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[Q] Can't access sprint services after rooting and installing rom please help

I installed VIPERrom trinity 2.0 (no blame on them great rom I'm sure this is my doing) but now I can't access sprint services I.e. I. Can't make phone calls send texts or access internet unless via wifi...if anyone would have any possible fixes or suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much.

cnigro21 said:
I installed VIPERrom trinity 2.0 (no blame on them great rom I'm sure this is my doing) but now I can't access sprint services I.e. I. Can't make phone calls send texts or access internet unless via wifi...if anyone would have any possible fixes or suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much.
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You can either try to reflash the ROM, try a factory/data reset, or Odin back to EB13 prerooted with CWM3 and flash the ROM. Sounds like Odin is the best bet. For Odin instructions follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
For EB13 prerooted go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
Hope this helps.

I greatly appreciate the info but unfortunately neitherof those links helped, most likely my inability to follow the instruction, but when I would download the prerooted eb13 file it did not have any of the files mentioned in the directions...oh well get up early and try again. Thanks again for the help.

cnigro21 said:
I greatly appreciate the info but unfortunately neitherof those links helped, most likely my inability to follow the instruction, but when I would download the prerooted eb13 file it did not have any of the files mentioned in the directions...oh well get up early and try again. Thanks again for the help.
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To use the EB13 file you need Odin which was in the first set of directions. Here is Odin in case the download link is broken.
This will wipe your phone and restore it to a factory condition but already rooted so on your computer unzip Odin into a directory (I called it Odin) then unzip the EB13 file and put the .tar and .pit files in the Odin directory. Open Odin. Uncheck the F.Reset box. Click PIT and put the EB13-EXT4.PIT in that box. Click PDA and put the EB13 tar file in there. Now power down your phone and Turn it back on holding the 1 key on the keyboard and then hitting the power button. A yellow triangle stating download mode will appear on the phone. Now connect your USB cable to the phone and computer. In a box on the Odin screen a COM number will pop up. Hit start, let it do its thing. If it passes it will reboot. If it gets stuck, pull the battery and try again, try other USB ports or a different cable if it gets stuck a few times. Check your service. If OK then continue to flash ROM.
Now with your ROM already on your sd card, shut down your phone and 3 finger (camera button, volume down, power all at once) into Clockwork Mod Recovery and let it do the EXT4 conversion...do not reboot. After that is done pick Install zip file from sd card, choose zip file, pick your ROM file and hit camera button. It will now flash your ROM.
All this is assuming you still want a custom ROM. If not I will point you to the stock unrooted files.

Thank you so much for the help, once i figured out i needed to download 7zip in order to release the file types it worked flawlessly and took only minutes so again thank you so much...yet after all that the problem was that sprint activated one of our very old phones sitting in a drawer at our house and removed my epic from service haha, so a long, unecessary road but glad to know the process works seamlessly thank you very much.

cnigro21 said:
Thank you so much for the help, once i figured out i needed to download 7zip in order to release the file types it worked flawlessly and took only minutes so again thank you so much...yet after all that the problem was that sprint activated one of our very old phones sitting in a drawer at our house and removed my epic from service haha, so a long, unecessary road but glad to know the process works seamlessly thank you very much.
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HAHA, that is great. Well now you are much more experienced in restoring your phone in case you get into trouble.

Device is soft bricked. Can get into download. What next?

I was running the ICS leaked release and decided to try another ROM. I think my mistake was that I didn't flash a custom recovery like Rogue's and just threw the ROM on my SD, went into the stock recovery that came with the ICS leaked ROM, ran Calkulin's wipe and flashed the ROM.
The phone won't boot up. I can get into Download Mode but I don't know where I can download a stock tar to flash in ODIN 1.85. If I try and go to the stock recovery it doesn't work.
Any help would be appreciated.
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It's still stuck at the data.img portion of the process (end process). It's probably not going far from there.
I can't get into the stock recovery but it does allow the download mode still.

