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ET4G and brickbug app (How many bricks are there really over here)

So I am on my fourth ICS rom and haven't had any problems with a brick. I jumped on xda a today ans daw this http://www.xda-developers.com/android/determine-your-devices-hard-brick-risk-with-got-brickbug/
Now I download the app and it told me this
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Now is this due to a brick bug or just people doing something stupid?

As long as you follow OP directions and flash from el26 cwm kernel, you will be OK.
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I'm staying away until ics is an official release, but that's just me being safe than sorry.

I see you flashed Venums latest rom. I tried it out last night but just wasn't feeling it. Any time you flash anything there is a chance of a brick. Keep that in mind and you will be fine. Do your homework check the md5 then flash. If you are not sure then don't flash and remember qbking77 probably has a youtube video already so watch it.

someguyatx said:
I see you flashed Venums latest rom. I tried it out last night but just wasn't feeling it. Any time you flash anything there is a chance of a brick. Keep that in mind and you will be fine. Do your homework check the md5 then flash. If you are not sure then don't flash and remember qbking77 probably has a youtube video already so watch it.
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Yeah man I been flashing roms for over two years on 4 devices. Never bricked one yet.flashed four different ics roms without going back to the el26. I think ppl just bri k there for being stupid. Lol thanks to all of you
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I'm staying away until ics is an official release, but that's just me being safe than sorry.
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I will tell you something about Samsung and there official releases. When I had my cappy they keep saying there will be an update for froyo and before you know it I was flashing GB and still no release. Lol
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dfuse06 said:
Yeah man I been flashing roms for over two years on 4 devices. Never bricked one yet.flashed four different ics roms without going back to the el26. I think ppl just bri k there for being stupid. Lol thanks to all of you
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I am glad your laughing. I guess when Google engineers ran into the bug they were doing something stupid? I guess when they had Samsung write new firmware for eMMC chips going into the GNex it was because they were doing something stupid. I guess when all the Kernel and recovery developers bricked their phones and they couldn't even be jtag'd they were doing something stupid. Actually technically when you develop you know their are risks, but this risk is not something anyone expected. It is a permenant bug that will always be with your phone, things will be done to avoid it. But the danger isn't going away. Even after the OTA, as we are finding out there is still the danger of the calls being made from CWM zips, etc.
Just keep hitting factory reset in ICS, quickest way to do it and it still may take a few tries. If you think its perfectly okay that the Galaxy Note was push an update that causes random bricks when people factory reset thats fine. But you can't tell them they were doing something stupid when Samsung never emailed them to say "Don't factory reset".
Its a hard cold fact that sooner or later one of the times mmc_erase() is called with the flag MMC_CAP_ERASE corruption will occur at the wearlevelfs level which can only be fixed by vendor specific commands not available to even repair centers.
4 roms? I did a few the wrong way. But 4 roms altogether? Many of us are around 30 and thats unique not reflashes. Probably around 200 total flashes myself just for ICS on this device. I am home on CM9 now which means only a couple a week from now on i think.

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I am glad your laughing. I guess when Google engineers ran into the bug they were doing something stupid? I guess when they had Samsung write new firmware for eMMC chips going into the GNex it was because they were doing something stupid. I guess when all the Kernel and recovery developers bricked their phones and they couldn't even be jtag'd they were doing something stupid. Actually technically when you develop you know their are risks, but this risk is not something anyone expected. It is a permenant bug that will always be with your phone, things will be done to avoid it. But the danger isn't going away. Even after the OTA, as we are finding out there is still the danger of the calls being made from CWM zips, etc.
Just keep hitting factory reset in ICS, quickest way to do it and it still may take a few tries. If you think its perfectly okay that the Galaxy Note was push an update that causes random bricks when people factory reset thats fine. But you can't tell them they were doing something stupid when Samsung never emailed them to say "Don't factory reset".
Its a hard cold fact that sooner or later one of the times mmc_erase() is called with the flag MMC_CAP_ERASE corruption will occur at the wearlevelfs level which can only be fixed by vendor specific commands not available to even repair centers.
4 roms? I did a few the wrong way. But 4 roms altogether? Many of us are around 30 and thats unique not reflashes. Probably around 200 total flashes myself just for ICS on this device. I am home on CM9 now which means only a couple a week from now on i think.
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I hear you dude.I am just saying if this is a known bug and ppl are still flashing ROMs with high risk of bricking. That is stupid. Not everyone has the money to get another phone if they brick. But it is the way the game goes. Thanks for the info I didnt know it was really all that bad. Looks like I will be going back ti el26 everytime I flash.
Edit and that still sucks,and this only ics? is GB safe?
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Even though the app reports bricking probabilities, you shouldn't assume any firmware rev is safe. Per the EMMC lockup discussion thread, fwrev 0x25 (which brickbug reports as "probably safe") has a separate data corruption issue. Until there's a definite solution, if you're flashing ICS ROMs, you should follow the forum instructions and flash back down to EL26 w/ CWM and then back up or you're risking a brick.
EDIT: Flashing to an ICS ROM from EL26 w/ CWM is as safe as any regular flashing operation though, and speaking as someone that dragged their feet to flash up to ICS - it's worth taking the leap now if you're okay with a couple of hiccups (Blu Kuban here). Incredible experience and fairly easy to go back and forth if you take nandroid and titanium backups.

