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I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.

thebbbrain said:
I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.
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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Instructions are on that page, just make sure you use the full restore, and not the preserve data or you can brick. At the current point we don't have a kernel built from source yet, because of this, you must flash back to stock rooted EL29 via ODIN OC or you will brick. I highly suggest you read my thread in my signature because flashing anything ICS for this phone can be extremely dangerous and will brick your phone if you aren't sure what your doing.

Just to be sure you are looking at the right thread, please go to settings>about phone. Make sure model number is SPH-D710. I only say this cause I haven't heard of a Cyan ROM, and (not trying to be a jerk), most people refer to this phone as the epic 4g touch. You got something weird up there, and there are at least 20 different versions of this phone (galaxy s2).
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Could he have meant Cyanogen?

MeWarning said:
Could he have meant Cyanogen?
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Yes, that is what I meant by Cyan.
Thanks for the links and tips guys, I will check it out tonight.
Short version is this is the Galaxy 2 from Sprint, the one with the long bastardized name. Took forever to find this forum cause I was looking for something closer in name.

Yes it is the bastardized sprint Samsung galaxy s2. Word to the wise stay on this forum. Any other galaxy s2 forum especially international will have a huge possibility of turning the phone into a nice little paper weight. I have to say thanks for taking the time to find out. We have had a bunch of people come through here with paper weights wondering what happened because they didn't bother to read
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Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.

thebbbrain said:
Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.
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You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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tkemack said:
You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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I would follow the posted thread as.. a.) It is the safest way since lots of people have been bricking their phone via flashes b.) This will return the phone to the stock ROM, but it will remain rooted.

Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!

thebbbrain said:
Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!
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Watch the qbking77 video and you'll be golden. It should be linked in the post. Really easy once you figure it out.
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Ok, reporting back.
First we tried the 'don't overwrite data' option, everything appeared to be ok until the phone rebooted. It sat on the 4G splash screen in a continual restarting state for about ten minutes. We tried flashing that twice. After that we tried flashing the factory restore with root option, that worked just fine.
Thanks again for the input.
Now he'll have to restore all of his desired apps, but that's his problem, since I told him not to root in the first place. LOL.
Cheers.

[Q] Bad kernel? Bricked phone?

Hey guys. So, I've been rooting for quite a while now. My most recent is the Epic 4g Touch. I've had it for the past 2 months and just recently managed to stump myself. There is a new kernel out there called fluxxi ics kernel. Well, I flashed it after I flashed my AOKP ICS rom, and now my phone won't boot. Normally, I would just reflash the stock el26.tar file with odin. However, all of a sudden my computer won't recognize my phone. So I'm at a loss. I did some research on the usb jig, and I'm curious as to whether or not I should get it. Would it help in my computer finding my phone due to the reset, or do I needa JTAG? Thanks in advance guys. Hope for some answers soon.

You flashed a kernel that is for I-9100 it's Galaxy S2 yes but totally different phone. So it seem's like you are still able to get into download mode am I correct, but the computer no longer recognizes your phone? I don't think a jig will help if this is the case your best bet is sending out for JTAG repair. Hopefully you will get this straightened out and this will be a lesson learned not to flash any random kernel.

Did you not read that you were in the wrong section and about to flash an international kernel for a different phone?
Install/reinstall the usb drivers needed, including the international drivers if that helps, than just Odin one of sfhubs Odin one clicks.
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Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.

Just to give yall some more info, I'm running AOKP Build 37. Everything I have found online so far has said they work well together. If there were a way I could either mount the external sd card to the phone (which when I try to do in recovery, it says it can't be found) or if I could mount the phone to my pc, I'd be set.

Do you have mobile Odin?
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I do, but the phone will not boot past the Galaxy logo.

griffthegreat said:
Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.
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Could you please direct me to to this forum and to where it says that this was designed for all Galaxy S2, including the Epic Touch 4G only reference I seen on this kernel is that it is an I-9100. Might give us more reference and info also.

