while im not a newbie on getting root on htc phones im new to this phone. i have firmware fh13 which i assume is fixed with the emmc cap erase bug. but im confused on how to root as most methods show up to ff18? do i have to downgrade to root and what custom recovery do i need? i read some pages cwm is not accepted and some that say it is? i read about odin but when i load that up it confuses me more than ever. i have ics 4.0.4 on the phone. thanks for the help.
All you need is the FH13 rooted one click tar file, put the phone in to download mode volume- + power and run the tar file.
There are two versions, the full restore will wipe everything, the no data will keep your apps and data intact.
Files and instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30264881
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As for recovery any of Agat63's kernels or the Kuban kernels in original development are safe from the brick bug
If you want to flash A.O.S.P roms then you will need the El26 kernal or Chris41g's Cwm6 also in the other development thread
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gmzombie said:
while im not a newbie on getting root on htc phones im new to this phone. i have firmware fh13 which i assume is fixed with the emmc cap erase bug. but im confused on how to root as most methods show up to ff18? do i have to downgrade to root and what custom recovery do i need? i read some pages cwm is not accepted and some that say it is? i read about odin but when i load that up it confuses me more than ever. i have ics 4.0.4 on the phone. thanks for the help.
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Heres a step by step video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMD0pybakeE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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So I have the latest Cm9 alpha 4 flashed and everything is fine. I know I don't have a real recovery so how do I install one that will allow me to backup Cm9 and flash a backup I made on GB?
Thanks in advance.
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interhawk1 said:
So I have the latest Cm9 alpha 4 flashed and everything is fine. I know I don't have a real recovery so how do I install one that will allow me to backup Cm9 and flash a backup I made on GB?
Thanks in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393
This is what you are looking for but I am not sure if I would recommend doing a restore back to gb without more research. I am pretty sure a couple people have bricked there phone trying to restore to gb from ics.
if you wanna restore a GB backup you should really just ODIN back to EL29 and use sfhub's auto root package to push CWM to your phone. after that its safe to do the restore.
mobile odin
I recommend mobile odin. Well worth the $. It's very easy to use and helpful if you don't want the hassle of using your computer.
tprins228 said:
I recommend mobile odin. Well worth the $. It's very easy to use and helpful if you don't want the hassle of using your computer.
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And once I have mobile Odin what do I do in order to go back to my backup? I've had mixed views on it causing bricks? But idk can someone please clear this up for me and anyone else with this concern
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interhawk1 said:
And once I have mobile Odin what do I do in order to go back to my backup? I've had mixed views on it causing bricks? But idk can someone please clear this up for me and anyone else with this concern
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The easiest way would be to flash a working recovery using Mobile Odin and then boot into your recovery and backup/restore. To do this, download a ODIN version of the recovery you need. It will come in the form of a .tar file most likely. From there, open Mobile Odin, find your .tar file, click it, and then flash. Then you should be able to boot into recovery using Vol Up and Power. This is handy if you are flashing some of the most current ICS roms that dont have recovery's built in yet. Just make sure that you flash a recovery that will work with your existing setup (kernel, rom...etc).
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rbtrucking said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393
This is what you are looking for but I am not sure if I would recommend doing a restore back to gb without more research. I am pretty sure a couple people have bricked there phone trying to restore to gb from ics.
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FYI, this is the recovery you want if you are on any ICS rom.
tprins228 said:
The easiest way would be to flash a working recovery using Mobile Odin and then boot into your recovery and backup/restore. To do this, download a ODIN version of the recovery you need. It will come in the form of a .tar file most likely. From there, open Mobile Odin, find your .tar file, click it, and then flash. Then you should be able to boot into recovery using Vol Up and Power. This is handy if you are flashing some of the most current ICS roms that dont have recovery's built in yet. Just make sure that you flash a recovery that will work with your existing setup (kernel, rom...etc).
PS, if you find this helpful, please click the "Thanks" button. I normally wouldn't ask but would like to post to some Dev threads and need a better "score". Thanks!
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FYI, this is the recovery you want if you are on any ICS rom.
