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[ACS] Return to stock using Odin

Shabbypenguin
presents to you
Return your Sprint Galaxy Nexus to stock​
Ok, so basically these files will allow you to mess your phone up real bad and still be able to recover. this is the same software provided to you on your sprint galaxy nexus when you first purchased it
make sure you give your thanks to teh truly awesome anonymous source who remains ****ing kickass. without him it would not have been possible to do this for you guys anyways to teh nitty gritty
1) Read this entire post then move to step 2
2) Download Odin
3) Open Odin
4) Load the tars
5) power off your device
6) Hold Volume Down + Power to enter download mode
7) Connect the device
8) click start
If you need to know how, please watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44
Warning!!! this will wipe your entire device clean, you will lose all pictures videos etc by using odin.

Due to the new hosting links and MD5's will be available on shabbypenguin.com
http://shabbypenguin.com/?developer=Sprint_Galaxy_Nexus has all the odin tars and fastboot images

F*ck yes!!! Awesome!!!!
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This is great!! thanks =]

Awesome.. I'll get a how to video up soon

Awesome! I will totally kiss the next anonymous person I see!

so...... wait..... there is a god??
AARRGGGG 8thx limit wtf!!!! it should be at least 10!

Thanks Shabby!

Thread stickied! Nice job!

kennyglass123 said:
Thread stickied! Nice job!
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You're the man Kenny

So can this flash modems only, say I want to flash a verizon rom then flash the modem from here would that work? I am thinking no but thought I ask!!
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Kenny can you unsticky my thread now?

Wordlywisewiz said:
Kenny can you unsticky my thread now?
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Sure thing.

davidrules7778 said:
So can this flash modems only, say I want to flash a verizon rom then flash the modem from here would that work? I am thinking no but thought I ask!!
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this will wipe your entire phone, everything will be gone. if you flash a verizon rom youll be without data due to missing parts. this is for restoring to complete stock
altho to be fair i dont believe this will relock the bootloader

Shabby This is HUGE Thanks as always YOU THE MAN
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Kenny can you unsticky my thread now?
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I wouldnt unsticky your thread multiple ways to go back some peeps have issues with odin I would definately leave it

im uploading the .img files now so people can use fastboot if they want

shabbypenguin said:
this will wipe your entire phone, everything will be gone. if you flash a verizon rom youll be without data due to missing parts. this is for restoring to complete stock
altho to be fair i dont believe this will relock the bootloader
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Oh ok thanks
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Where is the .tar loaded onto within Odin? And will this wipe the multimedia on the device?

help
I have the screen with the Phone and Monitor,...with the yellow sign with the exclamation mark on it. If any one knows,...I will deeply appriciate it. I am beat,...a very long day. Sorry,...being a rude. Let me know how I can solve this issue. And,...you guys are the best. Thank you for the Odin package. Thank you very much. P.S.....what spots do we put the tar files in? And,...I am hoping I didn't brick it.

yes im going to edit the op to reflect this
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR ENTIRE PHONE, INTERNAL STORAGE AND ALL

[Q] ThunderHawk IV FC09 (Installation FAILED) Help?)

I'm a noob, but not a noob, k?
I've flased a dozen roms already, but for the life of me, after cleaning up everything, took the following steps:
Wiped data/factory reset
Wiped cache partition
Advanced > Wiped Dalvik Cache
Then
Install .zip from sd card - Selected ThunderHawk-4.zip
It goes like this:
Opening a Black hole...
Initializing Systems...
Mounting File System...
MTD System Detected...
Reticulating Splines...
Formatting /System.....
Formatting /Cache......
Formatting /Data.......
Installing RandomROM...
file_getprop: failed to stat "/sdscard/clockworkm
od/options.cfg": No such file or directory
E:Error in /sdcard/ThunderHawk_V.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
I don't get it...
Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong?
Suggestions would really help Ya'll are awesome!

follow RandomKing's instructions (as found on his blog site) for putting an options.cfg file in place before the install. His original doc mentions that it's optional but I think his installer is not creating a file if one does not already exist.

That WORKED!
Did exactly what you said, and it worked.
For future reference for others wondering:
Visit the blog
[(REPLACE "XX" with "tt") hxxp://randomkings.wordpress.com/android/samsung-epic-4g/gingerbread-2/ ]
Read under Installation Steps, you'll see Optional Customization all the info you'll need is right there.
Download the options.cfg file, open with notepad - edit to your preference, and send it to sdcard/clockworkmod/(paste-options.cfg in under backups) you'll be all set. Go into CWM Recovery and install from zip as you normally would.
Thanks so much for the tip, and helping me out!
Woooo!

ItalianFurby said:
Did exactly what you said, and it worked.
For future reference for others wondering:
Visit the blog
[(REPLACE "XX" with "tt") hxxp://randomkings.wordpress.com/android/samsung-epic-4g/gingerbread-2/ ]
Read under Installation Steps, you'll see Optional Customization all the info you'll need is right there.
Download the options.cfg file, open with notepad - edit to your preference, and send it to sdcard/clockworkmod/(paste-options.cfg in under backups) you'll be all set. Go into CWM Recovery and install from zip as you normally would.
Thanks so much for the tip, and helping me out!
Woooo!
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no prob, I ran into the exact same thing this morning so i had recent experience. have fun! :-D
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oh one thing worth mentioning: RandomKing has released ThunderHawk V now. Interestingly, it carries a label saying FC09 but it's still actually using EL30.
I believe the reason behind that is to cut down on the "Install update" messages coming from Samsprint. He has started a new thread for ThunderHawk V in the dev forums.

