This is actually just a reference to a sprint root guide. You can thank cypher_zero for putting that together.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088
I am just confirming that this method works if you need clockwork mod and or root access.
It is working like a dream on my T999.
For those of you looking for a Video guide qbking77 put this video together for a quick guide. Be sure to thank him for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Soapch0c5U
Good luck guys.
Video Proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss9_r8Ezyp4
That does not seem like a safe way to get root. So you are using the Sprint way of gaining root access?
Is it just me or does this seem sketchy?
I see comments in that thread about partitions being different on the gsm models. FWIW.
dawgslayer69 said:
This is actually just a reference to a sprint root guide. You can thank cypher_zero for putting that together.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088
I am just confirming that this method works if you need clockwork mod and or root access.
It is working like a dream on my T999.
Good luck guys.
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Sweet! That's how I Flashed and rootesd the SGS2! I can't wait till I get the S3 next week!
dave2metz said:
That does not seem like a safe way to get root. So you are using the Sprint way of gaining root access?
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agreed, i've already returned one GS3 because i got ahead of myself and flashed a .tar in Odin that i shouldn't have. i'm gonna wait til more people can confirm Clockwork fully working on the T mobile variant.
So this is the partition layout for the sprint variant.
/boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
/efs ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/data auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 length=-16384
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
/external_sd vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /dev/block/mmcblk1
I don't know if ours is exactly the same but the part that matters is that our recovery partition is mounted in the same place. That is the only part you are modifying with this. The root should be pretty generic that shouldn't cause problems. I am currently running titanium backup to restore all my data. So its up to you if you want to try it but, It works and that includes CWM and the Root.
dawgslayer69 said:
So this is the partition layout for the sprint variant.
/boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
/efs ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
/data auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p15 length=-16384
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
/external_sd vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /dev/block/mmcblk1
I don't know if ours is exactly the same but the part that matters is that our recovery partition is mounted in the same place. That is the only part you are modifying with this. The root should be pretty generic that shouldn't cause problems. I am currently running titanium backup to restore all my data. So its up to you if you want to try it but, It works and that includes CWM and the Root.
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Perhaps some screenshots to show that this is legit.. Just to ease the concerns. Thanks!
FiveOhFox said:
Perhaps some screenshots to show that this is legit.. Just to ease the concerns. Thanks!
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I'm not really sure what screenshot i could show you that would help I can put a video together later tonight if that would ease your concerns. I'm headed out for dinner right now but ill do this when I get back.
Quick - someone try it! MUST REMOVE BLOAT
dawgslayer69 said:
I'm not really sure what screenshot i could show you that would help I can put a video together later tonight if that would ease your concerns. I'm headed out for dinner right now but ill do this when I get back.
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Screw it, I'll take the dive. I'll brb.
This is safe to flash. The phones have the same recovery partition. If you want to try it, go for it. I am working on building an insecure kernel now.
FiveOhFox said:
Screw it, I'll take the dive. I'll brb.
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I can confirm that my kernel is compatible with all variant
zaventh said:
This is safe to flash. The phones have the same recovery partition. If you want to try it, go for it. I am working on building an insecure kernel now.
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Confirmed, this does work! Time to celebrate, everybody!
FiveOhFox said:
Confirmed, this does work! Time to celebrate, everybody!
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Was it pretty easy? (I read through, seems simple but the words that say "this part can brick your phone" makes me shake in my boots)...
uoY_redruM said:
Was it pretty easy? (I read through, seems simple but the words that say "this part can brick your phone" makes me shake in my boots)...
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It's easy. Just read carefully and go in order. Take your time. It'll work, I promise.
Here we go.....
Rooted BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WooHoo!
So I don't need to download any separate files just the same ones from the guide
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Tweezydak1d said:
So I don't need to download any separate files just the same ones from the guide
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Correct.