Android300ZX said:
I was running the ICS leaked release and decided to try another ROM. I think my mistake was that I didn't flash a custom recovery like Rogue's and just threw the ROM on my SD, went into the stock recovery that came with the ICS leaked ROM, ran Calkulin's wipe and flashed the ROM.
The phone won't boot up. I can get into Download Mode but I don't know where I can download a stock tar to flash in ODIN 1.85. If I try and go to the stock recovery it doesn't work.
Any help would be appreciated.
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In the dev threads look for sfhubs oneclick el29. Download it and follow instructions. It will be fine.
Team-Nocturnal Blended ICS

Right here is all you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21134991
Then use autoroot to get cwm back.
Team-Nocturnal Blended ICS

I tried that earlier and it didn't work. I deleted all the files and will try it again. When I tried the steps it just hung at waiting for connection or something to that effect.

Android300ZX said:
I tried that earlier and it didn't work. I deleted all the files and will try it again. When I tried the steps it just hung at waiting for connection or something to that effect.
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That really sound like you don't have the drivers quite right. When you open the regular odin, and your phone is in download mode, does a yellow box on odin show up? If not its the drivers.
Team-Nocturnal Blended ICS

bigtoysrock said:
That really sound like you don't have the drivers quite right. When you open the regular odin, and your phone is in download mode, does a yellow box on odin show up? If not its the drivers.
Team-Nocturnal Blended ICS
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Yes. It shows COM port I in yellow which is a good thing because it recognizes something is connected.

Android300ZX said:
Yes. It shows COM port I in yellow which is a good thing because it recognizes something is connected.
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Then the one click should work just fine. Make sure you follow his instructions to the T. Also on his page he has some drivers, you should install those, it uninstall or over write the old ones. Just to be sure.
Team-Nocturnal Blended ICS

Thanks. It looks like it's working now. It's installing right now and then we shall see but I'm pretty sure it'll work. I'll leave it stock for now until ICS comes out. I'm so buy working on my new car that I barely have time to geek out anymore on my phone.

Don't try to flash anything with stock recovery ...it has to be officially signed by Samsung ...won't work
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

It didn't work. Last night I went to run the EL29 Restore - Rooted and it got stuck on the data.img portion. The progress bar on the phone and computer just hung there. I disconnected the cable and went to bed (after 1.5 hours of it just sitting there stuck).
I'm trying it again today and lets see if it gets stuck.
I'm reflashing EL29 over the FB21 (w/e the leaked version of ICS was) I had. Is that the issue?

Sorry but I think your bricked. There is a "Stuck at Data.img" thread here in q&a.
The issue still isn't repairable.
The way you went about getting stuck here is a little different tho. So hopefully I'm wrong.
Good luck

Are you stuck in a bootloop? If so, do you get any further than the Samsung splash screen?
Try re-flashing the ICS leak. I read somewhere that it could be a filesystem issue with switching to and from GB. If that doesn't work, maybe you'll have better luck with using ODIN as opposed to the one-click method. You'll find the tars here-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
In most cases you'll be flashing them in PDA, but read everything closely, and follow the steps.
If you have insurance, I almost suggest going to Sprint while it still seems there's no evidence you've been flashing (yellow triangle), as they'll likely just replace it for you.
If none of that works, then it sounds like a rare problem that happened to mine a few months ago. This was the only thread I found at that time, but it was for AT&T's GSII.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20834412#post20834412
I ended up getting a new one, but I would love to finally find a solution since I still have it. Pretty much the only thing I haven't tried is a JTAG service.