griffthegreat said:
Thanks for the quick replies guys. The kernel isn't an international one. The forum said it was designed for all Galaxy S2's, including the Epic Touch 4G. And it does work, as long as you flash it before the ROM and not after. When I enter download mode, it still says I'm running the D710 with a custom binary and yada yada yada. The international drivers won't help me in this situation it seems.
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Wouldn't the ROM overwrite the kernel anyways. Every ROM has a kernel baked into it unless you removed it first then flash. I'm never heard of a kernel that needs to be flashed before the ROM unless you need to use it's recovery like el26.
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sol_671 said:
Wouldn't the ROM overwrite the kernel anyways. Every ROM has a kernel baked into it unless you removed it first then flash. I'm never heard of a kernel that needs to be flashed before the ROM unless you need to use it's recovery like el26.
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Yes, ROM would overwrite.
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I think you may of missed read something my friend. Also for future reference I would only flash things from my section of whatever forum you are in. Something as critical to the survival of your phone as a kernel or a modem I would not flash on a whim from anywhere else outside of xda.... I hope you get your phone back up and running and hopefully this will make you and others more cautious in the future.
Question - did you post a thread in the area that you got the kernel?

just use odin one lick

[Q] Reset to stock rom

Just got into the rooting scene again. I rooted my phone with CWM and LiquidSmooth, but I liked the stock Samsung rom better. Looks like the LiquidSmooth is kind of bugged, the gallery is not as good at the default, camera app isn't really good etc.
I've found the stock rom for 4.1.2 for my I9305, but when I flash it, it just makes an exclamation mark when booting and gets stuck at Samsung logo.
Now the problem is, that It won't connect to Samsung Kies. I want to reset the phone to factory rom, but Samsung won't connect to phone in Download mode.
I know the rules of a forum etc. and I have really been searching, but sometimes you need personal advice, because I really tried a lot of things
Got CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.8 right now.
I've tried flashing with Odin and I9305XXBLL3_I9305HTDBLL2_I9305XXBLL3_HOME.tar - But doesn't really work.
Thank you in advance!

And at the same time as making this thread, I tried flashing with the rom again, and now it works. Think I forgot to do factory/cache reset.
My fault! Hope this thread helps someone else in the future.

Put "SOLVED" in thread title please
Thanks
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It's good he figured it out cause he got the wrong thread. This is SPH-L710 forum not the I9305 forum.
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edfunkycold said:
It's good he figured it out cause he got the wrong thread. This is SPH-L710 forum not the I9305 forum.
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Oh true. All i read was his last post
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[Q] Trying To Root Samsung Galaxy SIII

Ok so here is whats going on. There is this guy that goes to church with me that wants me to root his phone and his wifes phone so they can both use the WiFi Tether app. I tried to root them both on another computer because i did not have my laptop with me and i used this guide -->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088
After i got done with Odin and the phone rebooted, i powered it down and went into CWM Recovery and the stock recovery showed up with the android man and the red triangle. No CWM whatsoever. i tried to root his wife's phone and the same thing happened and i did both of them on my laptop this time. But when i go into download mode on both of the phones it says their custom binary count is 2 and that the phone is rooted. Root Checker Basic says otherwise. They said they got these phones in December at the exact same time i got mine and i rooted mine fine with the instructions i followed in that link. does anyone know what could be the problem? i followed all the instruction carefully as well. Like i said, i got my phone at the same exact time as they did and i rooted mine no problem with the guide i used on here. Thank you for your help

Have you tried skips toolbox, pretty simple to use. Pretty much flashes what you ask it too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680
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After flashing the recovery in Odin are you pulling the battery while the phone is still in download mode, then booting into recovery? The S3 detests custom recoveries and you can't let it boot into its os after flashing the custom recovery or it won't stick. Also make sure both boxes in Odin are unchecked so the phone doesn't auto reboot after flashing.
Edit: I read that method you posted just now and it is very out dated, the newer s3 updates made it so the custom recoveries do not stick and the phone defaults to stock recovery, unless the battery is pulled while the phone is still in download mode, and then booted into recovery. Make sure auto reboot and f. reset time are UNCHECKED
Also, might I suggest this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011491. You don't need to use TWRP you can still flash your cwm recovery
Make sure your friends' phones are on Sprint as well
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sevenpioverthree said:
After flashing the recovery in Odin are you pulling the battery while the phone is still in download mode, then booting into recovery? The S3 detests custom recoveries and you can't let it boot into its os after flashing the custom recovery or it won't stick. Also make sure both boxes in Odin are unchecked so the phone doesn't auto reboot after flashing.
Edit: I read that method you posted just now and it is very out dated, the newer s3 updates made it so the custom recoveries do not stick and the phone defaults to stock recovery, unless the battery is pulled while the phone is still in download mode, and then booted into recovery. Make sure auto reboot and f. reset time are UNCHECKED
Also, might I suggest this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011491. You don't need to use TWRP you can still flash your cwm recovery
Make sure your friends' phones are on Sprint as well
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Ok thanks you. I have heard of the toolkit but I never used it because I don't want to soft/hard brick his phone especially since its not mine and I have read about people bricking their phones that way but that probably because they didn't follow any if the instructions or the did something stupid. I will give it a try but before I do that I will do what you told me to do and uncheck f. Reset and auto boot and see if that works. Thanks a lot man and I will get back to you and tell you if it worked or not
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No problem! Just make sure you pull the battery after flashing the recovery and then boot into recovery
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Yeah your mistake was allowing the phone to reboot after the odin flash. Make sure you remove the check mark from the reboot option in odin.
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OK so I can still use the same method I have been using, just pull the battery after it shows the green PASS and tries to reboot?
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Thadd Valeika said:
OK so I can still use the same method I have been using, just pull the battery after it shows the green PASS and tries to reboot?
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Yes. In step 12 on the post you linked, the "power down" needs to be done by pulling the battery. The thread you posted is good, but I prefer the method in this post, as it both explains what's going on and it the formatting is more clear.
Hope you get it rooted for your friend!