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Hi all,
months ago i found an easy way to change the modem on your phone without the need to go into the recovery mode. i planned to publish it about a months ago when i was still playing with the I9000 and reclaimed invaluable nand space but then i switched to I9100. actually the trick is simple and can be used on both I9000 and I9100 (or may be others as well, not tested)
link to my post in SII forum
ykk_five said:
Hi all,
months ago i found an easy way to change the modem on your phone without the need to go into the recovery mode. i planned to publish it about a months ago when i was still playing with the I9000 and reclaimed invaluable nand space but then i switched to I9100. actually the trick is simple and can be used on both I9000 and I9100 (or may be others as well, not tested)
link to my post in SII forum
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I'm a newb but I flash new modem via ODIN and it takes about 5s to complete. This looks more complex unless you know what you are doing.
Mr Majestyk said:
I'm a newb but I flash new modem via ODIN and it takes about 5s to complete. This looks more complex unless you know what you are doing.
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So stay out of it, its a ref, he's not throwing this down your throat.
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Mr Majestyk said:
I'm a newb but I flash new modem via ODIN and it takes about 5s to complete. This looks more complex unless you know what you are doing.
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yes, but the problem is, do u have access to pc and odin all the time? you wont be able to do it when u r not at home or not in office, rite?
ykk_five said:
yes, but the problem is, do u have access to pc and odin all the time? you wont be able to do it when u r not at home or not in office, rite?
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Bro , flashing modem via odin? What the ....? Always with cwm. Just recovery and install. Less than 1 minute
saphirrot said:
Bro , flashing modem via odin? What the ....? Always with cwm. Just recovery and install. Less than 1 minute
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If you want to use Froyo modem ont GB rom, the CWM files will not always be compatible.
I also did the trick (to save some space to have a cache part >50Mo to download heavy apps with new market) and it works well
PS: i see that you managed to switch the system/dbdata/data/cache location.
Is it possible to do this without compiling a new kernel?
saphirrot said:
Bro , flashing modem via odin? What the ....? Always with cwm. Just recovery and install. Less than 1 minute
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just an example only
and yes, I used to flash via cwm also and released a skeleton zip file before, but I find it much easier to chg the modem, and to get 12mb more disk space
darckengel said:
If you want to use Froyo modem ont GB rom, the CWM files will not always be compatible.
I also did the trick (to save some space to have a cache part >50Mo to download heavy apps with new market) and it works well
PS: i see that you managed to switch the system/dbdata/data/cache location.
Is it possible to do this without compiling a new kernel?
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Sorry. R u asking me or...
ykk_five said:
Sorry. R u asking me or...
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Yes, about this:
Let's take a look at my current partitions snapshot:
device name mount point size in MB location
/dev/block/stl10 /dbdata 444 NAND
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard 13757 MMC (unchanged)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data 1408 MMC
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system 370 MMC
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache 105 MMC
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ykk you got a pm
darckengel said:
Yes, about this:
Let's take a look at my current partitions snapshot:
device name mount point size in MB location
/dev/block/stl10 /dbdata 444 NAND
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/sdcard 13757 MMC (unchanged)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data 1408 MMC
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system 370 MMC
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache 105 MMC
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yes, u don need to compile the kernel, but a custom rom is a basic requirement for modding the init.rc and adding init scripts
siky_dude said:
So stay out of it, its a ref, he's not throwing this down your throat.
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Did I criticise him, just an observation.
Why don't you stay out next time, as you offered nothing.
Mr Majestyk said:
Did I criticise him, just an observation.
Why don't you stay out next time, as you offered nothing.
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you 2 buddy,
you said that his works is pointless, so yeah
there you go
ykk_five said:
yes, u don need to compile the kernel, but a custom rom is a basic requirement for modding the init.rc and adding init scripts
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Thx i will take a look at look at it
Forget to make a backup before trying to flash a rom?
Need to return your phone to sprint? NOW WITH RADIOS + FACTORY IMAGES!
TWRP NANDROID
Unzip then Place these in your TWRP Folder by using ADB (lookup your standard ADB guide) Then restore the nandroid
CWM NANDROID
Unzip then place in your CWM folder sub folder backups then boot to clockwork mod and restore
Stock Recovery Image
use this while in fastboot mode (hold vol up + down + power while phone is off) then on your computer issue cmd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (search for how to setup adb)
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This should be stickied too
Can someone post the stock zimage?