Juq said:
Are you stuck in a bootloop? If so, do you get any further than the Samsung splash screen?
Try re-flashing the ICS leak. I read somewhere that it could be a filesystem issue with switching to and from GB. If that doesn't work, maybe you'll have better luck with using ODIN as opposed to the one-click method. You'll find the tars here-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391732
In most cases you'll be flashing them in PDA, but read everything closely, and follow the steps.
If you have insurance, I almost suggest going to Sprint while it still seems there's no evidence you've been flashing (yellow triangle), as they'll likely just replace it for you.
If none of that works, then it sounds like a rare problem that happened to mine a few months ago. This was the only thread I found at that time, but it was for AT&T's GSII.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20834412#post20834412
I ended up getting a new one, but I would love to finally find a solution since I still have it. Pretty much the only thing I haven't tried is a JTAG service.
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If I turn on the phone I get a screen that says
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I don't get to the point where it even shows me a Samsung logo; just straight to that screen.
When I go into Download Mode I see
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SPH-D710
Custom Binary DOwnload: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official

Here's the thread caspersfi mentioned. I'm reading through it myself now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808&highlight=stuck+at+data+img
Good luck!

Juq said:
Here's the thread caspersfi mentioned. I'm reading through it myself now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808&highlight=stuck+at+data+img
Good luck!
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I'm reading it now. I want to add that it was CWM touch that messed up my phone because I had flashed that before attempting to flash another ROM since ICS build came with the default factory recovery. So I'm guessing my file system is corrupt. I'll keep reading through the thread. (I skipped to the last couple of pages.

Hey so can you still get into download mode? I ran into the same problem where it kept getting stuck in odin. Try a different usb cable and a different port. Odin is very fussy with usb cables. When I had the trouble I was using a Logitech usb cable. Switched to the one that came with my phone and it worked like a charm.

rbtrucking said:
Hey so can you still get into download mode? I ran into the same problem where it kept getting stuck in odin. Try a different usb cable and a different port. Odin is very fussy with usb cables. When I had the trouble I was using a Logitech usb cable. Switched to the one that came with my phone and it worked like a charm.
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I'm using the one that came with the phone and I tried different ports. I don't have another cable to use but I doubt that will help me out. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Android300ZX said:
I'm using the one that came with the phone and I tried different ports. I don't have another cable to use but I doubt that will help me out. Thanks for the suggestions though.
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I didnt think it was possible that a simple cable swap would help me when I was in the exact same position as you either but it sure did. What could it hurt to just try a different cable? I am sure you could borrow one from a friend just to try it. According to qbking77 samsung cables are pretty bad when it comes to using odin.

rbtrucking said:
I didnt think it was possible that a simple cable swap would help me when I was in the exact same position as you either but it sure did. What could it hurt to just try a different cable? I am sure you could borrow one from a friend just to try it. According to qbking77 samsung cables are pretty bad when it comes to using odin.
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I will try that shortly then. I have a paper that's due today to write so school before phone, lol.

Alright i really hope it works, let us all know.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App

ICS official release, what can I do with this .tar file?

Hi all,
So I got the txt message from AT&T about upgrade available.
So I opened Keis and let it update. (I have a whole seperate issue with Kies; it will only read my Glide about 10% of the time).
Once I FINALLY got it to connect to my phone, I began the update process. FAIL
fail, fail, fail, 4 hours of fail.
i've tried every recommendation from every post i';ve come across, including uninstalling keis, running reg cleaner, rebooting, reinstalling.
i've trie 3 diff version of the samsung usb driver program, whatever u search for on this forum and google, i've tried it.
The best I have gotten is for Kies to actually recognize my phone and begin the update process, a few times, I saw no progress bar on the phone and the Kies window stayed on 0%.
The first time I actually sw a progress bar on my phone, it moved about 1/8th of an inch and stopped. I left if overnight, and when I got up this morning, it was the same.
So again today, on a different computer, I created a new user profile and tried some more; nada.
So I'm so desperate for ICS on this phone, I tried using that one click release of the leaked ICS, same thing. several times of not recognizing the phone, then finally
the progress bar on the phone moved a little bit, so I left it for over an hour and it didn't move.
At least this time, I could see that it was hung on the bootloader part.
I've tried this on two diff Win7 x64 machines and an XP pro machine; all the same results.
interesting part:
Once last night, I kept my temp folder open while Kies was doing it's thing, and I grabbed this file:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Sgf7j8WktibEJ4NXVva08zYmM
(i couldn't find any free file share sites that would let me upload a file this big.)
This is the actual ROM (or whatever you would call it)
Kies downloaded a file and named it whatever.tmp, as soon as I saw it, I copied it and extracted the contents with uniextract - that is where I got this .tar file from.
So what can I do with this file to install ICS on my phone?
I did try renaming it update.zip and copying it to my sdcard, I tried to "install update from sdcard", but I get an error about it not being signed.
For anyone who doesn't want to download a 600+MB file, this is what's inside it:
boot.img
cache.img
factoryfs.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img

