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[Q] Please help flashing ROM?

I downloaded Starburst ROM. I followed the instructions and it keeps force closing and powering on/off.
So I downloaded and flashed again. Same thing.
I know I have an Epic Touch 4G. I downloaded from this forum in the development section. I remember when the phone would start up it would say SPH-D710 or something like that. Now when I turn it on it says GT 19100 (at the start up menu).
I am trying to go back to stock, having a hard time.
I've wiped EVERYTHING, 3 times. I've downloaded 3 different ROMS. Everytime I boot up the phone it says GT I9100 at the start up.
How do I go back to complete stock?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Any custom kernel will do this..... look in dev acs has a rom to flash with odin that will take you back to stock ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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So any custom kernel will make my phone think it's a GTI 9100 and make is boot over and over?

FatTony1 said:
So any custom kernel will make my phone think it's a GTI 9100 and make is boot over and over?
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No it will not make it boot loop you must not have wiped .... wipe dalvik and cache before flashing kernel ....
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I cant flash nothing but stock rom

Ok well I rooted and I flashed some roms here and there everything was fine until last night... I was going to flash calklin's 2.5.1 rom... I was in the recovery that uses the "pre wipe for theme" & another option was "pre wipe for rom" it was something like that... So I selected pre wipe for rom then I flashed calklin's 2.5.1... Everything went well until I rebooted.... It stayed at the Samsung galaxy s II screen so I left it for 10min nd nothing happen... So I tryed to nand myself back to life and I couldnt even get to my recovery... So I odin el13 stock rooted then flashed cwm n still the same results... So I odin eg30 stock and the same results, stuck at the samsung galaxy s II screen.... Can some one please help me this is bugging me alot I HATE TOUCH WIZ!!! Im willing to try out any method someone could suggest
Thanks I appreciate the help xda community!!!
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So you're stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SII loading screen? Is that right?
If that's so, use this to get back to stock and proceed from there (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394332)

Yes thats correct, thanks, but I can revert to ANY STOCK ROM!!eg31, eg30, ect... But wen I try to flash another rom weather its calukin.s rom, starburst rom or midnight rom I get stuck at the galaxy s II screen... So I can flash a stock rom!!
I just cant flash A CUSTOM ROM!! Im rooted and everthing on stock I keep trying n nothing happens!
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Are you sure that you're rooted? Perhaps you should try again. What method did you use to root the device originally?

Thanks again for your reply... I used the auto root method posted by sfhub... I used his method to root as soon as I got my phone! I hate stock.... Ok so if this helps im on eg30 modem, kernal, rom all is stock!! With root
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Yes thats correct, thanks, but I can revert to ANY STOCK ROM!!eg31, eg30, ect... But wen I try to flash another rom weather its calukin.s rom, starburst rom or midnight rom I get stuck at the galaxy s II screen... So I can flash a stock rom!!
I just cant flash A CUSTOM ROM!! Im rooted and everthing on stock I keep trying n nothing happens!
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It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data

sfhub said:
It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data
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To make it easier, I suggest using the Calkulin format script found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837)

Yeah i did this (format all.zip) i google and used the search key before i posted this im giving this an all day shot... Question do u know any roms other than stock in .tar format so I can flash in odin??? I think that might work, worth a shot
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Resting my data, im a noob using samsung phone, coming from htc evo, sensation mytouch 4g, ect,resting my data? You mean format data, cache and all that good stuff? Yes I did that also n still no go, ill keep trying as of now if you guys have more tips id appreciate it, thanks you guys for the help, this is ruing my sgs 2 experience I already dont like samsung because of the menu n home button switch around U
sfhub said:
It sounds like the conflict is somewhere in your /data partition. Have you tried resetting your /data
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thank you guys for the all your help, it seems that i had to keep formatting system cache, data ect... i did this about 6time then i flashed Calkulin's format all.zip 1x time flashed Calkulin's 2.5.1 rom then rebooted and BAMM i saw the bootanimation witch i never got to on my previous trys thanks again guys...

Glad you got it working.

Help, T989 phone stuck on Cyanogen 9 blue screen...

I rooted my phone fine. I unlocked my phone fine.
I installed clockworkmod recovery fine. I flashed clockworkmod. I backed up my rom at the stage after rooting and unlocking.
I then downloaded cyanogenmod from the app's download page. I downloaded it and installed it. I used the default selections which is "wipe delvich cache"
When I turned on my phone, it stays at the blue screen with the alien forever.
Any help on what to do? Thanks!