Wordlywisewiz said:
Need MoComing Soon:
Radio Fix (if you flashed a verizon radio)
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I am desperate to have anyone dd the basebands & post them.
poontab said:
I am desperate to have anyone dd the basebands & post them.
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We are working on them....
They appear to be combined into one radio image but it needs to be one for CD a one for lte
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Thanks - always nice to have insurance - I think I know the answer but just to be sure - is the TWRP nandroid rooted or will I loose root when I run this?
mocsab said:
Thanks - always nice to have insurance - I think I know the answer but just to be sure - is the TWRP nandroid rooted or will I loose root when I run this?
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All are unrooted but its easy to re root
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Wordlywisewiz said:
All are unrooted but its easy to re root
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WHat would I do - simply reflash the SU zip or would I have to re-push that to the phone ? (I know I sound like a noob here - but still learning the differnces between this phone and my old Epic4g - I recall seeing how sometimes everything on the SD card get's over written - but I wasn't sure if that happened in this case?)
mocsab said:
WHat would I do - simply reflash the SU zip or would I have to re-push that to the phone ? (I know I sound like a noob here - but still learning the differnces between this phone and my old Epic4g - I recall seeing how sometimes everything on the SD card get's over written - but I wasn't sure if that happened in this case?)
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You sould just have to reflash
Unless you wiped your SD card
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Update:
No new updates XD
Hows the radios coming along, i just borked mine and restored with the verizon img by mistake
joetemp75 said:
Hows the radios coming along, i just borked mine and restored with the verizon img by mistake
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We are doing our best
Thanks I know you are and I appreciate all that you're doing.
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LTE Fixed.
C:\Galaxy Nexus ToolKit>adb-toolkit.exe shell
~ # ls
ls
boot etc sd-ext
cache init sdcard
data init.rc sys
datadata proc system
default.prop res tmp
dev root ueventd.goldfish.rc
emmc sbin ueventd.rc
~ # cd sdcard
cd sdcard
/data/media # ls
ls
radio.img radio1.img
/data/media # dd if=/sdcard/radio.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/b
y-name/radio
dd if=/sdcard/radio.img of=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/b
y-name/radio
24576+1 records in
24576+1 records out
12583168 bytes (12.0MB) copied, 3.677856 seconds, 3.3MB/s
/data/media # dd if=/sdcard/radio1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
dd if=/sdcard/radio1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
16777216 bytes (16.0MB) copied, 4.613159 seconds, 3.5MB/s
/data/media #
C:\Galaxy Nexus ToolKit>
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We managed to fix my LTE radio so far, but we're still having trouble finding the right spot to pull the CDMA radio from.
Tilton53 said:
We managed to fix my LTE radio so far, but we're still having trouble finding the right spot to pull the CDMA radio from.
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That's good
Hopefully when u figure out how to fix the radio and get mms working on aosp then the roms should be up and we will have a recovery radio in case something goes bad
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Theoretically we basically have a factory image at this point we just need that cdma radio
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Tilton53 said:
We managed to fix my LTE radio so far, but we're still having trouble finding the right spot to pull the CDMA radio from.
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Awesome we will get them... then hopefully we can make some sort of factory restore tool
Restore stock nandroid
Flash stock radios
Flash stock recovery
Then relock boot loader..
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i think that this download for cwm recovery is wrong or something because everytime i go to flash it after putting it on my internal storage like i would with a custom rom it fails right off the bat.
please help me im lost on what to do now.
jsonger121 said:
i think that this download for cwm recovery is wrong or something because everytime i go to flash it after putting it on my internal storage like i would with a custom rom it fails right off the bat.
please help me im lost on what to do now.
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Reread the first post. It is not a flashable ROM, it's a backup of the stock ROM. So you'll need to unzip it then place it on your internal storage under CWM/backup (or somewhere similar, not using CWM myself so unsure of the exact folder names) then boot into recovery and select Restore and then restore the backup you downloaded.