Not too sure if this belongs in development. It's a question, but the file is development purposes . Anyway you can use boot.img and a system dump of the official ICS to make a flashable zip, or theme some system apps, etc. The possibilites are endless

ericpeacock79 said:
Hi all,
So I got the txt message from AT&T about upgrade available.
So I opened Keis and let it update. (I have a whole seperate issue with Kies; it will only read my Glide about 10% of the time).
Once I FINALLY got it to connect to my phone, I began the update process. FAIL
fail, fail, fail, 4 hours of fail.
i've tried every recommendation from every post i';ve come across, including uninstalling keis, running reg cleaner, rebooting, reinstalling.
i've trie 3 diff version of the samsung usb driver program, whatever u search for on this forum and google, i've tried it.
The best I have gotten is for Kies to actually recognize my phone and begin the update process, a few times, I saw no progress bar on the phone and the Kies window stayed on 0%.
The first time I actually sw a progress bar on my phone, it moved about 1/8th of an inch and stopped. I left if overnight, and when I got up this morning, it was the same.
So again today, on a different computer, I created a new user profile and tried some more; nada.
So I'm so desperate for ICS on this phone, I tried using that one click release of the leaked ICS, same thing. several times of not recognizing the phone, then finally
the progress bar on the phone moved a little bit, so I left it for over an hour and it didn't move.
At least this time, I could see that it was hung on the bootloader part.
I've tried this on two diff Win7 x64 machines and an XP pro machine; all the same results.
interesting part:
Once last night, I kept my temp folder open while Kies was doing it's thing, and I grabbed this file:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Sgf7j8WktibEJ4NXVva08zYmM
(i couldn't find any free file share sites that would let me upload a file this big.)
This is the actual ROM (or whatever you would call it)
Kies downloaded a file and named it whatever.tmp, as soon as I saw it, I copied it and extracted the contents with uniextract - that is where I got this .tar file from.
So what can I do with this file to install ICS on my phone?
I did try renaming it update.zip and copying it to my sdcard, I tried to "install update from sdcard", but I get an error about it not being signed.
For anyone who doesn't want to download a 600+MB file, this is what's inside it:
boot.img
cache.img
factoryfs.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
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You should be able to flash that with ODIN
Fact, this is the same file I downloaded from http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170800037/7fd1f5e/I927UCLH2_I927ATTLH2_ATT.zip.html
Worked flashing with ODIN on a unlocked Rogers I927R

enewman17 said:
You should be able to flash that with ODIN
Fact, this is the same file I downloaded from http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170800037/7fd1f5e/I927UCLH2_I927ATTLH2_ATT.zip.html
Worked flashing with ODIN on a unlocked Rogers I927R
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groovy!!
so... what do i do in odin?
i've got it downloaded, but which option, etc do i need to select?

ericpeacock79 said:
groovy!!
so... what do i do in odin?
i've got it downloaded, but which option, etc do i need to select?
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Power Phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, Pressing POWER and VOLUME UP till it boots
Using ODIN 1.85
wait for phone to appear
Uncheck F. Reset Time (only AUTO REBOOT should be checked)
Check the box next to PDA
using the PDA button select the .tar file
Press start, sit back and drink a beer
Then apply CWM I prefer 5.0.27 "EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS YOU INSTALLED THE ROM WITH ODIN" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458153 (it's not touch, but it keeps backups in img form rather than the .blob like CWM6. just make's it easier to handle backups.
In CWM "If you want root", apply http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip
In CWM apply the LH2 Keyboard backlight fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848433
Its running pretty smooth so far, no major issues to report: but I had the camera giving me issues till I cleared data form the app. still gave a few stutters then the whole phone started running well after a few reboots and some settling time.