Thanks for the tip
...about pulling the battery out and not letting Odin reboot for you. I found that *after* I already did it and now my wifi won't turn on.

jaymethunt said:
...about pulling the battery out and not letting Odin reboot for you. I found that *after* I already did it and now my wifi won't turn on.
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Flash a new kernel. Or a rom

topherk said:
Yes. In step 12 on the post you linked, the "power down" needs to be done by pulling the battery. The thread you posted is good, but I prefer the method in this post, as it both explains what's going on and it the formatting is more clear.
Hope you get it rooted for your friend!
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edfunkycold said:
Yeah your mistake was allowing the phone to reboot after the odin flash. Make sure you remove the check mark from the reboot option in odin.
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Alright thanks everyone for your help! i will tell you if it works. i just unrooted my phone and returned to stock and im going to use the other guide you guys told me to use on my phone first just to make sure nothing bad happens like a hard brick. I would rather brick my phone than someone elses phone any day:fingers-crossed:

will any of these guides root 4.1.2? thats what is keeping their phone from rooting i just found out because i just got my replacement SIII from Sprint and it has android 4.1.1 and i rooted it fine with the guide i used on theirs so it has to be the 4.1.2 update

Thadd Valeika said:
will any of these guides root 4.1.2? thats what is keeping their phone from rooting i just found out because i just got my replacement SIII from Sprint and it has android 4.1.1 and i rooted it fine with the guide i used on theirs so it has to be the 4.1.2 update
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Nope, MA6 and MB1 root the same as LJ7

So is there a root guide that will root 4.1.2?
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Thadd Valeika said:
So is there a root guide that will root 4.1.2?
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Here http://qbking77.com/how-to-root/root-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
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Here http://qbking77.com/how-to-root/root-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
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Thank you! i will try this out

This says it will only work with 4.1.1. I need to root 4.1.2
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Thadd Valeika said:
This says it will only work with 4.1.1. I need to root 4.1.2
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Same exact thing
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Okay this is a little late lol. Can I just uncheck f. Reset and auto reboot and not pull the battery or do I have to do both?

Thadd Valeika said:
Okay this is a little late lol. Can I just uncheck f. Reset and auto reboot and not pull the battery or do I have to do both?
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You have to pull the battery excuse you need the phone to shut off so that you can boot into recovery.
Have a great day!

Possible to damage Recovery section?

Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike

mikeinstlouis said:
Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike
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The issue is because of a change that was made to the Newer Devices. Use one of the Recoveries from THIS THREAD.

If it's a new s3 its a known issue with the phone...u need a modded recovery. Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391616
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I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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mikeinstlouis said:
I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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Yes you can still use these Recoveries. I doubt you " fried " your device. Use these Recoveries in the Root process where you would use the older ones. Yes you can Revert them Back.

Then how can I revert back to get over the air updates? The stock recovery that I flashed showed the little Android guy had died..
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I think this should work for you just fine. Just be sure to not miss the step about the factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
[ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET
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From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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mikeinstlouis said:
From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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In the OP of the thread I linked you it gives instructions on how to push the Recovery with ADB. It also has Recoveries you can do through ODIN.
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