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@Worldly: You still getting Error 927? I just got that issue and just cleared Market (Play Store) cache and it was fine.
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I created a tool a while back for Galaxy S II owners to backup and restore the '/efs' partition and perform basic NV Repair on their devices.
This proved so popular that I recently updated the application which now includes a feature to automatically detect the mount point of the '/efs' partition. This allows any supported device to be used with EFS Pro and also adds support for future devices.
Check out the link below for more info and download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18524176
Enjoy!
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Nice to see you here lyriquidperfection. Used your tool for my S2 few months ago. Works wonders. Cheers!
I actually spot your program a few days back in the GSII forum, the EFS file seems small, should not be a problem right?
Mach3.2 said:
I actually spot your program a few days back in the GSII forum, the EFS file seems small, should not be a problem right?
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Tar file should be around 5mb and Image file should be around 20mb.
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lyriquidperfection said:
Tar file should be around 5mb and Image file should be around 20mb.
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Hmmmm, then I may have a problem..
Let me try again.
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Not working with my Nexus. It gives the error operation failed at the time of detecting the EFS partition on the phone.
Running AOKP M5 and the phone is GSM
Guys,
for those of you having issues with the app, just do it yourself. It's not like it's complicated:
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img
Done. The file will be called efs.img in /sdcard.
efrant said:
Guys,
for those of you having issues with the app, just do it yourself. It's not like it's complicated:
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img
Done. The file will be called efs.img in /sdcard.
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Actually had a proper back up already, just toying with the programme.
Pressed from my Maguro
EFS Pro has now been updated to v1.8.3.
Nexus S / Galaxy Nexus support has now been fixed hopefully.
Differences in the 'efs' location, name and partition layout was causing issues.
Please test this new version and post your feedback please as I dont have a physical device to test on.
,,,
There's another app I know of that claims to be able to back up and restore efs on the gnex and some other galaxy devices. It's called kTool and you can read about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314719
or search for it on Playstore.
It seems to back it up OK, but I hesitate to do a test restore, since a problem there could permabrick the phone. Has anyone actually personally verified that kTool restores the efs partition reliably?
strumcat said:
There's another app I know of that claims to be able to back up and restore efs on the gnex and some other galaxy devices. It's called kTool and you can read about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314719
or search for it on Playstore.
It seems to back it up OK, but I hesitate to do a test restore, since a problem there could permabrick the phone. Has anyone actually personally verified that kTool restores the efs partition reliably?
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No claims about my tool! EFS Pro does exactly what it says on the tin! Tested all functions myself!
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efrant said:
Guys,
for those of you having issues with the app, just do it yourself. It's not like it's complicated:
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/efs of=/sdcard/efs.img
Done. The file will be called efs.img in /sdcard.
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Hi, efrant. I assume the efs partition or IMEI is checksummed somewhere in such a way that you couldn't simply dump the efs, alter the IMEI with a hex editor, and write it back?
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lyriquidperfection said:
No claims about my tool! EFS Pro does exactly what it says on the tin! Tested all functions myself!
Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2
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Heh, OK thanks.
strumcat said:
Hi, efrant. I assume the efs partition or IMEI is checksummed somewhere in such a way that you couldn't simply dump the efs, alter the IMEI with a hex editor, and write it back?
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That's an excellent question. It is and it isn't. Have a read of this thread. (I honestly haven't really looked into, but I guess I could if there is a need for it. And I don't really want to get myself or XDA in trouble by talking about cloned IMEIs. )
Yup. Ditto.
thanks for your efforts putting this together OP.
suggestion: this could be moved to themes & apps, perhaps?
Backup thru Recovery ??
Sir,
Full On respect for ur Creations.:angel::angel::angel::angel:
My phone is bootlooping. Softbricked.
Before i do anythng i want to back up efs. Pls help me out. :fingers-crossed:
P6200 Samsung tab 7 plus
Can get into recovery n download mode.