One again thanks to all for all the info. I had some phones that I tought were just unbrick able. I use to try everything on my cappy and the jig what the bomb. lol
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dfuse06 said:
I hear you dude.I am just saying if this is a known bug and ppl are still flashing ROMs with high risk of bricking. That is stupid. Not everyone has the money to get another phone if they brick. But it is the way the game goes. Thanks for the info I didnt know it was really all that bad. Looks like I will be going back ti el26 everytime I flash.
Edit and that still sucks,and this only ics? is GB safe?
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Was talking to Chris41G last night he detailed some of the paths that were likely to brick still. SFHUB has been working on ways for developers to make their Recoveries and CWM Zips safe. Even with recoveries that are safe to wipe with some zips can still trigger the bug.
As far as GB goes, Calk's format all has a known safe updater binary. The cap erase flasg was not enabled on our GB kernel but as was also found out is still apparently safe if enabled. I cant remember what command it is but on ICS something like makeext4fs() is now called and is part of the problem. But only code compiled against the library that uses that even calls it.
We were all messing with leaks and its all our fault if something happens. We all have instructions and if someone doesn't read or follow them then yeah that is stupid. However the Galaxy Note was pushed ICS OTA without a workaround (which the GS2 i9100 has) and people were able to brick by just factory resetting which seems to be one of the easiest ways.
Googles engineer Ken Sumrall said the area for the /Data partition being the one to go was because it was written to more often, more chances. This thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644364 has more information than I can even explain but may also be a hard read. They found the problem with the eMMC firmware while developing the Gnex, the prototypes had the same eMMC firmware as our phone. This can be update at the factory but not by the end user. The corruption occurs at a lower level than is presented as writable storage and can not be fixed by JTAGing firmware. It is possible for some super bricks to be partitioned around, others not.
ODIN is safe too by the way so if your ODINing your leaks no real worries there, there was some question as to calls made by Mobile ODIN which i flashed the EL26 kernel probably 25+ times with.

RainMotorsports said:
Was talking to Chris41G last night he detailed some of the paths that were likely to brick still. SFHUB has been working on ways for developers to make their Recoveries and CWM Zips safe. Even with recoveries that are safe to wipe with some zips can still trigger the bug.
As far as GB goes, Calk's format all has a known safe updater binary. The cap erase flasg was not enabled on our GB kernel but as was also found out is still apparently safe if enabled. I cant remember what command it is but on ICS something like makeext4fs() is now called and is part of the problem. But only code compiled against the library that uses that even calls it.
We were all messing with leaks and its all our fault if something happens. We all have instructions and if someone doesn't read or follow them then yeah that is stupid. However the Galaxy Note was pushed ICS OTA without a workaround (which the GS2 i9100 has) and people were able to brick by just factory resetting which seems to be one of the easiest ways.
Googles engineer Ken Sumrall said the area for the /Data partition being the one to go was because it was written to more often, more chances. This thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644364 has more information than I can even explain but may also be a hard read. They found the problem with the eMMC firmware while developing the Gnex, the prototypes had the same eMMC firmware as our phone. This can be update at the factory but not by the end user. The corruption occurs at a lower level than is presented as writable storage and can not be fixed by JTAGing firmware. It is possible for some super bricks to be partitioned around, others not.
ODIN is safe too by the way so if your ODINing your leaks no real worries there, there was some question as to calls made by Mobile ODIN which i flashed the EL26 kernel probably 25+ times with.
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Yeah i just bought moble odin pro
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dfuse06 said:
Yeah man I been flashing roms for over two years on 4 devices. Never bricked one yet.flashed four different ics roms without going back to the el26. I think ppl just bri k there for being stupid. Lol thanks to all of you
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Ive bricked 4x times and im glad i did because now i can go step by step with someone that might be going through the same thing and help restore their phone..what if youre a tester for a dev? Testing non stable roms? I dont appreciate this comment and im sure the majority of the community doesnt either

manufan721 said:
Ive bricked 4x times and im glad i did because now i can go step by step with someone that might be going through the same thing and help restore their phone..what if youre a tester for a dev? Testing non stable roms? I dont appreciate this comment and im sure the majority of the community doesnt either
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Ive bricked 4x times and im glad i did because now i can go step by step with someone that might be going through the same thing and help restore their phone..what if youre a tester for a dev? Testing non stable roms? I dont appreciate this comment and im sure the majority of the community doesnt either
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well dude this comment was not at you and when I said something stupid I mean stupid I had a cappy has my 1st android phone and I flashed rom from other phone and just doing stupid stuff,but we had home made jigs that unbrick anything. It didn't matter, plus a dev should test a non stable rom them self. Any mod, theme, I mean anything I post I test myself to ensure nothing well happen to anyone's phone.Sorry if I got you panties in a bunch'but come on dude read every post you took this the wrong way'but yeah no hard feeling man. Good luck to you, and not bricking your phone again.

