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Sprint L710VPALEN firmware ready to play with :)

just want to let you know that Sprint firmware is ready for download
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710

Is that the current sprint software?
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Yay i finally may be able to fix my phone **crosses fingers**

Indeed great news!
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Just Flash It !!!

good find

Does this push through keis or wud we have to make a flash able of it
I only ask bcuz I've never used to keis before it reminds me of like an iTunes clkne for android haha.
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Do you think I am safe doing updates after rooting...all I did was root no Rom or kernel..so all stock except for root and free hot spot

hunterbeav said:
Do you think I am safe doing updates after rooting...all I did was root no Rom or kernel..so all stock except for root and free hot spot
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yes you are safe.

Do you all sleep?

Not in a thread like this haha btw when I lkug my gs3 into my computer and let it connect with keis I goctj the updates panel and it says my phone is not comparable to receive updates through keis why is this?
Plz excuse the poor pwnman ship its 3 in the morning and I don't have a hardware keyboard any more haha
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what does this mean. are we gonna get some roms to finally try out?
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Anyone know what does this update fix?
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awesomedeals88 said:
Anyone know what does this update fix?
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This fixes broken phones.
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mattrb said:
This fixes broken phones.
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what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.

DC_MTP said:
what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.
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Fixes phones that have soft bricked themselves by bad flashes.

DC_MTP said:
what in particular? Was the SGS 3 released with bugs? Still waiting on my phone by the way.
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Don't believe this is an update. This is simply the stock firmware that came with the phone. It might come in handy if/when something goes terribly wrong and a backup won't fix your issue.

mercado79 said:
Don't believe this is an update. This is simply the stock firmware that came with the phone. It might come in handy if/when something goes terribly wrong and a backup won't fix your issue.
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That's exactly what it is.
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I'm curious if by flashing this it resets the Device Status to "Factory Mode" for those of us who rooted and run into a situation where it needs to be taken back to the store.

CapsLockKey said:
I'm curious if by flashing this it resets the Device Status to "Factory Mode" for those of us who rooted and run into a situation where it needs to be taken back to the store.
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I'm not exactly sure if this is the stock tar or not.....
BUT if it is, you should be able to just restore your stock nandroid and pull out the recovery file and put that in the pda slot of odin.
Or just put the entire tar in the pda slot... looking for some confirmation on this

qbking77 said:
I'm not exactly sure if this is the stock tar or not.....
BUT if it is, you should be able to just restore your stock nandroid and pull out the recovery file and put that in the pda slot of odin.
Or just put the entire tar in the pda slot... looking for some confirmation on this
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I'm just concerned about whether that Device Status field in the About Phone settings is something that is stored underneath the OS and can't be changed once you flash something. This would be an easy indicator that the phone has been messed with and clear void of warranty for normally clueless reps even if you do a return to stock type flash. Before I rooted, it said "Factory Mode“ but now says "Modified“. I haven't touched anything else other than flashing CWM and Superuser.

[Q] Hard Bricked Nexus?

This is the only reason why I don't want to root and use custom ROMs. It's the possibility of hard bricking my device.
Is there any way of getting a hard bricked device back to factory settings? I heard a Jig might help, but I want to be sure before I go on with rooting.
By hard brick, I mean a brick where the screen doesn't turn on and it might not charge.
Thanks in advance!

hawkm said:
This is the only reason why I don't want to root and use custom ROMs. It's the possibility of hard bricking my device.
Is there any way of getting a hard bricked device back to factory settings? I heard a Jig might help, but I want to be sure before I go on with rooting.
By hard brick, I mean a brick where the screen doesn't turn on and it might not charge.
Thanks in advance!
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Only flash zip files made for maguro an you will be fine, only heard of people soft bricking their gnex which you can still recover from.
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slayr76 said:
Only flash zip files made for maguro an you will be fine, only heard of people soft bricking their gnex which you can still recover from.
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Should have probably stated that it's a Verizon GNex. So that means I should only flash toro zips right?

hawkm said:
Should have probably stated that it's a Verizon GNex. So that means I should only flash toro zips right?
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In case of rom... Yes
Kernels r not different for maguro/toro/etc
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[Q] Things that could go wrong.

