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Utmost help needed please.

Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.

marvi0 said:
Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.
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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...

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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...
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Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.

marvi0 said:
Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.
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You CAN flash factory images through the toolkit you know. You can download them at Google, put them in the correct subfolder of the GNEX toolkit folder and flash away. In order to do that you do have to have an unlocked bootloader and you will loose your root. Unlocking the bootloader will loose all your data (including under the SDCARD folder (so everything you stored will be gone)!. Rooting can be done again through the toolkit...
Or you can download a different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.

Hmm thanks this looks more like my sort of of a thing "different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.", were can i find this please?. Thanks.

Rooting went wrong

After the Rooting procedure failed (for some reason), my phone just went popped up with an error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
EDITS:
Progress 1: Got into the download mode but I cant seem to find the firmware appropriate for it:
SGH-1747M
Baseband: 1747MVLLH1
Progress 2: After scouring the internet I have found SGH-1747M
The problem is its 1747MVLALH1
Rather than 1747MVLLH1
Not quite sure at the moment if this is the right firmware for my phone
Advice would be appreciated

I'm sorry, can you be more clear? Can you not use the phone at all? Also, what method of root did you use?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

If you are able to get into download mode then you are good to go, it just sounds like whatever you were flashing was either incomplete or was interrupted, otherwise referred to as a bad flash. Mosy on over to this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 , read it through...maybe even twice and flash the stock rom with root. Once this is working you can proceed to installing a custom recovery. The easiest way ti do this is install Clockwork Rom Manager from the market and install ClockWorkMod Recovery. Once you have a recovery (and before you flash anything from here on for that matter) make a backup, this will give you a fall back in case of future bad flashes. Let us know how it goes.

You guys could say that I "bad flash"-ed it
I did rooting before with my S2 and it had no problem but when I flashed the S3 it said that it failed and thats when this problem arose
Anyway is I747MVLALH1 the same as I747MVLLH1 (my baseband)

I'm not sure what 'rooting procedure' you used as you didn't specify, but if you use the guide i linked in my previous post and follow the directions exactly you should be ok and chalk this up as a lesson learned.

dntesinfrno said:
I'm not sure what 'rooting procedure' you used as you didn't specify, but if you use the guide i linked in my previous post and follow the directions exactly you should be ok and chalk this up as a lesson learned.
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Its the one made by chainfire and I probably got the wrong guide thats why it went like that
I'll try your guide hopefully it works
cant post links at the moment
Thank you sir, I'll probably try the clockwork mod when its confirmed working for Rogers users

It's entirely possible with all the different variations of the GS3, which is why i emphasized you read everything very carefully first, and follow each direction exactly. If something doesn't go as it is supposed then there is a reason, 'i'll just skip that step' rarely works :cyclops:. Let me know how it goes.

dntesinfrno said:
It's entirely possible with all the different variations of the GS3, which is why i emphasized you read everything very carefully first, and follow each direction exactly. If something doesn't go as it is supposed then there is a reason, 'i'll just skip that step' rarely works :cyclops:. Let me know how it goes.
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It worked great
you literally saved my bum from spending 600 bucks - I appreciate it
for now Im just gonna leave it at that (stock and rooted) since you did mention in the Third step that your not quite sure if it works for Rogers users as well (clockwork etc..)

gek00 said:
It worked great
you literally saved my bum from spending 600 bucks - I appreciate it
for now Im just gonna leave it at that (stock and rooted) since you did mention in the Third step that your not quite sure if it works for Rogers users as well (clockwork etc..)
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I believe you may have just misunderstood me, but yes CWM will work with Rogers based phones although not being a Rogers user myself i cannot offer any insight to any do's or don't specific to that carrier, if there are any. In any case, i'm glad you got your phone working, i've been in that position a few times myself.

dntesinfrno said:
I believe you may have just misunderstood me, but yes CWM will work with Rogers based phones although not being a Rogers user myself i cannot offer any insight to any do's or don't specific to that carrier, if there are any. In any case, i'm glad you got your phone working, i've been in that position a few times myself.
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Oh yes, I apologize for that I might try it later on but one last question (if its not too much of a bother)
Would you mind giving me advice on what ROM is a "go-to" at the moment for the S3
Thanks in advance

The short answer to that question is no, as it is really a personal preference as well as device dependent, meaning the same ROM may or may not run the same way on two seemingly identical phones for any number of reasons. Personally I use the JB AOKP, which is also what i used to run on my GS2 , a lot of people seem to like Cyanogenmod as well. The only way to know is flash them and find out if you like them. Just always make sure to have a recovery backup handy in case you dont like it, or if anything goes wrong during the flash. Like i said before, the important thing is to read everything in the post carefully and follow the directions .