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dfuse06 said:
well dude this comment was not at you and when I said something stupid I mean stupid I had a cappy has my 1st android phone and I flashed rom from other phone and just doing stupid stuff,but we had home made jigs that unbrick anything. It didn't matter, plus a dev should test a non stable rom them self. Any mod, theme, I mean anything I post I test myself to ensure nothing well happen to anyone's phone.Sorry if I got you panties in a bunch'but come on dude read every post you took this the wrong way'but yeah no hard feeling man. Good luck to you, and not bricking your phone again.
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Good answer bro..no hard feelings on my end either.. if i did take this the wrong way then i apologize for it..

My S3 says "upgrading" all the time

After updating the phone with an ATT update, every time I restart or boot up my device it says that "Android is upgrading". Does anyone have the same issue? How do I get rid of that?

MickeyS said:
After updating the phone with an ATT update, every time I restart or boot up my device it says that "Android is upgrading". Does anyone have the same issue? How do I get rid of that?
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I suspect that the update didn't go quite right. It says that when the system is rebuilding your cache/dalvik cache. It sounds like maybe one or both of those is getting cleared when you shut down or they may not be getting built properly in the first place. I'd suggest backing up whatever you care about and doing a factory wipe. It can be a bit of a pain, but it'll probably solve your problem.
Also, bring on the details yo. Phone? Android version you came from/upgraded to? Aaaaaanything at all.

I has Android 4.0.4 and the latest update. It's a rooted phone and AT&T is my provider.
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Are you running a custom ROM? I agree, you should do a factory reset. Just be sure to back up your data beforehand.

smartnphone said:
Are you running a custom ROM? I agree, you should do a factory reset. Just be sure to back up your data beforehand.
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No, I am not running a custom rom, all I have done to the phone is root it. What's the best way to back up your data? I useTitanium backup. How do I do a factory reset? I am new to the Android world and don't know much, any help will be greatly appreciated.

MickeyS said:
No, I am not running a custom rom, all I have done to the phone is root it. What's the best way to back up your data? I useTitanium backup. How do I do a factory reset? I am new to the Android world and don't know much, any help will be greatly appreciated.
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What phone do you have? Titanium backups are fine. Make sure the backups are on an external SD card or get them off the internal flash. If you need to shuffle files around, you can use ES File Explorer but BE CAREFUL if you give it root privs for some reason. No offense, but since you're kinda new to this if you screw up and erase the wrong thing, stuff's gonna break. Without knowing who makes your phone, the best I can tell you is to go into settings and dig around for the factory reset. Good luck!

I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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MickeyS said:
I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but for god sake man/woman/person... For the 3rd time, what phone do you have? And yes, that's a good possibility...

He has said a S3 and ATT...I don't understand your question of what phone does he have?
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but for god sake man/woman/person... For the 3rd time, what phone do you have? And yes, that's a good possibility...
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He did say s3 att my man.... And if not its in the s3 forum so it'd be a safe assumption it'd be an s3, and carrier for the steps he needs is regardless.
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He did say s3 att my man.... And if not its in the s3 forum so it'd be a safe assumption it'd be an s3, and carrier for the steps he needs is regardless.
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Apologies... I'm blind as hell apparently. No more late night XDA...

MickeyS said:
I fixed the first problem with the factory reset but now I can't connect the phone to my Mac using Android file transfer. Could the update had something to do with it?
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Like the other guy said, the update could be a possibility.
Reminds me when I had iPhones before I discovered Android. If you wanted to stay jailbroken, you'd have to make sure it's safe to do so before you update. Like you had to make sure it was iTunes safe, etc.

Did you install Google wallet?
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So if AT&T has an update and your phone is rooted, don't update? I went ahead and updated without thinking about it. I am an iPhone user and didn't think that ATT had anything to do with Android OS. I took care of the upgrading issue, before the update I was able to use Android File Transfer with my Mac and I would connect to the phone, now forget about it. I can only do it now using VMware Fusion. Kies works but it's kind of limited. My next thing will be to install a ROM, but I can't find exactly what kind of phone I have. I know it's a Galaxy S3 from AT&T.
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What kind of specific rom's I have to look for, I've herd that if you install the incorrect rom you will brick your phone.