enewman17 said:
Power Phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, Pressing POWER and VOLUME UP till it boots
Using ODIN 1.85
wait for phone to appear
Uncheck F. Reset Time (only AUTO REBOOT should be checked)
Check the box next to PDA
using the PDA button select the .tar file
Press start, sit back and drink a beer
Then apply CWM I prefer 5.0.27 "EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS YOU INSTALLED THE ROM WITH ODIN" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/SGHI927R/v2/CWMR5x_i927_recovery.tar.md5 (it's not touch, but it keeps backups in img form rather than the .blob like CWM6. just make's it easier to handle backups.
In CWM "If you want root", apply http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip
In CWM apply the LH2 Keyboard backlight fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848433
Its running pretty smooth so far, no major issues to report: but I had the camera giving me issues till I cleared data form the app. still gave a few stutters then the whole phone started running well after a few reboots and some settling time.
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Thanks for you replies. I appreciate it very much.
(here's something weird, when viewing post in thread, it stops after the word beer. I didn't see the other stuff until I clicked reply :-/ )
unfortunately, it's doing the same thing as before... ODIN is stuck on boot.img for about ten minutes now
any thoughts.... anyone?
I want ICS on this phone SO bad.
( would it be related to the fact that I substituted beer for southern comfort? )

A few posts up I posted a link to a download of the new update that is what I used It worked perfectly. Extract from the zip and you'll have a .tar.md5 file which just makes ODIN Check the md5 sum before flashing
Sent from my SGH-I927 ICS using xda premium

ericpeacock79 said:
Thanks for you replies. I appreciate it very much.
(here's something weird, when viewing post in thread, it stops after the word beer. I didn't see the other stuff until I clicked reply :-/ )
unfortunately, it's doing the same thing as before... ODIN is stuck on boot.img for about ten minutes now
any thoughts.... anyone?
I want ICS on this phone SO bad.
( would it be related to the fact that I substituted beer for southern comfort? )
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I checked your files md5 sum to the .tar file I used, and they are the same cbd0c11c1aa578f6bcdb06099b5d3102 so you should be good to go flashing the .tar file you captured during the keis install. Maybe try flashing CWM first boot into it and format everything then try installing the rom via ODIN. Try a new cable and/or make sure the phone is plugged into a usb plug in the rear of the computer.

enewman17 said:
A few posts up I posted a link to a download of the new update that is what I used It worked perfectly. Extract from the zip and you'll have a .tar.md5 file which just makes ODIN Check the md5 sum before flashing
Sent from my SGH-I927 ICS using xda premium
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same thing with that one... stuck on boot.img in Odin, progress bar on phone moved about 1/8th of an inch.
i left it overnight again, i just now got up and see it's not moved....
that makes me a sad panda....
i guess next, i'll try to do this on ubuntu, using heimdall....
arrrgh.

ericpeacock79 said:
same thing with that one... stuck on boot.img in Odin, progress bar on phone moved about 1/8th of an inch.
i left it overnight again, i just now got up and see it's not moved....
that makes me a sad panda....
i guess next, i'll try to do this on ubuntu, using heimdall....
arrrgh.
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That is a real bummer, I'm sorry it didn't work for you. It should only take a few minutes, I don't have any other ideas other than maybe try flashing the UCLG9 leak then re-trying to flash your tar file. The leak contains a new bootloader, I had flashed that a few weeks prior to the new update.
Also did you try flashing CWM with Odin just to see if it would flash seems like it's probably a computer problem rather then your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium

Hello,
Sorry to 'thread-jack' but hopefully a minor annoyance.
Can someone post just the 'modem.bin' file from the I927UCLH2 update?
FYI, in hopes of enabling 3G/HSPA voice calling on Galaxy Tab 10.1..
Using European Tegra 2 based phone modem (from I9103), 2G voice calling works.
Trying to avoid downloading the entire .tar for one file =p
To clarify - European Tab 10.1 users are fine; AT&T and Rogers Tab 10.1 users can currently use 2G only.
T-Mobile - apparently 'their' phone counterpart uses a combo of 2 modem-related files?
But I digress... (don't think I can embed links yet) thread is in Tab 10.1 Dev forum.
Thank you!

enewman17 said:
That is a real bummer, I'm sorry it didn't work for you. It should only take a few minutes, I don't have any other ideas other than maybe try flashing the UCLG9 leak then re-trying to flash your tar file. The leak contains a new bootloader, I had flashed that a few weeks prior to the new update.
Also did you try flashing CWM with Odin just to see if it would flash seems like it's probably a computer problem rather then your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
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i did try flashing the CWM and it did the same thing stalling after about one second into it, same with UCLG9 leak one-click executable. (at least using that told me it was stuck on trying to flash the boot image)
I'm about to build a fresh win7 x86 VM with nothing but .net and VC++ runtime installed, to rule out both my living room and home office comps as the problem.
if it still don't work, the i'll build a fresh ubuntu VM and try it with heindall
Thank you, enewman17, for all your help. it is really appreciated. :good:
if it still don't work, i will call Samsung and demand a replacement phone.
spamam1:
modem.bin - 12,289KB

I used rom from 1st post and it's working flawless but is there any way to "super-duper" wipe this phone? after update I still have all my data, programs and even unlocked simlock. I will probably send it on warranty so I would like to have stock rom
edit: i think ICS is much slower than GB

timon12 said:
I used rom from 1st post and it's working flawless but is there any way to "super-duper" wipe this phone? after update I still have all my data, programs and even unlocked simlock. I will probably send it on warranty so I would like to have stock rom
edit: i think ICS is much slower than GB
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Settings --> Back up and reset ---> Factory data Reset.....As it states this erases all data on the phone.

I'm getting it to boot up after cwmr but it hangs on the installing applications screen. Left it for an hour and still the same

are you kidding me?!?!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
for all of samsung's rhetoric about "only use the oem data cable" "never use anything but the oem data cable" "blah blah oem usb cable blah blah"
after trying this on like 6 different computers all with same results, i just found a usb cable laying around at work and decided to try it, just for the heck of it - IT DIDNT TAKE 5 MINUTES TO FLASH!
I AM NOW ICE CREAM SANDWICH!
seriously, FOUR days of banging my head on the wall, and it was the freaking OEM data cable that was the problem.
:silly::silly::silly::silly:

ericpeacock79 said:
are you kidding me?!?!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
for all of samsung's rhetoric about "only use the oem data cable" "never use anything but the oem data cable" "blah blah oem usb cable blah blah"
after trying this on like 6 different computers all with same results, i just found a usb cable laying around at work and decided to try it, just for the heck of it - IT DIDNT TAKE 5 MINUTES TO FLASH!
I AM NOW ICE CREAM SANDWICH!
seriously, FOUR days of banging my head on the wall, and it was the freaking OEM data cable that was the problem.
:silly::silly::silly::silly:
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It's always something.... Haha
Glad it's working now.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium

ericpeacock79 said:
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
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Same flash problem here, same exact solution. Flimsy micro-USB cable was the culprit. ODIN would get partially through and almost always fail during SetupConnection or Initialzation or NAND Write Start. Wasted about 12 hours testing a dozen possible causes. Changed to the thicker OEM cord and BAM!
Thanks!!

