....how if I take an international Odin tar that only has system and boot.img and flash it then leave download mode and go into recovery and flash a kernel for our phone how will I brick ???? I know if you flash gsm things on a cdma you will brick but this is only the /system and won't flash any gsm things
EDIT: is there a full LG8 flashable .zip???
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....how if I take an international Odin tar that only has system and boot.img and flash it then leave download mode and go into recovery and flash a kernel for our phone how will I brick ???? I know if you flash gsm things on a cdma you will brick but this is only the /system and won't flash any gsm things
EDIT: is there a full LG8 flashable .zip???
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Dude...if you wanna flash i9300 ROMs, you're on your own. And idk what the heck you're talking about, but /system has tons of device specific stuff in it. The framework is full of radio stuff.
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Depends on what's in the Odin file. The international version has a way different file system and the boot.img, at least the one that comes with the international miui, lays out a completely different file system with completely different mount points
I'm not too sure how Odin works, but in the international SGS3 updater-script it wipes different system partitions, I guess that could be a reason for a brick
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Here are some of the differences in just the init.rc (in boot.img)
On the left is the stock init.rc from the LG8 update (Sprint), on the right is the init.rc from the International SGS3 MIUI (it's pretty much stock)
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Here is a quick comparison of each boot.img just to show the difference
The International version also loads modules through boot.img inside the lib folder, not sure if that would cause a complete brick though
Odin doesn't use updater-script. If you flash an i9300 TAR, you're going to be bricked very, very hard.
But do try, and come back here and post the results.
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there is a dealboot on the SGSII... we could (hopefully, maybe, dont old me responsible if you do) use it! right? i mean we used the international kernel before... why not???? just dont use bootloader or modem
ok the kernel would work ( haven't tested but i (and other dev) have used the international kernel) but the eMMC chips are different ( ibelieve) and that might cause issues with the recovery sense samsung doesnt like to use boot.img files there isnt a recovery.img either
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there is a dealboot on the SGSII... we could (hopefully, maybe, dont old me responsible if you do) use it! right? i mean we used the international kernel before... why not???? just dont use bootloader or modem
ok the kernel would work ( haven't tested but i (and other dev) have used the international kernel) but the eMMC chips are different ( ibelieve) and that might cause issues with the recovery sense samsung doesnt like to use boot.img files there isnt a recovery.img either
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Thought this was for only international edition of the phone
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Maybe once the source drops, but I do believe it would require a hacked bootloader. Then we could tell it to boot something from the internal SD. But to truly dual boot we would need a custom PIT file so that we could have 2 system images instead of 1.
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Thought this was for only international edition of the phone
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it is
Mattix724 said:
Maybe once the source drops, but I do believe it would require a hacked bootloader. Then we could tell it to boot something from the internal SD. But to truly dual boot we would need a custom PIT file so that we could have 2 system images instead of 1.
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it takes 2.5 GB out of the internal sd card folder and creates a second system folder, then at boot the user tells the kernel what system folder to boot and thats how it knows what ROM to boot
I rooted my GS3 right after it came out, and quickly froze all AT&T apps including the OTA updater, so I had no idea I am currently a few versions behind.
My question is what path do I need to take? Do I need to first flash an earlier update? Or can I jump straight to the newest?
And as for my device, I am rooted with the latest CWM Recovery, 0 still on the flash counter, and all the bloat still intact, just frozen in TB. Been searching and reading threads for a while, but no clue what exactly I need to do xD
Oh and here is a screenshot of my devices info.
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If you just want stock rooted, you can grab LG1 from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Not sure about any other updates. You could probably un freeze all the bloat and get ota root keeper and try to update.
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You can jump right to LH9 (latest OTA) using this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31802808
Just download all the files in the PIECES section, install them all in recovery before you reboot and make sure you flash the kernel after the ROM.
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You can jump right to LH9 (latest OTA) using this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31802808
Just download all the files in the PIECES section, install them all in recovery before you reboot and make sure you flash the kernel after the ROM.
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I still have all the stock apps in place, just frozen, so can't I just use the main file instead of the individual pieces? Yes I am just that lazy xD
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I still have all the stock apps in place, just frozen, so can't I just use the main file instead of the individual pieces? Yes I am just that lazy xD
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The main zip is a patch and requires you have LG1 installed first. You could apply the LG1 OTA (I have another thread in general with a zip for it) but that seems harder to me.