Im not very familiar with mac or iOS but your problem sounds like a driver issue on the mac, not android. Is usb debugging enabled by chance? Settings>developer options>android debugging....if its on try turning off then reconnect your phone. If its off try turning it on and reconnect and see if it changes. Beyond that i would suggest deleting any samsung/android usb device druvers from the mac and reinstalling....although someone with more iOS experience will have to offer some advice in exactly how to do that if you dont know, i certainly dont.
As far as installing AT&T OTA updates with root, its generally not a good idea, especially if you do install a custom ROM. Even on a stock rooted ROM there is a pretty good chance the update will 'fix' your root access and if you are on a custom ROM there is probably an even better chance of screwing up the operating system to the point that it doesn't boot properly, or even brick. Only install updates to your ROM from the developer, and follow any instructions they give on how to apply the update.
Lastly, you are looking for AT&T i747 roms and you also have to pay attention to which version of android you are on as to how you go about installing the ROM. For instance if you are running the stock AT&T ROM and try to install an AOSP based rom without formatting the device you are more than likely to have all kinds of issues, IF the OS even boots properly. I would suggest you take some time to read up and become familiar with the terminology, differences in versions, etc with android before you just dive in. If you are unsure about something ASK SOMEONE...much better to look like a noob than standing in line at AT&T with a bricked phone.

I was under the impression that all of these show that when rebooting, its just a matter of how long it shows this message. I dont think anyone with a stock rom does NOT see this when they boot for a couple of seconds.

Any good place to begin looking for stock ROMS?
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[NOW PUBLIC!] Team Codefire Presents: Project FreeGee!

Please note, this is not compatible with the JB OTA - use the app in the Play store instead for now. Thanks!
Howdy all! So, it's time for me to dig out my release thread template... you know what that means?
The LG Optimus G is now unlocked.
Both the AT&T Version and the Sprint Version have been successfully unlocked with this method.
(To answer your question, if you're wondering, we're going to work on the Canadian version next, then the Korean version)
First off, I'd like to write a few words to LG:
Dear LG, a product will rise and fall on the shoulders of it's community.
If you lock a device, and shut out your community, you lose the backing of a very vocal group of people. When you lose the backing of your community, they no longer recommend your product, and you lose money. HTC has discovered this recently.
Please support your development community, we understand product security plays a role here, but ensure that you cater to your community still.
The second you try to fight your development community by locking them out of your products is the second that I will cease to recommend your products.
Keep this in mind, and I assure you that you will find yourself on the top of the game.
With all of that said, let's get back to the goodies.
What is this?!
This is Project FreeGee, silly!
Have an Optimus G ? This project will allow you to unlock your bootloader, and install whatever you want.
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How does this work?
For the moment, that is a trade secret. Suffice it to say that we put some ones and zeros in the right places, and good things happen.
This is also my opportunity to say do not allow any OTAs to install without asking if they are compatible. LG could possibly patch this in such a manner that makes it rather hard to ever exploit it again.
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I'm a skeptic. I demand proof!
Alrighty, here it is:
Once again, taken with my HTC Vivid, that would rather mute me than let me speak.
Damn "nose elimination"! I am not noise, and I will not be silenced! (mmhmhmhpmhmp!!)
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Okay, I'm game. Where do I get it?
Version 0.3 has a confirmed bug-- camera app crashes phone after a few seconds!
If you have 0.3 installed, simply download this, extract the .zip, and extract the .tar file. Inside the freegee-working directory, you'll find boot-att-freegee.img .
Boot your phone to fastboot, then fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot-att-freegee.img
I will release a quick fix .zip for flashing in CWM tomorrow.
Current Version: 0.5
Changelog:
New in v0.5 Removed LG Security check. You are now free to remove any and all apps.
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lgoptimusg/sprint/freegee/FreeGee-0.5_Sprint.zip
Currently, the download is Windows-only. I will make a OSX/Linux/Windows version soon!
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FAQ
Can I flash an OTA after installing this?
No. Flashing an OTA could contain a new bootloader, and it would replace the one we have put on your device. If you flash the new OTA, and it replaces the bootloader but not the boot.img, you could be left in a situation where you could not boot the phone due to a security error. Once you're in that position, the only thing you can do is LGNPST back to stock-- and even then, it is possible that an OTA could enable an anti-rollback feature which would disable LGNPST.
Does this mean I can flash custom ROMs now?
Yes. However, the custom ROM must be made for your device. We're working on a decrapified stock ROM, and AOSP ROMs as well. Be patient for those to come.
Can I install a Nexus 4 system image and boot.img and have it work?
We've tested that, and the answer is no, not yet. Some work needs to be done, but once we figure it out, we'll have a quick and easy AOSP ROM.
Does this mean that we can use the Nexus 4 sources (kernel and android) ?
Short answer: Yes.
This phone is essentially a Nexus 4, with minor differences in GPIOs, memory address space, and partition table layouts.
Kernel source is iffy, since we've got Eco mode and a few other things that actually make me like the Optimus kernel more than the Nexus kernel.
However, this discussion is best suited for a new post.
How can I uninstall this?
I'm working on an easy-uninstall for this as well. Stay tuned for the links...
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Important Information
To enter bootloader, hold volume UP and power.
Upon entering the bootloader, you will notice that there is no 'menu' to enter fastboot or recovery. Unfortunately, since the stars didn't align properly, we were unable to tell the new bootloader where to load the images that contain the menu from.
In light of that, you'll have to navigate the menu blind. Use the volume keys to change selection, and the power key to select.
The choices are (in order of pressing volume down):
Start - boot the phone normally [already selected]
Restart Bootloader - reboot into the bootloader
Recovery Mode - enter recovery (CWM)
Power Off - powers the phone off
So, to get to Recovery, you would press volume down twice then power.
If you have trouble with this, watch my video below for a demonstration.
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Instructions!
Please note: this requires root before you can install this! If you haven't rooted your phone yet, now is the time to do so.
Also, ensure that you have ADB drivers installed. This WILL NOT WORK without them.
Before we begin: please make sure you have USB Debugging turned on, your phone is in "Charge Only" mode, and your phone's screen is on and unlocked.
This will allow you to see the root access prompt if your phone asks for it.
Download the .zip from this post
Extract it somewhere on your hard drive
Ensure your screen is on and unlocked
Run the "freegee.bat" script, and follow the instructions.
Do not run this as administrator! the install will fail if you do so.
Once the unlock is complete, check to make sure you have a "backups" folder now in the folder where you put FreeGee. If not, DO NOT REBOOT your phone.
Even a failed unlock will still show the 'congratulations you're unlocked!' text, read the output to see if you have errors!
You should not see any "adb.exe not found" errors, or "tar: invalid magic" errors. Those would be errors in the script.
An error which you can ignore is "No space left on device" after it says erasing old recovery and boot. That's just a side effect of how we clear the old images out.
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Contact Information
"Mister Cubed, how do I talk to you?"
That's easy! Hop on IRC and join me on Freenode in #lg-optimus-g . I'm in there as IOMonster (or IOMonster_desk, or IOMonster_work, depending on where I am)
There's also a lot of other cool people in there too!
When you hop in IRC, if you've got a question, just ask it. Don't say "halp! i does brick'd my phone, and i dunno wat to does?!!", but rather "can anyone help? my phone is stuck in fastboot mode, and I can't get out of it. I flashed <xyz> and now I'm stuck here."
Asking your full question (even though it might be a long message) helps us figure out the best way to assist you, without us having to lead the conversation and ask all the questions for you.
Also, on IRC (for those of you who have never used IRC) if you say someone's name, it will 'ping' (also called 'highlight') them. This tells us that someone is talking to us. So, if you pop in IRC and say "IOMonster, it worked!", I'll get a notification, and will probably say "that's awesome!" in response.
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Special Thanks To!
None of this would be possible without the assistance of the following people:
Shelnutt2
g33k3r
kmdm
synergy
jcase
sextape
xboxfanj
...and the support of the entire #lg-optimus-g IRC channel
A project like this is really only a sum of it's parts, and in our case, we're over 9,000!
Please make sure to tell someone on this list that they're awesome if you see them on IRC or (*gasp!*) in real life.
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All right, that about sums up my post. Did I forget anything? Let me know below...