So I've been thinking about flashing Paranoid Android 3.6, mostly because of halo and 4.2.2.
What's kept me from root+custom rom for so long is the possibility of a brick, or requiring the warranty and being unable to revert to stock
Had the phone for 6 months now, the longest I've stayed on an official rom on any phone I've had, with the impending release of 4.2.2 in the near future, i'm not sure if now's a good time to root. (Decisions, decisions)
Apart from dropping the phone and have the screen shatter, what could go wrong? Eg. Bricks, sds somehow?
I'm hoping to get a list of things that could go wrong, and the way to get something to go wrong.
Purely so I could avoid just that :good:
Cheers.

csmiler said:
So I've been thinking about flashing Paranoid Android 3.6, mostly because of halo and 4.2.2.
What's kept me from root+custom rom for so long is the possibility of a brick, or requiring the warranty and being unable to revert to stock
Had the phone for 6 months now, the longest I've stayed on an official rom on any phone I've had, with the impending release of 4.2.2 in the near future, i'm not sure if now's a good time to root. (Decisions, decisions)
Apart from dropping the phone and have the screen shatter, what could go wrong? Eg. Bricks, sds somehow?
I'm hoping to get a list of things that could go wrong, and the way to get something to go wrong.
Purely so I could avoid just that :good:
Cheers.
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There is a best toolkit available for rooting and installing Cwm which u can use and will not create any issue out of it
Since note 2 is quite a old and most of the issue which occurs are solved by some or the other user
I would suggest take a proper EFS backup have a nandroid backup safe somewhere on pc etc after rooting and cwm
And after that enjoy flashing ROMS u like the way u want
Most of the thread has a guide to use / install so u won't have any issue I guess
Just follow the guide and u ll just be fine
All the best :thumbup:
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123hiten said:
There is a best toolkit available for rooting and installing Cwm which u can use and will not create any issue out of it
Since note 2 is quite a old and most of the issue which occurs are solved by some or the other user
I would suggest take a proper EFS backup have a nandroid backup safe somewhere on pc etc after rooting and cwm
And after that enjoy flashing ROMS u like the way u want
Most of the thread has a guide to use / install so u won't have any issue I guess
Just follow the guide and u ll just be fine
All the best :thumbup:
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Bangalore ftw, thanks!
What's the toolkit called?
Could I just follow step 2 onthis page ? It's similar to what I've done on my old phone.
Still a bit jittery, if I follow the guide to the letter, what are the chances of a brick?
Cheers :good:

csmiler said:
Bangalore ftw, thanks!
What's the toolkit called?
Could I just follow step 2 onthis page ? It's similar to what I've done on my old phone.
Still a bit jittery, if I follow the guide to the letter, what are the chances of a brick?
Cheers :good:
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Yes u can use Dr ketan guide he is best at what he does and will support also
Dont worry u won't brick it
I have flashed so many rom the second day I get a new phone and all is well as long as I follow it properly
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123hiten said:
Yes u can use Dr ketan guide he is best at what he does and will support also
Dont worry u won't brick it
I have flashed so many rom the second day I get a new phone and all is well as long as I follow it properly
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Assuming I install the custom rom, and then decide to install official 4.2.2 when it releases, what would I do?
Can I install through kies instead of reverting back to stock and having to deal with the system modified issue?

csmiler said:
Assuming I install the custom rom, and then decide to install official 4.2.2 when it releases, what would I do?
Can I install through kies instead of reverting back to stock and having to deal with the system modified issue?
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Incase in the future u wanna come back to normal or stock u have to flash the firmware unroot and then u can get update from kies
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123hiten said:
Incase in the future u wanna come back to normal or stock u have to flash the firmware unroot and then u can get update from kies
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Thanks!
I guess I'll just have to get over the jitters by convincing myself there isn't a risk. :banghead:
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Today took a nandroid back up installed paranoid android halo is not at all amazing infact found irritating and restored the rom to sammy custom my personal view
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The most important thing to do before flashing any rom is to create a backup of the EFS partition. I cannot stress it enough how many threads I keep seeing with people crying about losing their imei number and unable to retrieve them. Very important!
Besides that, don't use any rom released before 4.2.1 to minimize the risk of SDS. There's always a risk with rooting and flashing unofficial rom, however, only thing you can do is minimize the risk as much as possible. Good luck.
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Will do, I'm going to go for it
Is it flashing the Recovery or flashing the rom that carries the risk of erasing the efs?
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csmiler said:
Will do, I'm going to go for it
Is it flashing the Recovery or flashing the rom that carries the risk of erasing the efs?
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That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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bushako said:
That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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This is a frequent occurrence? In the event that it gets wiped, is restoring the EFS a sure thing, it is there a possibility it won't restore?