It is FC09 just the kernel is EL30.
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kennyglass123 said:
It is FC09 just the kernel is EL30.
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Kennyglass123 hence forth shall be known as kenoracle; because he sees and knows all
but you knew I was going to type this
I should have taken the red pill

ctinxp 1595
kennyglass123 said:
It is FC09 just the kernel is EL30.
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ah ok thanks, i think i read that earlier today but apparently it didn't sink in. that will teach me to read XDA from work..and actually try to pay attention to work.

jdelano said:
Kennyglass123 hence forth shall be known as kenoracle; because he sees and knows all
but you knew I was going to type this
I should have taken the red pill
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AKA Kenfuscious as well...LOL.
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MattSF said:
follow RandomKing's instructions (as found on his blog site) for putting an options.cfg file in place before the install. His original doc mentions that it's optional but I think his installer is not creating a file if one does not already exist.
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I've just uploaded a newer version. Don't flash it if you already have it working, but this is no longer a problem.
kennyglass123 said:
It is FC09 just the kernel is EL30.
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Yup. Most people don't seem to know, but you can use almost any Gingerbread Kernel without issue. But I'll be adding in an FC09 kernel soon enough thanks to Bbelos.

RandomKing said:
I've just uploaded a newer version. Don't flash it if you already have it working, but this is no longer a problem.
Yup. Most people don't seem to know, but you can use almost any Gingerbread Kernel without issue. But I'll be adding in an FC09 kernel soon enough thanks to Bbelos.
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Great news and awesome news. thanks, RK!

Just thought I'd add, Bbelos gave me a custom FC09 kernel that's linked in my thread now as well.

It is up in development.
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AT&T imei issues?

How common is this I would likevcto flash some roms and all that good stuff. I have been reading about people phones not working after rooting and applying a Rom. Should I be worried ? Should I wait? And if it's all good any methods that worked cleanly for other people ? Thanks in advance
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Any help greatly appreciated ready to flash away
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I wouldn't say its very common as there are tons of people flashing and we dont hear about half the forum crying about corrupting their imei, thats not to say that its a non issue though. As you can probably see from the numerous threads (main one in the att development). Its advisable to wait, but with any flash you know the risk you are taking.
I was actually holding off till yesterday, ended up just saying eff it and flashed, did the non trip rooting, flashed the latest cwm from the official cwm site. Flashed Aokp, no imei wipe (was scared ****less the whole time though ) Decided i didnt even like the AOKP rom and flashed my carriers stock rom again through odin, So far so good.
However in the future im waiting for a full solution to this imei problem before i root or flash again. :good:
Id say just read the threads, if you understand the risks and want to proceed go ahead. good luck

So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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tyshemi said:
So you went through all the steps and your fine? Thanks I may wait A week or so the stock Rom is actual nice I just like to try new stuff
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yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.

unleashed12 said:
yeah man i say check out the stock first, if you can wait, wait. The stock rom is best i find. and yes i followed all the steps, downloaded the latest cwm from the rom manager site and whatnot. pushed the cwm through terminal emulator on the phone.
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What site did you use for cwm ? Link please and thank u

Anyone have any insights
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What's the Safe way to achieve root and cwm ? I have searched and read a lot but like hearing peoples opinions
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i flashed my phone with the original at&t root method (which increased flash counter). since then, i've flashed the stock rom (UCALEM) to get non-modified status, reset the flash counter, and flashed the stock update rom (UCALG1) with no problems so far. i wasn't even aware of the imei issues until poking around the forums the other day. i suppose ignorance really is bliss.
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i should add.. i used the stock root injected roms (after the initial flash) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

So ish there a chance even if we follow AT&T stuff directly? I've never heard of this happening I've had and flashed a lot of phones and never heard of such a thing should we worry or what I wanna flash but don't won't a brick
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i think there's always the chance... but you can reduce that chance significantly if you read up and follow the directions.

NO Signal UNKOWN Baseband & IMEI

Hello I tried to flash my radio following this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825112. There were no errors or anything in cmw and after i rebooted my s3, i ended up with this. Anybody got this before or found a way to fix it?

Try redownloading, on wifi if possible, then reflash again. I think I saw someone else have that happen and it was a corrupted download.
Read thru the thread again if you want to double check, couldn't hurt!
Check the md5 sum first.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try redownloading, on wifi if possible, then reflash again. I think I saw someone else have that happen and it was a corrupted download.
Read thru the thread again if you want to double check, couldn't hurt!
Check the md5 sum first.
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exactly this, re-download it and and flash again.

i did try to download it throught wifi and reflash it like it says in the thread but still no luck. I just read that someone tried to flash a wind mobile version and mine is mobilicity. Both are T999V version, i guess thats where the problem is, flashing a T999 radio for T999V. Does anyone know where I can find a mobilicity T999V stock radio or anyway i can get back my old radio. I did flash the second zip which supposebly makes a copy of your old radio before I flashed the radio. Does anyone know where this backup is located or where i can a mobilicity t999v radio?