Thanks to all of u guys for all your hard work!

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Sorry for the blurry images, took these from my old OG Evo... But can say its fully unlocked!!!
Nice work thecubed, and shellnut2 on this, thanks for keeping our freedom alive!!!

Does the sprint launch OTA prevent this from working?
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app

Tyederian said:
Does the sprint launch OTA prevent this from working?
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app
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I've already run the OTA, and had no issues unlocking, or rooting after the OTA...

I am so excited! I cannot wait to get this thing unlocked! :victory:

Sweet super excited

Awesome! Will be donating to the team on pay day thanks guys!
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

That's awesome. Just got the phone today from Best Buy for $55 and excited to get the bootloader unlocked and wait for the AOSP Jelly Bean roms.
Thanks devs!!!

Wow! Many thanks to all the devs for their hard work and to the beta testers for their willingness to let their phones be guinea pigs. Very much looking forward to this!
Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 2

jblazea50 said:
That's awesome. Just got the phone today from Best Buy for $55 and excited to get the bootloader unlocked and wait for the AOSP Jelly Bean roms.
Thanks devs!!!
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$55 they charged me $99 and some tax on top of it. how did you pull that off?

Super sweet you guys are awesome!!

Christmas came early this year.
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda app-developers app

New build is up!
Fixed a typo in my code haha

awesome job, big thanks to everyone.
And I second that $55 question.

jblazea50 said:
That's awesome. Just got the phone today from Best Buy for $55 and excited to get the bootloader unlocked and wait for the AOSP Jelly Bean roms.
Thanks devs!!!
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How on earth did you get it for $55?

tabormeister said:
How on earth did you get it for $55?
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Had signed up for phone freedom to get $50 gift card back in February.