bushako said:
That is a risk associated with flashing the rom not the recovery. I have never lost my imei from flashing recovery, it usually happens after flashing a custom rom. Fortunately I always have a permanent spot on my PC for my phone EFS backup.
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Also, if i needed to restore a nandroid backup, would I need to flash a stock kernel? Or just a restore?
Edit- I just read the Mobile Odin thread, and saw "While in theory Mobile ODIN can repartition and flash EFS and bootloaders, it will cowardly refuse to do so, for your own safety."
So, is mobile odin better than flashing from recovery?
Sorry for the pestering, after 5 years on these forums from my iMate days, i'd be expected to be less of a frightened noob when it comes to a new phone

[Q] Official Slimbean 7 fails during flash

Rom fails during flash any suggestions?

Rak^on*tur' said:
Rom fails during flash any suggestions?[/QUOT
Could be a bad DL, what recovery are u using, sometimes cmw runs into errors flashing newer Roms, try the newest twrp, but don't use goo to get it, there have been issues with goo manager lately, Odin is the way to go, if all that fails idk, maybe bad link?
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soupysoup said:
Rak^on*tur' said:
Rom fails during flash any suggestions?[/QUOT
Could be a bad DL, what recovery are u using, sometimes cmw runs into errors flashing newer Roms, try the newest twrp, but don't use goo to get it, there have been issues with goo manager lately, Odin is the way to go, if all that fails idk, maybe bad link?
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That's what I thought, I'm downloading it again. I'm using the latest twrp, this is the first time that this has every happened. I am pretty much a novice but have flash many roms before, quick question, can I brick my phone this way. I got scared a backed out of it a just did a restore.
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Rak^on*tur' said:
soupysoup said:
That's what I thought, I'm downloading it again. I'm using the latest twrp, this is the first time that this has every happened. I am pretty much a novice but have flash many roms before, quick question, can I brick my phone this way. I got scared a backed out of it a just did a restore.
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The only way to brick your phone, truly brick it would be to flash a non t989 rom or kernel, anything else (such as bootloops, stuck at splash screen, ect.) Those are just soft bricks which can be fixed easily, short answer no u can not brick your phone by a bad flash, hence the reason every op tells u to make a backup, TWRP will only flash a valid file, ive gotten multiple failed flash attempts and no never ran into a brick, so dont worry try a new DL and if that doesnt work pm me an ill give u the working version of slim, I have a updated one
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soupysoup said:
Rak^on*tur' said:
The only way to brick your phone, truly brick it would be to flash a non t989 rom or kernel, anything else (such as bootloops, stuck at splash screen, ect.) Those are just soft bricks which can be fixed easily, short answer no u can not brick your phone by a bad flash, hence the reason every op tells u to make a backup, TWRP will only flash a valid file, ive gotten multiple failed flash attempts and no never ran into a brick, so dont worry try a new DL and if that doesnt work pm me an ill give u the working version of slim, I have a updated one
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I'm going to try that, thanks for all your help.
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Rak^on*tur' said:
soupysoup said:
I'm going to try that, thanks for all your help.
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Anytime I can help
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[Q] I THINK I BRICKED MY NOTE 2!? (Chainfire 3D)

HELP!! I think i bricked my AT&T Canadian Note 2 with 16gb rooted with stock rom and stock kernel
SO i was playing dead trigger and wanted to gave tegra 3 optimizations so i downloaded Chainfire 3D from the play store and i installed the drivers and it rebooted my note 2, but it's stuck at the Galaxy Note 2 logo!! I can still use vol up+home+power and vol down+home+power, i tried factory reset in CWM, still stuck, tried flashing new rom (CM, AOKP) still stuck, so now i just want my phone back up and running again. Anyone know how to fix it problem? I don't need any apps or data back or root back, just back up and running again. Oh and charging still shows the battery picture, and i can still turn off my phone.