Funnny what a cable could do lol

[Q] Kies closes on GB27 update

I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock unrooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.

mewikime said:
I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock rooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.
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Well for it to work you need to be on stock fl24 your phone can't be rooted. So dl a stock fl24 one click then try the update.
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Oops, my fault, I did mean unrooted. I've edited the OP to reflect that. Anyway, I'm going to try it on a different computer

I'm having the same problem on my girlfriends stock unrooted phone
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Luda305 said:
I'm having the same problem on my girlfriends stock unrooted phone
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The only thing I can think of is going to the forum I posted and somebody should be able to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39692230
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mewikime said:
I'm trying to update my old phone which is now my sister in law's. It's stock unrooted ICS FL24.
When I try to use Kies to update, it gets through the first step of dowlnoading firmware upgrade components, but when it reaches 100% the window hangs for 30 seconds or so and then disappears and Kies closes.
It's the most recent version of Kies, I even uninstalled and reinstalled it, but it's still doing it. Has anyone come across this and a way to fix it? My sister in law wants the update but I can't seem to do it for her.
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Kherr said:
What worked for me was using an Odin One-Click package from here.
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Use that link to download an Odin One-Click tool that will make your life easy. Whether you're looking to root her phone or keep it un-rooted, there is a tool for you on that page. Download whichever one of the tools you need whether or not you need to root her phone or keep it un-rooted. RESTORE versions will WIPE all user data from the phone. NODATA versions will NOT wipe user data from the phone. After downloading the one-click tool you need, simply turn off her phone and once it's fully powered down, press and hold volume down and the power key at the same time until you see the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo. You can let go now. It will boot into something called "Download mode" and that's what we need.
I'm going to assume you've already installed the samsung drivers since you're using KIES. If not, get them from here and install.
Make sure the phone is FULLY CHARGED at this point.
After the drivers are installed, launch the Odin One-Click program and wait for it to appear. Once it's loaded go ahead and connect your phone to the computer. Make sure your phone is still in download mode before you connect to the computer! The top left box in that Odin window should light up with a yellow box with "0:COM#" in it, once that's lighted up, go ahead and click start at the bottom.
If you do not see a yellow "0:COM#" light up in the top left set of boxes, you may need to run the ODIN One-Click as an administrator.
DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT OFF WHILE ODIN IS WORKING! Once it's done, it will change the bigger box on the left of the "0:COM#" to a green box with the word "PASS!" in it. Once this happens, the phone will reboot on its own. Once the phone reboots, it's safe to disconnect from the computer.
And that's it. You've skipped trying to use the crappy KIES software and you've successfully installed GB27 (JB 4.1.2)! I'd say it's time to celebrate!
Hope this helps you. Cheers! :beer:
(alternatively you could just follow the instructions from the page where you download your ODIN tool from... Thanks to "Admin" from that website for the post, garwynn from here for leading me there, and QBKing77 for instructions that taught me how to do this back when ICS just released for this phone. )