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Thank you so much for that reply! Really helped, im going to give this a shot just to be clear once I odin the recovery and it's all flashed correctly, I will be able to restore my gb rom with no bricks?
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interhawk1 said:
Thank you so much for that reply! Really helped, im going to give this a shot just to be clear once I odin the recovery and it's all flashed correctly, I will be able to restore my gb rom with no bricks?
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No, don't restore any GB from ics kernels..... Back it up if you want ...odin back to stock odin a cwm GB kernel then restore back .... safest way
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Epix4G said:
No, don't restore any GB from ics kernels..... Back it up if you want ...odin back to stock odin a cwm GB kernel then restore back .... safest way
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I haven't had any issues yet but I have heard of people who have. I agree, the best way is to odin back to stock, then cwm kernel, then restore. Best thing is that it is easy to do with Mobile Odin.
Mobile odin is the same thing as the PC version and is good to have when you dont have access to a computer.
Steady and sfhub said they think it's the ics kernels that are doing it ...something about how they handle the data partition a little different ....better to be safe and I use mobile odin pro all the time ....love that it keeps itself and gives root on stock makes it much easier ... Triangle away well reset the odin count but only in ics roms but use that and mobile odin answer never have triangle or up your count
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Epix4G said:
No, don't restore any GB from ics kernels..... Back it up if you want ...odin back to stock odin a cwm GB kernel then restore back .... safest way
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Can you specify the instructions on which tar file I need to odin? Thank you
Edit: never mind guys! i figured it out and i eventually odined a bunch of stuff to get back to the rogue recovery and is restoring my back up now. hopefulling it boots.
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I'm running VeNuM ICE 3.1.1 with FC22 Modem and Kernel. Apparently I used stock on the kernel during my last flash and lost my recovery. What's the easiest way to get it back since I'm already rooted and the Android System Recovery <3e> doesn't give me the option to flash anything?
Odin or mobile odin.
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Cool, that's what I was thinking but i wasn't sure. Thanks!
I use mobile odin, it's easy. Download kernel tar to phone. In mobile odin press kernel, find the tar and hit go. It reboots the phone for you
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tkemack said:
I use mobile odin, it's easy. Download kernel tar to phone. In mobile odin press kernel, find the tar and hit go. It reboots the phone for you
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Bam! Worked like a champ! Many thanks!
No problem buddy
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I am a dummy and am in somewhat the same situation. I flashed aokp build 28 ics rom, right in the beginning of the thread it says 'dont flash from stock ics recovery' I had team rouge on ics rom, so I thought I was good. Now I just go to android system recovery.
Will the odin thing work for me too, or will I mess it up further. from what I have read, odin seems like what I am supposed to do.
sorry if I wasnt supposed to ask in this thread, but at least it shows I am searching!
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i am rooted. I want to flash a different rom altogether, mainly because I don't know if a kernel I can flash that will let me boot into rouge or cwm.
the aokp that I flashed came with fc15 kernel and I wanted to flash to fc22 and that is when I realized I was only able to boot into android system recovery.
krook250 said:
I am a dummy and am in somewhat the same situation. I flashed aokp build 28 ics rom, right in the beginning of the thread it says 'dont flash from stock ics recovery' I had team rouge on ics rom, so I thought I was good. Now I just go to android system recovery.
Will the odin thing work for me too, or will I mess it up further. from what I have read, odin seems like what I am supposed to do.
sorry if I wasnt supposed to ask in this thread, but at least it shows I am searching!
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i am rooted. I want to flash a different rom altogether, mainly because I don't know if a kernel I can flash that will let me boot into rouge or cwm.
the aokp that I flashed came with fc15 kernel and I wanted to flash to fc22 and that is when I realized I was only able to boot into android system recovery.
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From what I've heard is not to mess with a Recovery while on ICS due to their being bricks... I'd suggest using the ODIN one click to EL29, then use autoroot package with option C, to install Rogue recovery and flash to a newer ICS ROM.
krook250 said:
I am a dummy and am in somewhat the same situation. I flashed aokp build 28 ics rom, right in the beginning of the thread it says 'dont flash from stock ics recovery' I had team rouge on ics rom, so I thought I was good. Now I just go to android system recovery.