Odin factory stock. Should fix it right up.
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pestilencec11 said:
Odin factory stock. Should fix it right up.
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Thing is im kinda new to android so i dont know what most of this stuff is, but i own a mac if that's gonna make a difference.

There is a guide section in the general and the Development sections. Go by there and have a look. 20 mins or less and you can be up and running stock
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pestilencec11 said:
There is a guide section in the general and the Development sections. Go by here and have a look. 20 mins or less and you can be up and running stock
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Can you send me a link to it? thanks
I should have never rooted

help

C00lBeanz said:
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Have you tried a factory reset?
Another thing hopefully you made a back up!
Sup you can have something to fall back on!:thumbup:
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Bajanman said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
Another thing hopefully you made a back up!
Sup you can have something to fall back on!:thumbup:
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Unfortunately no for some reason titanium backup didnt work for me

C00lBeanz said:
Unfortunately no for some reason titanium backup didnt work for me
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Ok your going about this all wrong! Titanium isn't going to fix all your problem's!!
You need to reboot into recovery and perform a factory reset! All the instructions are on the all in one thread!
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C00lBeanz said:
Unfortunately no for some reason titanium backup didnt work for me
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When u do a backup u should be using a recovery. For example CW or TWRP2.
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Don't feed the troll.
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borijess said:
When u do a backup u should be using a recovery. For example CW or TWRP2.
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I tried using CWM recovery but it says error

Why do so many people on xda have such a hard time understanding what "bricked" means.
If you can easily fix it, then it isn't "bricked"
It's bricked if it has to go for jtag

If you read the description for chainfire 3d, it distinctly says "not compatible with ICS/Jellybean" so theres your problem why u have troubles... a factory reset might not be the fix. ODIN may be the only way.
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Flash a kernel.. Then rom... U should be fine

borijess said:
When u do a backup u should be using a recovery. For example CW or TWRP2.
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This here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
C00lBeanz said:
I tried using CWM recovery but it says error
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Then check HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=867032
crixley said:
Why do so many people on xda have such a hard time understanding what "bricked" means.
If you can easily fix it, then it isn't "bricked"
It's bricked if it has to go for jtag
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Yeah it's because they can't get the phone to come back on. So that's why they think it's bricked. Plus it's the only word they know and heard of. There's also soft brick, stuck in a loop, etc. But most of the time when the phone stops working correctly, most thinks it's bricked! Lol
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Bajanman said:
This here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Then check HERE:
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Yeah it's because they can't get the phone to come back on. So that's why they think it's bricked. Plus it's the only word they know and heard of. There's also soft brick, stuck in a loop, etc. But most of the time when the phone stops working correctly, most thinks it's bricked! Lol
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For me, even "soft brick" is a stupid term..
A phone is either bricked or not bricked. If it is bricked, there is no fixing it imo (other than jtag)

Odin will fix this, this happened to my S2 while I'm on JB. Just download the latest odin, and the stock rom of your Note 2, probably you can find the rom on sammobile, google will help you out, PM me if you need any assistance. Just relax, it's not broken.

crixley said:
For me, even "soft brick" is a stupid term..
A phone is either bricked or not bricked. If it is bricked, there is no fixing it imo (other than jtag)
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Lol
arkin56 said:
Odin will fix this, this happened to my S2 while I'm on JB. Just download the latest odin, and the stock rom of your Note 2, probably you can find the rom on sammobile, google will help you out, PM me if you need any assistance. Just relax, it's not broken.
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You know when it's someone new they freak out, when there device isn't working the way it was! Before THEY did what they did to it!
Me 2¢®
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arkin56 said:
Odin will fix this, this happened to my S2 while I'm on JB. Just download the latest odin, and the stock rom of your Note 2, probably you can find the rom on sammobile, google will help you out, PM me if you need any assistance. Just relax, it's not broken.
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Ok so I need 4.1.2 of Jellybean, I still don't know what Odin is though
Anyways, i tried factory reset too and it seems like nothing happened