Reflash the ROM using these instructions. You probably wiped the wrong way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32532260
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I had same problem installing cm10 with cwm. In order to get past boot animation you have to use the dark side cache wipe after flashing ROM. Ideally you should -darksidesuperwipe then flash ROM then darksidecachewipe. I like to let it boot without gapps first. Set up WiFi and all that.
Try rebooting and flash darksidecachewipe. Then reboot. I always had lingering problems until I flashed twrp. After twrp is installed there is no need for darkside scripts.
Worth it to just get twrp and redo.
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ctrlaltdeln said:
I had same problem installing cm10 with cwm. In order to get past boot animation you have to use the dark side cache wipe after flashing ROM. Ideally you should -darksidesuperwipe then flash ROM then darksidecachewipe. I like to let it boot without gapps first. Set up WiFi and all that.
Try rebooting and flash darksidecachewipe. Then reboot. I always had lingering problems until I flashed twrp. After twrp is installed there is no need for darkside scripts.
Worth it to just get twrp and redo.
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Wow very informative and helpful too bad the OP could not at least give you some props and let you know he saw this and you helped him out. People panic come on here and ask questions then never come back to thank or at least acknowledge the help... Hey for that I will give you your first xda Thanks.... :good:

Try returning to stock and try again. Do things in this order: 1. Root, CWM, ETC. 2. CM7 or another 2.3 ROM (usual wipe) 3. CM9 (again, wipe)

[Q] Need Help Restoring Phone

Hello,
My friend has a galaxy s2 and recently his son somehow managed to get a virus on it. I have a lot of experience with rooting, flashing, and all that fun stuff. Especially with the t mobile galaxy s2 since I have one as well. He asked me If I can restore his phone back to a new rom since it was acting weird. For example, if he saves a new contact or installs or uninstalls an app, if he reboots all those changes are gone. It is as if the phone keeps rebooting to a certain time. I am guessing a virus is causing this.
So the first I thought of was to download a rom (Jedi Knight 6) and did the typical wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache/dalvik, then flashed the rom with success. When I rebooted the phone, it was still the same, as if I did nothing in the recovery. I thought it may have been because I was CWM, so I installed goo manager and flashed the TWRP recovery through there. It gave me success but when I boot to recovery, it is still CWM. At this point I decided to use ODIN to restore it to the original stock rom. I followed the instructions here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1858435. First time I got a fail on ODIN, removed the battery and tried again and it gave me pass and the phone rebooted. When it did guess what? It was as if I did nothing.
I ran out of ideas. I did everything I can think of. I used the custom recovery to try to wipe everything and flash a new fresh rom but that failed. I even tried ODIN to restore it to stock but that failed as well. Is there anything else I can try? I did a lot of research but couldn't find anything, maybe someone can give me some tips?? Thank You in Advance!!

Can someone please help me?

This sounds very strange. You said even after you Odin back to stock it reverted back to what he had before you reinstall the stock ROM ? Was the phone rooted before you tried to help him?
Did you try an aosp ROM?
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grannyrogers said:
This sounds very strange. You said even after you Odin back to stock it reverted back to what he had before you reinstall the stock ROM ? Was the phone rooted before you tried to help him?
Did you try an aosp ROM?
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Yea I know its strange, and its not like I have no experience with these things. I was very suprised when that happened. Yes it was and is still rooted, Im sure because super su is on it. He is currently running JediMindTrick (ROM by ptmr3). I still dont know what to do. I will try an aosp rom, but if odin didnt do it I doubt another rom would lol.

http://donandroid.com/t989uvli4-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-t989-jelly-bean-uvli4-official-update-739:D
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There has to be someone out there who can help me. No matter what I try I cannot restore it to a fresh flash or to stock. There has to be a method out there somewhere can help me with my dilemma. Thanks

sadakli2010 said:
There has to be someone out there who can help me. No matter what I try I cannot restore it to a fresh flash or to stock. There has to be a method out there somewhere can help me with my dilemma. Thanks
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Try wiping cache and dalvik. Then format system, data, cache using cwm. Factory reset then flash new rom using cwm or odin.
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[Q] Nothing but stock rom works for me anymore.(Description in thread/message)

So I was on CM10 and decided to update to the new CM10.1. My smart self decided to let the updater do it's thing and not wipe anything. I got to 10.1 without any visible problems. Then decided to wipe everything as to avoid possible future problems. After wiping, all my gapps just broke and I had to reflash them. Thats when the rest of the problems started. The gapps were still broken so I decided to wipe again and reflash both the rom and gapps. At this point I dont remember exactly but either CWM was freezing at every point or i was stuck in boot animation.
Fast forward a few days later I had to ODIN flash stock rom and trying to flash anything else just keeps me stuck in boot animation.
(Note: any CM backups keep me stuck in boot animation too)
So any help is appreciated ive tried just about everything. I also get a lot of cache errors that Im not sure of in CWM.
Sorry about the long post im fairly new to the site so i didnt know how much detail to include.

You should try TWRP and see if it works.

Ill try it and reply with results tomorrow
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danschewy said:
Ill try it and reply with results tomorrow
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What cwmr version are you on? If you still using the 5.x.x.x that's why(have to use the darkside wipe script). Update your recovery through ROM mananger to the latest 6.0.2.9 or to twrp through goo manager.

meekrawb said:
You should try TWRP and see if it works.
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thanks! TWRP ftw!!

Solved
Thanks for the helps guys, TWRP worked.