Will the odin thing work for me too, or will I mess it up further. from what I have read, odin seems like what I am supposed to do.
sorry if I wasnt supposed to ask in this thread, but at least it shows I am searching!
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i am rooted. I want to flash a different rom altogether, mainly because I don't know if a kernel I can flash that will let me boot into rouge or cwm.
the aokp that I flashed came with fc15 kernel and I wanted to flash to fc22 and that is when I realized I was only able to boot into android system recovery.
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What id suggest is downloading chris41gs stock el26 recovery and use mobile odin to flash it. Then upon reboot go into recovery and flash whatever u want next. Then if u want to switch roms again or update, follow the same procedure.
thanks Febby & rsalinas1, I used sfhubs one click odin to stock, then installed FC24 with cwm and I am good to go. good (cheap) learning experience for me.
Hello folks,
I am a newbie to the forum but I am constantly on the site checking stuff out and finally decided to join!
Anyways,
I recently updated my phone to the new Jelly Bean OTA released from sammobile and find that the wi-fi calling feature that doesn't work is a big no-no for me. I need it constantly since I am in college and most of my classes have wi-fi in basements that have no cell phone service.
If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.
I tried downloading the stock rom from sammobile and installing it and I got an error:
"signature failed".
I did factory wipe and partition wipe prior to trying to apply the update. I also put the file as update.zip (no I did not make the file update.zip.zip) in the root of the external sd card.
Any other tips?
DL zip from this post, extract and use Odin to flash.
It's the H2 ICS update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31185703
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ThC23 said:
DL zip from this post, extract and use Odin to flash.
It's the H2 ICS update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31185703
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I cannot find the ICS zip in that thread.
Can I restore ICS on my unrooted S3 without flashing it?
Excuse me for misreading the post. Like none of you guys ever done that before, oh yeah I forgot this place is full of XDA God's who never make mistakes.
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Download this and flash in Odin it is UVALH2 ROOTED TAR which is good it won't mess with your flash counter then u can just install cwm or twrp from there
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
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Markor13 said:
Factory data reset.
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Eehh.....y u no make sense....he wants to go back to an ics ROM lol if he factory reset he still on jb lol
sarni84 said:
Download this and flash in Odin it is UVALH2 ROOTED TAR which is good it won't mess with your flash counter then u can just install cwm or twrp from there
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Thank Mr. Robinson
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Eehh.....y u no make sense....he wants to go back to an ics ROM lol if he factory reset he still on jb lol
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This should work fine
Factory reset, had a good laugh lol
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If you are a newbie, you might need this guide to how to use odin as well: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Thanks a lot guys!!!
Worked no porblems.
Hey XDA! I recently perm-rooted my SGS3 T-mobile versionT999 using the QCOM Toolkit and Odin and I flashed custom CMW recovery 6.(whatever) and did backups of all my stuff like data, system, EFS partition and more. It also renamed my recovery restore files. I read a few things regarding the OTA update of JB coming out soon and heard that if it is updated it could actually turn s-off back on and mess up your root and mess up a bunch of other things that I've done.
First off I would like to ask for some clarification on this subject as to what exactly will happen if the OTA updates to JB and if it will automatically be prevented or if I have to do something to keep my phone from automatically upgrading to JB on its own. Also if it turns out that I cannot do the OTA JB update should I just flash a custom JB rom or possibly flash a stock release of the JB rom?
Secondly I wanted to ask about the flash counter. Currently I have not flashed anything but CWM (twice cause I tried to flash touch but it failed) I have not flashed any roms or kernels or radios yet. Has my flash counter already been tripped? What exactly will trip the counter? I also read something about resetting the trip meter and flashing everything back to stock including unrooting. Can someone post a link to a guide(s) that have steps for that? (Trust me I've been looking on XDA for a few hours trying to answer all these questions myself but I cant find some of them and I figured asking and having them answered all in one place would be much easier and helpful to me and others as well). In the future I may look into flashing another kernel so I can overclock and also some other roms. Another question arises though: What exactly is and insecure kernel ( I believe thats what they're called) and also what is an insecure boot img? Sorry I have so many questions but theres a lot of information to take in when a new phone receives root and gets a bunch of new possibilities!