So I just ran this and had a couple little panic moment!!
1. While reading the script, SU poped up and I missed the "Grant SU" button on the phone. I still got the backup folder but nothing was in it. I then thought it worked, rebooted, and nothing.
The second time I ran this, I got to the "Grant SU" button in time and all went GREAT!!! This time I had files in the backup folder.
2. When I rebooted into recovery, I tried to make a backup. I hit the backup button and got some message that said "Can't mount backup path". So i tried the backup to internal SD and it worked.
Figured I'd write this in case anybody else had the same moment's I did.
The files on the backup folder are very differnt from what I'm used to so hopefully I did it correctly. I noticed there was an option in CWM to choose the backup format after I'd made my backup, so I'm not sure which format is correct for Restore. I guess I used the default which is .dup.
Thank you very much dev's for this!!!!!:laugh:
---------- Post added at 05:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 AM ----------
DO NOT use the camera!!!! It'll crash your phone!!!
I read about it in the ATT section just now, but it's too late for me. So I guess we have this bug also.
OK...so not quite a crash. Held the volume down button and power together and got it to reboot.
Now we just need to have a way to recover our phones if/and/or when we do crash our phones. I know the devs are working on this, as obviously they are the bomb!!!

Tease: Two things brewing that hopefully will be up today. Both directly related to this

Shelnutt2 said:
Tease: Two things brewing that hopefully will be up today. Both directly related to this
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I'm sure hoping you're referring to my post above. I get alittle wiggy if I don't have a way to fix my phone myself.

[Q] Hello, I don't know what is happening with my Note 2 right now... (Possible noob)

Hello! This is my first post on xda as I have usually been able to find a resolution in one of the already asked questions but I might have just played with my note 2 not knowing what I was really doing a little bit too much.
So I'll try and say everything I've done to make it easier to help me.
I bought the phone and I was happy using GoLauncher and stuff but then stumbled upon rooting and custom roms and being able to get new rom releases that aren't out on the N7100 yet.
So this was all good and well flashing ProBam, Cyanongen Mod, Cerberus, Dr Ketans Rom... and when I had finished having my fun.. I flashed a stock rom and went back to using that, however, the other night I flashed Philz Touch 5 and tried to flash a custom rom that I had downloaded previously. ( Well I tried to flash about 5) These were Echoe rom, Hurricaine rom, Dr Ketans rom, Official stock rom and I can't remember the other.
However, all of these roms came up with the '(Bad) Installation aborted' message on cwm, so now through whatever I've done (i think i flashed original root "CFAutoRoot" through odin' I don't have cwm anymore but i CAN access the system menu, download mode and as far as getting on to the actual phone goes, it get's stuck on the 'SAMSUNG GALAXY Note II GT-N7100' screen, and I read a thread (poet) saying that you may have to wait 20 minutes and not be impatient, so I left the phone for 7 hours (to no luck). I am really stressing out and I cannot find a fix to this!
I am currently trying to extract AP_N7100XXUEM16_CP_N7100XXEM16_CSC_N7100XAEM16_BY_WVAZ_DINK.zip with password 'wagnervaz' and it just keeps getting stuck whilst extracting so...
anyhoo I REALLY NEED HELP
I've tried so much and please don't tell me to 'wipe cache, factory reset/wipe data' cause that just doesn't work I've done it about 1 million times and I honestly don't even know what state my phone is in right now, it probably looks like the containment field from beyond two souls inside.
I hope to hear from one of you very clever guys soon, and thank you so much in advance!:good:

lukejones94 said:
Hello! This is my first post on xda as I have usually been able to find a resolution in one of the already asked questions but I might have just played with my note 2 not knowing what I was really doing a little bit too much.
So I'll try and say everything I've done to make it easier to help me.
I bought the phone and I was happy using GoLauncher and stuff but then stumbled upon rooting and custom roms and being able to get new rom releases that aren't out on the N7100 yet.
So this was all good and well flashing ProBam, Cyanongen Mod, Cerberus, Dr Ketans Rom... and when I had finished having my fun.. I flashed a stock rom and went back to using that, however, the other night I flashed Philz Touch 5 and tried to flash a custom rom that I had downloaded previously. ( Well I tried to flash about 5) These were Echoe rom, Hurricaine rom, Dr Ketans rom, Official stock rom and I can't remember the other.
However, all of these roms came up with the '(Bad) Installation aborted' message on cwm, so now through whatever I've done (i think i flashed original root "CFAutoRoot" through odin' I don't have cwm anymore but i CAN access the system menu, download mode and as far as getting on to the actual phone goes, it get's stuck on the 'SAMSUNG GALAXY Note II GT-N7100' screen, and I read a thread (poet) saying that you may have to wait 20 minutes and not be impatient, so I left the phone for 7 hours (to no luck). I am really stressing out and I cannot find a fix to this!
I am currently trying to extract AP_N7100XXUEM16_CP_N7100XXEM16_CSC_N7100XAEM16_BY_WVAZ_DINK.zip with password 'wagnervaz' and it just keeps getting stuck whilst extracting so...
anyhoo I REALLY NEED HELP
I've tried so much and please don't tell me to 'wipe cache, factory reset/wipe data' cause that just doesn't work I've done it about 1 million times and I honestly don't even know what state my phone is in right now, it probably looks like the containment field from beyond two souls inside.
I hope to hear from one of you very clever guys soon, and thank you so much in advance!:good:
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Also, just so you guys know more about the specifics (if this helps)
When I go in to download mode its..
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-N7100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (13 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 on Orange/T-Mobile/EE in the UK
Using windows xp on acer aspire one netbook (I know, your jelly)
Thanks again!