Wouldn't boot: Partitions screwed up: fixed it this way:

I just finished writing up an account of how I got my boot-looped/stuck Dinc to execute a Nandroid recovery after screwing up the partitions. Somehow I messed up the phone's partitions while attempting to install Jelly Bean.
I got lucky, and found some notes that led to me being able to recover my previous build of Gingerbread. You can read what happened, and what fixed it on my blog, here:
blogDOTswiftpassageDOTcom/2013/02/03/htc-incredible-jelly-bean-nearly-bricked/
Please pass the link along if it is useful. I'm not much for posting, but I've had so much help from this forum in the past, and I wanted to repay the favor, so I hope this helps a few folks.

skyeman said:
I just finished writing up an account of how I got my boot-looped/stuck Dinc to execute a Nandroid recovery after screwing up the partitions. Somehow I messed up the phone's partitions while attempting to install Jelly Bean.
I got lucky, and found some notes that led to me being able to recover my previous build of Gingerbread. You can read what happened, and what fixed it on my blog, here:
blogDOTswiftpassageDOTcom/2013/02/03/htc-incredible-jelly-bean-nearly-bricked/
Please pass the link along if it is useful. I'm not much for posting, but I've had so much help from this forum in the past, and I wanted to repay the favor, so I hope this helps a few folks.
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I converted the link for you as it looks like it might be useful to someone.
http://blog.swiftpassage.com/2013/02/03/htc-incredible-jelly-bean-nearly-bricked/

tiny4579 said:
I converted the link for you as it looks like it might be useful to someone./QUOTE]
I appreciate the help getting it clickable, Tiny. Thanks!
If you read the whole post, do you think I'm correct in assuming that using too early a version of CWM is what led to my partitions getting pranged? My version of CWM is still v.2.5.0.5 As I wrote, it's my best guess that there may be an incompatibility between that version of CWM and the rom I initially tried ( cm-10-20130118-TINY-inc.zip) .
If so, I guess the next step is to find and execute the right steps to update CWM in the phone. Any guidance in that direction would be deeply appreciated.
Elliott
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It shouldnt mess up your partitions but that recovery is incompatible with ICS and later. Things just wont work right. To update use ROM manager from the play store or twrp can be installed via goo manager or more reliably from a PB31IMG.zip. either is acceptable.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

cm installer?

will it work with i747m? (canadian version, it's not listed as a supported device, and the android app says im not supported :s)
also, how do they expect you to make a nandroid backup without root?

ejatds said:
will it work with i747m? (canadian version, it's not listed as a supported device, and the android app says im not supported :s)
also, how do they expect you to make a nandroid backup without root?
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Yeah the second I saw that (Rogers GS3) I just stopped. I swear this phone, or rogers, or samsung, does _NOT_ want me putting CM on this device.

If you want to risk bricking/soft bricking, then don't try it. The d2att version might work, but it also might not. And yeah, AT&T bugs me too with their super slow updates and the soon to be added Samsung Knox for the 4.3 update

You know guys, it's a pretty easy phone to deal with once you rack your brain for a night and understand everything. No use for CM installer.

polobunny said:
You know guys, it's a pretty easy phone to deal with once you rack your brain for a night and understand everything. No use for CM installer.
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I agree completely. This device is perhaps one of the easiest I have rooted. It is easier now than it was a year ago.
While I like CM, I foresee some problems coming up because even with the process made "simple", someone will screw it up royally. I'm of the mind that if you don't know how to do it and don't want to take the time to read up and learn how to do it properly, you should not be rooting and installing a custom Rom whatever the means of doing so.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app

Not sure where else to post about it but I'll ask here.
I've successfully rooted my Rogers GS3 using the how-to section and installed CWM and installed version 5.5.0.4 just fine. But things started acting up once I tried to install CM 10.2 nightly and CM 10.1 stable. (From what I've read the Rogers GS3 is supposed to be treated exactly like the AT&T version) During the flash I got a status 7 error something something getprop assert error. Search around the forums and one solution was to get rid of some lines of code in the actual ROM itself. Tried that, still same error.
So I tried downloading the newest version of CWM off their site but it was a .img file rather than a odin flashable .tar.
Using the tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281287 To convert the .img to .tar and while the file converted properly odin said the recovery was invalid.
So I was stuck for about a week stressing out about it and CM installer app/Desktop client came out which was pretty cool. Opened it up and it says it's not applicable to this phone. Don't know where else to go but no where at all with this.