One final question until new ones arise. What exactly are these new builds I keep reading about? Ive seen "T999UVALEM", "uvalh2", "uvalh3" , "UVLI2,3 & 4", "UVDLI3", "UVDLH3", "UVALG1", and "ULVH2" and I assume there are many more haha.
What exactly even are these??? Its just too much to keep up with. Thanks to anyone who can clear up the confusion
Well I believe that about sums up my questions so if you can help me out I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks guys!
If you have cwm installed the OTA will fail.
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We don't have S-on/off either. That is an HTC thing.
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flashing using Odin trips the counter
Flashing using cwm does not
You can use triangle away (an app) to reset your flash counter
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the uvl stuff is different leaks (builds)
The different builds came with new basebands (modems) as Samsung tries to increase reception
Look in development for the modem thread
For example I'm running the latest cm10 nightly and using the latest modem. So my baseband is T999UVLI8
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Android_Monsters said:
flashing using Odin trips the counter
Flashing using cwm does not
You can use triangle away (an app) to reset your flash counter
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the uvl stuff is different leaks (builds)
The different builds came with new basebands (modems) as Samsung tries to increase reception
Look in development for the modem thread
For example I'm running the latest cm10 nightly and using the latest modem. So my baseband is T999UVLI8
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So when I used the toolkit (which used Odin) to root and flash CWM the counter was tripped? Oh well I'm sure there will be workarounds later
Yes go ahead and flash a custom Rom. The developers will have a rooted version of the ota once it drops. And you can just flash that.
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jtl_777 said:
So when I used the toolkit (which used Odin) to root and flash CWM the counter was tripped? Oh well I'm sure there will be workarounds later
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You can download triangle away on xda website or buy it in the play store
It resets the counter to zero.
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jtl_777 said:
So when I used the toolkit (which used Odin) to root and flash CWM the counter was tripped? Oh well I'm sure there will be workarounds later
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I don't know what the toolkit is but there was a guide in the development section on rooting without tripping the counter. Essentially it used Odin to flash a stock rom that had root injected and from there you could install cwm. As long as u flash roms with cwm it shouldn't trip the counter to my knowledge but if u use Odin to flash roms it will trip the counter
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Here is a guide on reseting ect, and making it look stock just found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31890397
mystycs said:
Here is a guide on reseting ect, and making it look stock just found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31890397
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Thanks matey I'll give it a look
mystycs said:
Here is a guide on reseting ect, and making it look stock just found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31890397
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holy mackerel this is GOLD!!! Clears SOOOOO much up! many thanks dude!!!
I am new to rooting this phone. I have previously rooted other phones but I am having some trouble with this one. I have root and SU access, but CWM Recovery doesn't appear to be loaded. It just boots up to an android recovery and nothing will flash. I downloaded ROM Manager and when I choose to flash clockwork recovery, I choose the Epic 4G option but then it just freezes. Not sure where to go from here?
Forget ROM manager. Flash a ROM of your choice then boot into CWM. Recoveries are included with ROMs on this phone. One recovery won't fit all like on other phones. I came from HTC Evo 4g so I feel your pain. To add to the fun, 9 times out of 10 a nand restore will only work with the very same cwm version that it was created with. If you flash a different ROM to get back to a previous one you have to reflash the previous ROM to be on the recovery you were on originally then restore your backup. A little confusing. Do a little research in the forums and flash away.
LJ
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Also, do a search on QBking77. He has excellent videos and explanations for the E4GT.
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I can tell you right now that you need to ditch rom manager.. That has drove some people to brick city
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
How do I flash a rom without the CWM? I downloaded the CM9 and one other one, and I get a signature verification failed.
Use odin to flash a safe kernel such as el26 then flash. Read some stickies under general and development section so you dont brick.
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Hey OP - Here's a guide on Odin:
[GUIDE] Using ODIN to flash your Epic 4G Touch (windows only)
It's a lil outdated as far as Odin version, but the guts remain the same.
Here is an updated Odin thread by Crawrj:
Windows Odin 3.07