lukejones94 said:
Also, just so you guys know more about the specifics (if this helps)
When I go in to download mode its..
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-N7100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (13 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 on Orange/T-Mobile/EE in the UK
Using windows xp on acer aspire one netbook (I know, your jelly)
Thanks again!
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SOLVED IT, DOWNLOAD THE AP_N7100XXUEM1.zip I said about before ^
Flash using ODIN 3.09, omg I'm so happy.

lukejones94 said:
SOLVED IT, DOWNLOAD THE AP_N7100XXUEM1.zip I said about before ^
Flash using ODIN 3.09, omg I'm so happy.
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glad u fixed it. :laugh:

[q] can i return to stock?

I just bought a Galaxy S3 from someone and it was already rooted. I am not able to add this phone to my Sprint account because of it. SO I looked up threads on returning the phone to stock and they all say if you have this new update you cannot go back to stock because of this knox warranty and warranty. When I loaded the boot screen thing it says warranty: 0. Or something like that.
So is there a way I can revert back to stock and UNroot my phone??

michaelemerica said:
I just bought a Galaxy S3 from someone and it was already rooted. I am not able to add this phone to my Sprint account because of it. SO I looked up threads on returning the phone to stock and they all say if you have this new update you cannot go back to stock because of this knox warranty and warranty. When I loaded the boot screen thing it says warranty: 0. Or something like that.
So is there a way I can revert back to stock and UNroot my phone??
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The phone being rooted has nothing to do with activating the phone with Sprint.
If you mean by boot screen download/bootloader mode and you see warranty bit 0, sounds like you already have kitkat (with knox).
Go into settings\about phone and see what your android version is.
And yes you can go back to stock un-rooted.
Get back about your version of android and then you can go from there.

I have version 4.4.2.
The reason I believe this is the reason I cannot activate for Sprint is because I sold a rooted phone to a friend and they could not activate it. I got the phone and unrooted it back to stock and it was able to be put on their account.
But yeah, I think it will work after I am able to unroot it. I'm just nervous bc all of the threads I have found have a warning telling me not to use their method if I have that Knox Warranty in the bootscreen. They said it will hard brick. But most of those threads are from a few years ago. I guess because it's an older phone.
If you could find me a method to return it to stock / unroot I'd appreciate it so much.

That's a new one on me.

I've never heard of root being the cause of activation problems. As long as you are on a tw rom it should work. A quick search would have given you this though http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
[FULL RESTORE][TAR] Stock ND8 Odin FLASHABLE [4.4.2]

michaelemerica said:
If you could find me a method to return it to stock / unroot I'd appreciate it so much.
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Ok,
First go download Holo Backup. Extract the folder in the zip file to your desktop:
Get it Here:
http://omegavesko.github.io/SimpleADBBackup/
It's a self contained ADB solution for backing up your apps etc. Instructions are on the web page. Pretty simple really. Make a backup(s) and store it in the Holo folder on your desktop.
Then as metalfan78 said, go and get DR CDMA's stock tar file. You will Odin that after you back up.
Get it Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
It will restore you completely to stock, un-rooted with stock recovery.
Then use Holo backup to restore.
Thats it.

Does Holo backup work good? I have only used titanium backup for the past 5 years.

Well, I use TiBu exclusively but I wanted to have an alternative incase something went wrong. So just before I finally moved to ND8 I gave it a try and it worked perfectly.

Nice, I'll have to give it a try sometime.