[Q] NOOb, Please Help (Regarding Flashing ROM's)

Hi XDA Community
Well i just need your help. I bought a Samsung Captivate Glide phone more than a year ago and now i think its time for flashing some ROM's since ICS is getting too old for me plus it is really battery and ram hungry. My phone really needs updating and i dont want to mess it through some wrong steps or process.
As i stated i am a noob and my only experience is Rooting my device with the help of XDA threads only.
I was hoping if there are people willing to help me in suggesting and flashing a good ROM (whether 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 if any) because i was reading all the threads related to flashing and seemed kinda lost. Please can anyone help in explaining and directing me in steps (from backup to full flashing of ROM). For now i cannot afford to buy a new phone so keeping up with my buddy i927 glide.
Please Please Please, any help will be appreciated.
Simple step will be Good enough.
Thanks in advance to the XDA community.

Dante1990 said:
Hi XDA Community
Well i just need your help. I bought a Samsung Captivate Glide phone more than a year ago and now i think its time for flashing some ROM's since ICS is getting too old for me plus it is really battery and ram hungry. My phone really needs updating and i dont want to mess it through some wrong steps or process.
As i stated i am a noob and my only experience is Rooting my device with the help of XDA threads only.
I was hoping if there are people willing to help me in suggesting and flashing a good ROM (whether 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 if any) because i was reading all the threads related to flashing and seemed kinda lost. Please can anyone help in explaining and directing me in steps (from backup to full flashing of ROM). For now i cannot afford to buy a new phone so keeping up with my buddy i927 glide.
Please Please Please, any help will be appreciated.
Simple step will be Good enough.
Thanks in advance to the XDA community.
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The first thing you will want to do is get a custom recovery like TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) or CWMR (Clockwork Mod Recovery).
You can find TWRP here. It includes all of the information you need to get started using a custom recovery, and its a touch based recovery program.
If you'd prefer CWMR, you can find it here.
Now, you will need access to a computer (and ODIN) to install the first custom recovery you want to use.
Download the (newest) ODIN version (onto your computer) of TWRP or CWMR from their respective download sites, and place your phone into download mode by restarting it, and then holding the [UP] volume button when its rebooting.
Now, assuming you rooted your phone already, you should know how to use ODIN.
After ODIN completes, reboot your phone into recovery mode, and you should see that you are in the recovery that you wanted!
The next step is to get Nandroid Backup and make a backup of your phone.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE REQUIRED TO BACKUP YOUR DEVICE, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESTORE YOUR PHONE!!!
Now, you should be able to download and install a ROM, and install it via recovery.
Note: You must wipe your phone! All of it! Otherwise the ROM may not work!
For TWRP, just place the Custom ROM you want to use in either the root of your sdcard or in your ext-sdcard, and select that file in TWRP. Flash the file. If the ROM comes with custom gApps (Google Apps) as well, you need to flash them after you flash the ROM.
I have to go now, and will edit this later.

This is why I made my guide check it out in my signature!
Sent from my Kitkatified I927 running CM 11

Dante1990 said:
Hi XDA Community
Well i just need your help. I bought a Samsung Captivate Glide phone more than a year ago and now i think its time for flashing some ROM's since ICS is getting too old for me plus it is really battery and ram hungry. My phone really needs updating and i dont want to mess it through some wrong steps or process.
As i stated i am a noob and my only experience is Rooting my device with the help of XDA threads only.
I was hoping if there are people willing to help me in suggesting and flashing a good ROM (whether 4.2, 4.3 or 4.4 if any) because i was reading all the threads related to flashing and seemed kinda lost. Please can anyone help in explaining and directing me in steps (from backup to full flashing of ROM). For now i cannot afford to buy a new phone so keeping up with my buddy i927 glide.
Please Please Please, any help will be appreciated.
Simple step will be Good enough.
Thanks in advance to the XDA community.
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I just checked out @stormdude124's guide, it seems pretty comprehensive. good: Nice work, bro!)
Just follow it.
(<--Remember to Thank @stormdude124 and ME if this helps! :good

Thank you all for your replies, it really means something to me.
Well i found the guide you all are talking about after a few days and my phone is now loaded with Android KitKat 4.4.2.
Thanks again to each and every one who replied and all the Xda community for such impressive work.