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im rooted my friends epic 4g months ago.. its has super su app thats it.. still has stock revcovery.. i have rooted many samsung phones in the past but this phone seems to be a lil confusing.. all the other samsung phone all i had to do was open odin on my pc.. grab the recovery tar file and boom.. done.. then i could flash rom ect.. can some please tell me how to get a recovery on this phone?? thanks:good:
Recovery is packaged with the kernel on this device, horrible move on Samsung's part
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im rooted my friends epic 4g months ago.. its has super su app thats it.. still has stock revcovery.. i have rooted many samsung phones in the past but this phone seems to be a lil confusing.. all the other samsung phone all i had to do was open odin on my pc.. grab the recovery tar file and boom.. done.. then i could flash rom ect.. can some please tell me how to get a recovery on this phone?? thanks:good:
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i have a mobile odin guide...but it might be a little to much info for you out the gate....more or less on this device. if you want a recovery you have to flash a kernel...as ryan said...our kernels and recoveries are tied together. so you need to go to rwilco12's repo and find a kernel with a custom recovery (cwm ) that is compatible with the rom you are currently running.
if the device is on jb 4.1.2 you need to grab a gb27 kernel that has cwm in it....but if the device is on ics....you really need to odin the gb27 rooted one click that wipes data...this is needed because jb has a preload partition that we need to make room for.
there is a qbking77 video showing how to do this....but even easier than that...there is a link in rwilco12 repo for this exact one click...and it has instructions as well as a link to a video... i think.lol
if you are on jb 4.1.2 hit me back and ill walk ya through a mobile odin flash for the kernel....easy as pie...
So, I was approached by someone asking me to take a stab at repairing their phone. They have a Sprint SGS3, and the owner is, well, less than versed in reading through XDA and determining exactly what steps they've taken to modify their phone.
Suffice it to say, I have a bit of a diagnostic challenge on my hands.
Their story is that they rooted and installed a custom ROM on their phone, and has apparently spent the last week or so fighting with their device to return to stock. I've been told that the ROM is stock, and the recovery is also stock. They apparently want to return to stock and take the KitKat OTA, and have nothing to do with rooting. Though, House says, "everybody lies". I'm assuming there's something else I should be looking at to check whether or not they're deliberately omitting a step they took, or perhaps something they didn't realize/forgot they did.
I have yet to get the device in my hands, but when I do, what should I be looking for, exactly? I haven't modified many Samsung phones in the past, mostly just HTC devices, so I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Poking around the forum, I see some mentions of a Flash Counter and ODIN and some other utilities, but I'm not sure what I should really be using to try to fix the phone. I'd also like to maintain the ability to root their ROM in the future if possible, just in case the owner goes back on their root-bashing.
Thanks for reading! If you guys ever need a hand with an HTC device, I'd be more than glad to give you a hand there. :laugh:
If they're on a stock ROM, you could hook it up to Samsung Kies and do a "firmware upgrade and initialization" under the Tools menu. That should restore a completely wiped stock ROM w/ stock recovery, as well.
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If they're on a stock ROM, you could hook it up to Samsung Kies and do a "firmware upgrade and initialization" under the Tools menu. That should restore a completely wiped stock ROM w/ stock recovery, as well. The bootloader will still read at modified status, and if your acquaintance's phone has Knox on it, I wouldn't try the flash counter reset.
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Just run the ND8 tar in Odin-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533. No OTAs, easy as pie.
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I just upgrade the s3 from 4.1.1 to 4.4.2 and now sais SYSTEM UNCONSISTENT and all apps are crashing, what can I do. I dont want to loose my data
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I just upgrade the s3 from 4.1.1 to 4.4.2 and now sais SYSTEM UNCONSISTENT and all apps are crashing, what can I do. I dont want to loose my data
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Did you try to root or flash a zip? How did you attempt to upgrade to 4.4.2? Did you ODIN or flash the zip?
Just tried to update with the original Sammobile firmware
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Just tried to update with the original Sammobile firmware
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Pretty sure you flashed the wrong thing if you got it from here, this is the Sprint forum, and judging by your signature you have the TMo variant... and now you're probably screwed because you can't downgrade your firmware. Read read read, and don't flash stuff that's not for your phone.
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Pretty sure you flashed the wrong thing if you got it from here, this is the Sprint forum, and judging by your signature you have the TMo variant... and now you're probably screwed because you can't downgrade your firmware. Read read read, and don't flash stuff that's not for your phone.
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could he not go into download mode and try to flash his stock rom?
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could he not go into download mode and try to flash his stock rom?
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No because he flashed the 4.4 Bootloader and they don't have 4.4 yet, so flashing the 4.3 firmware will brick it... He should be able to Odin a recovery and wipe everything and flash a new ROM.