trust anything from a site called GalaxyS2root or whatever. We have the best, most knowledgeable community and devs on earth here. Odin will not fail you my friend, don't let the few retards who refused to read scare you off.
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Odin is the way my friend, and I wouldn't trust anything from a site called GalaxyS2root or whatever. We have the best, most knowledgeable community and devs on earth here. Odin will not fail you my friend, don't let the few retards who refused to read scare you off.
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Just saying for a easier way I've done it so I know it works it unroots your phone and they can't tell anything has happened to it if people don't know what they are doing with odin I've used it before it's trusted but it's retard proof if that helps you sleep dude :what:
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KillaHurtz said:
Odin is the way my friend, and I wouldn't trust anything from a site called GalaxyS2root or whatever. We have the best, most knowledgeable community and devs on earth here. Odin will not fail you my friend, don't let the few retards who refused to read scare you off.
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Although I agree with your answer to use ODIN, I just wanted to point out that GalaxyS2root is a legit site run by XDA Senior Member Zedomax. He roots phones and flashes ROM's for a living. Peace.
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Although I agree with your answer to use ODIN, I just wanted to point out that GalaxyS2root is a legit site run by XDA Senior Member Zedomax. He roots phones and flashes ROM's for a living. Peace.
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Hmmm well I know that back before we had any ICS ROM's there was a flash able zip available on Galaxysroot.com that completely reset ur phone back to stock. And I take it there's nothing like that for ICS huh?
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Scoutamis said:
Hmmm well I know that back before we had any ICS ROM's there was a flash able zip available on Galaxysroot.com that completely reset ur phone back to stock. And I take it there's nothing like that for ICS huh?
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That I am not sure. Haven't switched to ICS yet myself TBH
Well now there is an update zip file that has the updated stock ROM for gingerbread on galaxys2root and it does use Odin so if you brick your device or just want to sent it back you can
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If you are that afraid of doing it, pay someone else to do it.
That way if they brick it (they aren't), you can sue them or something.
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If you are that afraid of doing it, pay someone else to do it.
That way if they brick it (they aren't), you can sue them or something.
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Perfect example of what is wrong with our society today.
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I paid to get mine rooted. I never had a good Samsung before. People pay me to root/flash phones.
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Android_Monsters said:
I paid to get mine rooted. I never had a good Samsung before. People pay me to root/flash phones.
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Are u serious? People pay you? I wish people would pay me to do that!
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Related
Can you root the new 2.3.6 radio (<is that the word?) And if you update does it remove CWR
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Try it and see. I would say, most likely, just follow the same procedure.
And you don't root a radio
Ok, I will try it when I get home. Luckily for me, I don't really care whether or not I have root
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Ok, I will try it when I get home. Luckily for me, I don't really care whether or not I have root
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Why are you on a phone modding forum if you don't care about rooting and modding?
I mean, I want/like to change things on my phone. But I won't get upset if I can't.
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thatlaoboi said:
I mean, I want/like to change things on my phone. But I won't get upset if I can't.
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Oh, ok. Rooting it should work the same as before. It may be the same as ICS and require an updated SU, though.
Is there a way to get stock ics onto the sg2 for TMobile without having to root the phone?
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Is there a way to get stock ics onto the sg2 for TMobile without having to root the phone?
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No
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Define stock ICS. Stock as in Google's vision, or Samsung/T-Mobile's? If the second, yeah.
What? Why did you tell them no?
You don't need to root at all you just download Samsung Kies on your PC or Mac.
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Is there a way to get stock ics onto the sg2 for TMobile without having to root the phone?
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Nope.
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adracup said:
Is there a way to get stock ics onto the sg2 for TMobile without having to root the phone?
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What do u mean? Question is not clear. If you are asking about getting ICS on phone without root then yes you can via samsung kies.
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I think the OP meant vanilla ics. In which case you would need to root your phone to flash the custom ROM as TMobile nor Samsung is going to release AOSP for our phones.
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Sorry yea i meant vanilla ics, without touchwiz.
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Questions go in the Q&A section
Tell me if I'm wrong...
but, I'm looking at the notes for installing CWM and root here using odin and it doesn't look like you need root to flash CWM via odin.
Could he/she not install CWM w/o root and then flash a non-root rom (non-existent at the moment, sure, but new CM9 is not rooted by default for security).
So, unless there is something I don't know, then is there any reason that he/she couldn't do as I described?
Honestly, I'm thinking of working on an AOSP rom w/o root for security reasons. I'll have to look into it to see if it's worth it, because, honestly, I've never done it. I mainly just want a reason to get into some C hacking.
Hi everyone
Is there a way to hard brick my S2?
For testing purpose. Would appreciate
Feel free to PM just as well if the topic is not good here
update: forgot to mention, I can't use any USB type of flashing. My USB is not working for some reasons. So anything from recovery or type in shell should do. thanks again
Well, had to do a double take to make sure I was reading this thread correctly :what: Easiest way is to flash a ROM not intended for our phone. If you read all the "Help, I bricked my phone " threads, they usually flashed one for the I9100 or SG3. Now, you don't plan to use this info for malicious reasons, right? :sly:
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gottijr, sure hope your "testing" is that you're coming up with some way to help us un-hard-brick a GS2 without a USB port...