Kherr said:
Use that link to download an Odin One-Click tool that will make your life easy. Whether you're looking to root her phone or keep it un-rooted, there is a tool for you on that page. Download whichever one of the tools you need whether or not you need to root her phone or keep it un-rooted. RESTORE versions will WIPE all user data from the phone. NODATA versions will NOT wipe user data from the phone. After downloading the one-click tool you need, simply turn off her phone and once it's fully powered down, press and hold volume down and the power key at the same time until you see the Samsung Galaxy S2 logo. You can let go now. It will boot into something called "Download mode" and that's what we need.
I'm going to assume you've already installed the samsung drivers since you're using KIES. If not, get them from here and install.
Make sure the phone is FULLY CHARGED at this point.
After the drivers are installed, launch the Odin One-Click program and wait for it to appear. Once it's loaded go ahead and connect your phone to the computer. Make sure your phone is still in download mode before you connect to the computer! The top left box in that Odin window should light up with a yellow box with "0:COM#" in it, once that's lighted up, go ahead and click start at the bottom.
If you do not see a yellow "0:COM#" light up in the top left set of boxes, you may need to run the ODIN One-Click as an administrator.
DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT OFF WHILE ODIN IS WORKING! Once it's done, it will change the bigger box on the left of the "0:COM#" to a green box with the word "PASS!" in it. Once this happens, the phone will reboot on its own. Once the phone reboots, it's safe to disconnect from the computer.
And that's it. You've skipped trying to use the crappy KIES software and you've successfully installed GB27 (JB 4.1.2)! I'd say it's time to celebrate!
Hope this helps you. Cheers! :beer:
(alternatively you could just follow the instructions from the page where you download your ODIN tool from... Thanks to "Admin" from that website for the post, garwynn from here for leading me there, and QBKing77 for instructions that taught me how to do this back when ICS just released for this phone. )
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I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
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Luda305 said:
I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
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No. Use a NODATA rooted FL24, install Titanium (PRO highly recommended), and backup all your apps, call log, sms inbox, etc.
Then put the Titanium Backup folder from your SDcard on a PC (or somewhere else safe, off the internal storage. External SD card is ok too).
Then run the RESTORE ROOTED GB27, which will repartition your internal storage, likely wiping everything. This is why you moved your backups. Install Titanium and restore your backup. Reboot.
Then reboot to recovery and do a nandroid backup. Copy this backup to your PC for futureproofing.
Now, if you want to be unrooted, you can Odin a NODATA UNROOTED GB27, and you should have all your apps and such intact, without root access.

Luda305 said:
I've heard about a lot of people having problems with the no data version of gb27. I don't really wanna do the full restore one. Is there any other options out there?
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I didn't have any issues with the NODATA that I did to my phone, and I got it from where I sent you... Maybe I just got lucky...

How to return to stock Samsung firmware

I'm completely new to rooting. I plan on rooting my Galaxy SII using the Cyanogenmod Installer. However, I want to know how to return to stock.
I found this FAQ online and want to know if it's the correct way of doing it or if there's some easier way out there.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00052690/61265
I would also like to know if Triangle Away works with the Hercules? Thank you.

Hero746 said:
I'm completely new to rooting. I plan on rooting my Galaxy SII using the Cyanogenmod Installer. However, I want to know how to return to stock.
I found this FAQ online and want to know if it's the correct way of doing it or if there's some easier way out there.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00052690/61265
I would also like to know if Triangle Away works with the Hercules? Thank you.
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Well I first would do a superwipe on TWRP before anything, and download ODIN and your SAMSUNG drivers. I have included a nifty .zip file with everything you would ever need, with all of the firmwares, drivers and ODINs. After you run that superwipe, go on download mode by plugging in your USB cord on your computer, then on your phone. Hold down both volume keys and proceed to turn on your phone. Then, you should see a screen that says volume up to install custom firmware, and volume down to restart. Press volume up. Open ODIN, and click on the PDA or AP (which ever one it says) proceed to go to one of the three files, I have included either 4.0.3, 4.0.4 and 4.1.2. Pick which file you want to restore to and press start. Let it do it's thing and you're done. To root, just go back to ODIN, point it at your root folder and double click on the TWRP file. I have included the upgrade .zip as well to put it to the latest TWRP that works correctly. Enjoy! (The link is huge because it has EVERY SINGLE Stock ROM from ICS and up).
Download to everything: https://mega.co.nz/#!AJ83jQzD!PjrpkBxbFAuQucYEnVcH7yWHagcy3z9Q_3sQ8ZBK980
Also, I have not tried triangle away, but from what I know I've flashed so many times but I haven't even tripped the counter yet.

I'm bumping this with the intent of thanking you.
I followed your instructions to the dot and returned my phone to stock in preparation for the Note 3 I'm getting tomorrow. I feel like this thread should be stickied or included in some sort of master list so as to help the rest of the community.
A word of advice though. If Odin fails to recognize your SGH-T989, you must uninstall and then reinstall your Samsung Drivers. Once again, thank you!