How to back up. For backup wid EFS Pro phone should boot into ROM rite.
Any way to backup thru recovery????
Thank you
maverix13 said:
Sir,
Full On respect for ur Creations.:angel::angel::angel::angel:
My phone is bootlooping. Softbricked.
Before i do anythng i want to back up efs. Pls help me out. :fingers-crossed:
P6200 Samsung tab 7 plus
Can get into recovery n download mode.
How to back up. For backup wid EFS Pro phone should boot into ROM rite.
Any way to backup thru recovery????
Thank you
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You can flash TWRP 2.2.2.0 recovery and boot it. It has an option to back up efs.
strumcat said:
You can flash TWRP 2.2.2.0 recovery and boot it. It has an option to back up efs.
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Yea just use twrp
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Hi
I having a huge problem, i restored efs img through efs pro (latest version) and it mounted and pushed files ok, but before it finished it wrot efs backup is corrupted (or similar) do not use this backup.. and then rebooted phone - and since there have been NO way to mount/delete/format the efs dir on sd, cant root, install rom from cwm or anything because its totally locked it seems, installed twrp 2.3.3.0 and its working, but im not able to mount efs dir from here either , i tried format all data/cache/system/sd but still unable to mount efs it says????
and says there is no sim card even there is.
Only thing i can is flash stock rom from sammy but not latest v 4.1.1 only v 4.0.4 then it boots to os but tells me its in factory mode (no wi-fi bla)
if i flash 4.1.1 its gets stuck on galaxy boot logo - tried flashing syiah 1.86 through odin but just hangs on siyah logo!!!
What do i do ? is the phone softbricked or what PLZ help out - big thanx in advance
Hi everybody,
I create this thread to clarify some points. As you could check I have created another thread to root my GIO http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087678 without any success
After so many testings I have discovered /system filesystem is full, this fs is only 208MB so I rooting packages cannot any file in /system
Could somebody help me to free space in this filesystem?
Thanks,
fsosson
I assume, stock rom & firmware?
The only thing I can imagine at at the moment would be a complete erase & reflash with Odin so that there would be enough memory in /system for installing the root-exploit.
Installing the root-exploit was the first thing I've done.
Did you check your free space on /system? Is it really full?
1N4148 said:
I assume, stock rom & firmware?
The only thing I can imagine at at the moment would be a complete erase & reflash with Odin so that there would be enough memory in /system for installing the root-exploit.
Installing the root-exploit was the first thing I've done.
Did you check your free space on /system? Is it really full?
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Yes I did check using the df command in a terminal app, 208MB used of 208MB
I have removed all application not located on my SD but it did not free space in /system
fsosson said:
Yes I did check using the df command in a terminal app, 208MB used of 208MB
I have removed all application not located on my SD but it did not free space in /system
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you cant free /system without root, so you're stuck now..
flash firmware with less bloatware and so more free memory on system
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Do you mean I'd have to push another offical firmware coming from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ ?
fsosson said:
Do you mean I'd have to push another offical firmware coming from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ ?
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Which firmware do you currently use?
1N4148 said:
Which firmware do you currently use?
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I've been faster than expected, I pushed the latest rom available on sammobile then rooted it successfully, at this time the phone worked fine.
Then, I used CWM recovery to push cyanogenmod cm-10-20121204-UNOFFICIAL-gio.zip but from this time the phone does not boot:crying: then I pushed pIcm-10.1-20130111-UNOFFICIAL-gio.zip with no more luck :crying:
Can someone help me to get my phone working?
No worry 1N4148 after beeing scared of a brick phone all looks good now, Jelly Bean is running well on my phone
fsosson said:
No worry 1N4148 after beeing scared of a brick phone all looks good now, Jelly Bean is running well on my phone
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Hm, let me guess: "Encryption failed"? Got the same when upgrading from Samsung firmware to CMx. Forgot to do a ext4-format of the partitions But glad to hear that you've got it working
1N4148 said:
Hm, let me guess: "Encryption failed"? Got the same when upgrading from Samsung firmware to CMx. Forgot to do a ext4-format of the partitions But glad to hear that you've got it working
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No after having pushed a 2.3.6 firmware from sammobile I did not use the correct CWM
Thank you for your support, I do appreciate. :good:
same problem with my gio
I have the same problem with my gio. The system folder is full and i can't understand from this thread what should i do to root the device.