The easy way is to pull it into water ... lol
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Honestly it sounds like something shady to me.
Either flash an att Rom or flash any pit file.
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Honestly it sounds like something shady to me.
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you think so?
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flashing a different Rom will brick it well?
Is there a way to flash stock and rest counter without usb access?
Thanks everyone at this point
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gottijr, sure hope your "testing" is that you're coming up with some way to help us un-hard-brick a GS2 without a USB port...
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I can try but might not work
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What's funny about this is I accidentally flashed a international GS2 ROM and I thought it bricked I wiped and tried flashing another ROM to no avail only thing that worked is doing a darkside super wipe
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alen_gh said:
The easy way is to pull it into water ... lol
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Thats quite the permanent way...lol
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Either flash an att Rom or flash any pit file.
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I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
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I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
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Flash a nexus kernel
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gottijr said:
I tried to flash an att and it does not brick
it's stupid!
I need a way to brick it well so the phone will not start
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flashing anything but the skyrocket and hercules should do it
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Teo032 said:
flashing anything but the skyrocket and hercules should do it
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did not work
i did SIII and did not brick
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Flash a nexus kernel
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a specific nexus? the google nexus one?
right now it's a little bit messed up
what ever i flash back from S2 tmobile, is not working anymore
But phone still turns on, and boots, and get the top menu and turn off menu and reset
I need to make sure at this point I brick it right, can't end up getting stuck with it, with no USB
What do you mean stuck with it? Tried the international s2 yet?
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Flash an .pit file, that will brick it for sure, you can also flash a recovery not intended for the T989, that will not boot up for sure.
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gottijr said:
Hi everyone
Is there a way to hard brick my S2?
For testing purpose. Would appreciate
Feel free to PM just as well if the topic is not good here
update: forgot to mention, I can't use any USB type of flashing. My USB is not working for some reasons. So anything from recovery or type in shell should do. thanks again
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flash any kernel with a zimage to the phone and guaranteed it wont boot again....dead...did it so i know. A simple way is click on unitegrate rom in titanuim backup and it wipes out your phone did this on accident too and phone was dwad no boot .. no lights.. nothing.
Anybody been able to root with a simple apk?
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It will never happen.
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Never say never. It may never happen, maybe. It hasn't happened yet, for sure. But "never" is set in stone, like Moses n stuff. True enough, OS's aren't likely to come prerooted anytime soon and manufacturers aren't likely to carry out warranty coverage if every dough brain with a cell phone went willy-nilly through their binaries ... then expect a refund once they foul up the works Not likely to happen, yep. Not necessary, yep. But NEVER say NEVER. What's so damn hard about using a computer to root a phone?
Well is there a way to odin kernels?
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Well is there a way to odin kernels?
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Why would u ever need Odin to flash a kernel? U could use Odin to flash a custom recovery and from there u can flash anything u want, just be sure to only flash things compatible with ur device, otherwise things get ugly lol
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Hey XDA,
I was wondering if there was a way to root the t999 without using a PC, because I don't have one at the moment. Thanks in advance.
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Hey XDA,
I was wondering if there was a way to root the t999 without using a PC, because I don't have one at the moment. Thanks in advance.
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Wasn't there a guide like 2 days ago?
Aerowinder said:
Wasn't there a guide like 2 days ago?
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Can you provide a link?
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Can you provide a link?
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I'm guessing you already searched and couldn't find it.
It didn't work. For some reason it was only working on Sprint phones.
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It didn't work. For some reason it was only working on Sprint phones.
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Do you know any other possible way/exploit?
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Wouldnt using Mobile ODIN allow you to flash the root .tar file from your device? Not certain as I never used Mobile ODIN.
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Wouldnt using Mobile ODIN allow you to flash the root .tar file from your device? Not certain as I never used Mobile ODIN.
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Nope, it requires root. Unfortunately. Which I think is kind of stupid.
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Nope, it requires root. Unfortunately. Which I think is kind of stupid.
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Oh you think its stupid? Go make your own app then. Smh disrespectful to the max.
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Oh you think its stupid? Go make your own app then. Smh disrespectful to the max.
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I just think it's inconvenient for people who want to flash tars that are not rooted. I do think the app is absolutely amazing though.
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MobileODIN wouldn't work if it wasn't Root. Functional, not stupid.
Back on topic, on other devices that I have had, you can flash a custom recovery via the stock recovery but naming the file 'update.zip' and placing it in the root of the ext_sd. Not sure about the T999 series, I haven't looked into or tried it.
What about cf autoroot by chain fire?
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CF auto root requires Odin on a pc.
I really do not think there.is a way to do this. Sorry man.
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Suggestion: Find an internet cafe (if you can find one that allows downloading exes)
Pay for the time you think you might need.
Download Odin
Download the files you need
You know the rest!
Or you must have a friend who would be willing to give you a go.
It takes about 15 mins to do it if you know what you are doing.
I hope that helps, cheers!
Thanks guys. Mods can close this topic now.
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