Just note, when you Odin the ND8 tar, it'll wipe your internal storage (not your microSD), so if you've saved any pictures or downloads to the internal storage, copy them to your SD and / or PC / cloud.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Wicked X v6.5, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

HEY GUYS IT WORKED!
I'm not sure if my phone had a custom rom on it from the previous owner or what. It's an almost brand new phone, no scratches or anything. But my last phone did this same thing only it was easier to find the file to un-root. I want to say it's a Samsung thing... but that could be false. My last phone was a Samsung Epic.
But anywayyy. You guys solved my problem 100% and I appreciate you guys taking the time to help me. XDA is the best. I come here for most everything.
THANK YOU.

michaelemerica said:
HEY GUYS IT WORKED!
But anywayyy. You guys solved my problem 100% and I appreciate you guys taking the time to help me. XDA is the best. I come here for most everything.
THANK YOU.
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That's great.
Now for the sake of the masses, explain exactly what you did.

jhill110 said:
That's great.
Now for the sake of the masses, explain exactly what you did.
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I bought a phone from a friend and called Sprint Customer Care to make sure it wasn't lost/stolen. It wasn't but they still weren't able to activate it because they said my device wasn't supported by Sprint and was not a Sprint device. (It definitely was. It had a Sprint model #, Said Sprint when I booted up, and said Sprint on the back of my phone)
I tinkered with my phone and realized it was Un-rooted by being able to go into Odin download mode. You can go into download mode by simultaneously pressing the power button, home button and volume down key. If it works you are rooted. There may be other ways to check, but that's how I did it.
I was having trouble un-rooting my phone because many threads I came across said I couldn't Un-root my device with their method if I had Knox Warranty on my phone. Their methods were for older android versions. (They said it will brick my device if I did it that way.)
You can figure this out by going into download mode by simultaneously pressing the power button, home button and volume down key. If your device says Knox Warranty or Warranty Bit on the screen then you have the update. SO USE THIS METHOD TO UNROOT / RETURN TO STOCK.
I asked XDA and they gave me this handy little website that allows you to un-root and return to stock with instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
***BEFORE YOU DO THIS BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA WITH HOLO BACKUP SO YOU DONT LOSE ANYTHING***
First go download Holo Backup. Extract the folder in the zip file to your desktop:
Get it Here:
http://omegavesko.github.io/SimpleADBBackup/
It's a self contained ADB solution for backing up your apps etc. Instructions are on the web page. Pretty simple really. Make a backup(s) and store it in the Holo folder on your desktop.
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The only other problem I ran into while using this method is downloading the .tar.md5 file. The website wouldn't load the Captcha for me to enter to begin the download. So I looked around and the other one I found was downloading WAY too slow.
SO I found and used this one: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491966461
It worked perfect.
Instructions:
1. Extract Download file
2. Put phone into download mode (power off, then power button + Volume Down + Home Button (website didn't mention holding the home button but you have to with the S3), then volume up when prompted)
3. Open Odin (right click > open as administrator)
4. Load File L710VPUCND8_L710SPRCND8_L710VPUCND8_HOME.tar.md5 into the PDA slot
5. Start flashing
6. Grab some popcorn because it will take a while
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The only thing they forgot to mention and it left my phone stuck on the Samsung boot screen is you must go into Recovery Mode (power off, then Power button + Home + Volume up) and CLEAR THE CACHE.
Reboot your device
Once it boots up call Sprint or talk to a representative online to activate your device and they will walk you through it.
VOILA, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.

Just so you know, you can get into download mode whether you're rooted or not, being rooted has nothing to do with being able to boot into download mode
http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/flastnoles11/tapatalk_1379735598798_zpsae07fa91.png

michaelemerica said:
The only thing they forgot to mention and it left my phone stuck on the Samsung boot screen is you must go into Recovery Mode (power off, then Power button + Home + Volume up) and CLEAR THE CACHE.
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Glad you got it all sorted. I figured that's all you needed.
It doesn't always get stuck like that for everyone. That's a generally good way to fix that kind of problem any time it does happen, though.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Wicked X v6.5, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

Will this work with 4.3 w/knox?
jhill110 said:
Ok,
First go download Holo Backup. Extract the folder in the zip file to your desktop:
Get it Here:
http://omegavesko.github.io/SimpleADBBackup/
It's a self contained ADB solution for backing up your apps etc. Instructions are on the web page. Pretty simple really. Make a backup(s) and store it in the Holo folder on your desktop.
Then as metalfan78 said, go and get DR CDMA's stock tar file. You will Odin that after you back up.
Get it Here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
It will restore you completely to stock, un-rooted with stock recovery.
Then use Holo backup to restore.
Thats it.
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Will this also work on Android version 4.3?
I have 4.3 with Knox and have rooted my phone and also have loaded Philz Touch 6 (CWM Base Version: V6.0.4.5).
I've attached a screen shot of my complete phone info. I would like to return to stock and upgrade to 4.4.
Thanks!
David
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abqdavid said:
Will this also work on Android version 4.3?
I have 4.3 with Knox and have rooted my phone and also have loaded Philz Touch 6 (CWM Base Version: V6.0.4.5).
I've attached a screen shot of my complete phone info. I would like to return to stock and upgrade to 4.4.
Thanks!
David
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Yes, it will work. The tar link is the 4.4 stock tar. Just backup using holo, or backup of your choice, flash the tar, then philz, reroot, profit
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