Can you please help?
I managed to brick my device last night when switching modems via recovery.
Would somebody be kind enough to go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 and follow the steps to build a 4.3 debrick image?
All you need to do is flash this https://www.copy.com/s/1ggUuyIqHUrF/bootloader_backup.zip
Borrowed from the original thread:
"Once you have flashed it you will find a file called debrick.img on your internal sdcard. It should be 128MB in size. (if you zip it, it will be much smaller!) Upload this to your preferred file host (I recommend Dev-Host)."
I am willing to make a donation for your time. Thank you! :good:
Update: It works
jblparisi said:
I managed to brick my device last night when switching modems via recovery.
Would somebody be kind enough to go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 and follow the steps to build a 4.3 debrick image?
All you need to do is flash this https://www.copy.com/s/1ggUuyIqHUrF/bootloader_backup.zip
Borrowed from the original thread:
"Once you have flashed it you will find a file called debrick.img on your internal sdcard. It should be 128MB in size. (if you zip it, it will be much smaller!) Upload this to your preferred file host (I recommend Dev-Host)."
I am willing to make a donation for your time. Thank you! :good:
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Here you go: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682562
loserskater said:
Here you go: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682562
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You're the ****! :victory:
Now off to the local store to grab a new SD card just in case, as from what I learned I will need a minimum of 16GB in order for this to work.
I'll keep it posted
Thanks again!
update: I think there may been a type on the script I posted, the output file should have been 128 MB, not KB.
Let me see what I can do from here...
Why are more people not using this method?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
loserskater said:
Here you go: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682562
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Have another try with this script instead:
http://d-h.st/Mui
Sorry, uploaded a bad one. This is one that I sent to @enewman17 which should work: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682564
loserskater said:
Sorry, uploaded a bad one. This is one that I sent to @enewman17 which should work: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682564
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No worries, sounds good
ps: Just to double check, this is out of a device running i747 4.3 OTA correct? Sorry to bug you again.
jblparisi said:
No worries, sounds good
ps: Just to double check, this is out of a device running i747 4.3 OTA correct? Sorry to bug you again.
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Yes
I posted how to do this and the images a few days ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47911843&postcount=165 also 128mb is not needed, the first 80MB is sufficent to get the partition table, all 3 sbl's aboot rpm modem and the tz partition. Also note, this method does not work when you flash a I747U bootloader to a I747M or vice versa. This method also does not work if you flash a different devices bootloader to your boot partitions.
Yay, it worked!!
I grabbed a new Sandisk 32gb microSD class 10 on my way home as my 4GB was a no go, then managed to boot into Download Mode on the first try and I am in the process of odin'n back to 4.3 OTA.
Thanks to everyone, specially loserskater for taking the time to upload his debrick 4.3 image.
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I posted how to do this and the images a few days ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47911843&postcount=165 also 128mb is not needed, the first 80MB is sufficent to get the partition table, all 3 sbl's aboot rpm modem and the tz partition. Also note, this method does not work when you flash a I747U bootloader to a I747M or vice versa. This method also does not work if you flash a different devices bootloader to your boot partitions.
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Yeah, we should definitely consolidate all these scattered threads into 1 big sticky.
Here is the link to the debrick image for i747 AT&T 4.3 OTA ONLY in case anyone else needs it:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682564
This works great, but now I can't boot my phone up without the sd card with the image! Any ideas?
SPH-L710
Now if someone would only pull the Debrick Image from their Sprint GS3 running 4.3 :crying::crying::cryingTA ........
TH3F4LL3N said:
This works great, but now I can't boot my phone up without the sd card with the image! Any ideas?
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DITTO
i cant boot without my microsd in there, help please? i gotta mail the s3 tomorrow!!