Appears to me that he wrote the backup into the script that flashes the new one! Awesome!!!!
Check in /data/media
Looks like it may have saved your original as modem.backup when you flashed the new radio. If its there then flash the restore zip and hopefully you will be back to your original.
Even if its not there, flash the restore, always possible I read it wrong.
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Oh and if it did save a copy of your original, you may want to save an extra copy and perhaps post it just in case. Someone else may need it in the future, you never know!
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i cannot find no such backup and i tried to flash the restore and still no luck. I really dont know what to do....anyone?

mines in mine, that's weird that yours doesn't have the backup.

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mines in mine, that's weird that yours doesn't have the backup.
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did you flash that radio as well? i check sdcard/data and all i see is com.keramidas.titanback up, no media folder. i checked sdcard/android/data and there bunch of com. folders no media and i checked sdcard/media and there is only audio and music folder

Check /data/media
Not /sdcard/data/media
Should be on data partition, not sdcard.
If the flash was successful, I believe it should be there.
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If you are running pure stock, you may need a 3rd party file explorer like Root Explorer. Not totally sure but if all you see is extsdcard and sdcard this is possibly the case.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Check /data/media
Not /sdcard/data/media
Should be on data partition, not sdcard.
If the flash was successful, I believe it should be there.
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how do i acress data partition? im sorry for all these noob questions but this is my first android and i did find a modem backup file but it was in the root of my sdcard

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how do i acress data partition? im sorry for all these noob questions but this is my first android and i did find a modem backup file but it was in the root of my sdcard
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No worries. I added to my last post about that. Search for root file explorer in market and you should be able to find a free one there. I use Root Explorer which is paid, but check the one by jrummy. I think his free one may do what you need.
Not sure about the backup on your sdcard. Can you tell if the date created matches close to when you flashed?
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ok so i downloaded the 1 by jrummy and i open data rwxrwx--x than i open media and its basically a copy of my internal sdcard and i checked the time of the backup and it says 10:51pm (original backup was this around 3:00) so im guessing i screwed myself over by rewriting over my original modem backup.

One more thing I just thought of and it may cause more headaches...
Did you try to flash the radio more than once? If so it may have overwritten the original modem.backup.
If that is the case you may need to get someone else with a T999V to backup theirs for you. The guy you mentioned who had the same problem may have one already. Might want to PM him. Also you could post in the original thread and someone else may have it already. Also I think there is a thread on here dedicated to Canadian users which I think is for the T999V.
If you find one copy it into /data/media making sure to change the permissions to match the previous backup you overwrite. Then flash the restore.
If you only flashed it once then you shouldn't have to worry about all that.
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yes i think we're both right, i did overwrite the original backup. i shouldnt have panicked and waited a couple of hours and everything would be back to normal now. I did pm 2 people who messed up like me and 1 of them was able revert back to original modem but that person was using wind mobile s3. I bought the my s3 from mobilicity, unlocked it and inserted my wind sim card but my modem would mobilicity t999v modem right? Would wind modem work for me? they are both t999v versions. and i dont know how to changethe permissions to match previous backup.
i appreciate your help man, you helped me clear up some things. thank you

oh i also cant post in the original thread because i need more than 10 posts lol

1ncognit0 said:
ok so i downloaded the 1 by jrummy and i open data rwxrwx--x than i open media and its basically a copy of my internal sdcard and i checked the time of the backup and it says 10:51pm (original backup was this around 3:00) so im guessing i screwed myself over by rewriting over my original modem backup.
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Damn, I was hoping that didn't happen! Sorry for the bad advice in the beginning of this thread. Had no idea that it would overwrite the backup....
I think your next best step would be to post in the original thread and/or pm a request for the modem.backup file for your version.
I know it sucks going thru all this but all is not lost. If I can help anymore let me know, but I think you just need someone with that file now.
Again, I'm sorry for the poor guidance earlier....
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Lol, everytime I post, I hit refresh and you've already responded with what I was trying to say.
Ill post a request in the thread for you. I'm thinking the Wind and Mobilicity are likely compatible both being T999V, but I don't want to go on assumptions any more on this one! Ill ask about that over there as well.
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dont feel bad dude! i actually overwrote my backup waaay before you started helping me out lol so its not your fault at all lol but im confused if you are replying to my last post or my 2nd last post lol. still wondering if all T999V models (wind, mobilicity, videotron) have the same modem or I have to find mobilicity modem to go back to normal.

ok so i found a site that lets you download the latest firmware for t999v and i checked all 3 firmwares (videotron wind and mobilicity) and they are all
T999VVLALE6 so i am guessing they are all compatible. the only thing confuses me is the dude that tried it with wind, he posted a link of his modem after flash and this is the file name t999vvlle6_modem...the only thing thats missing is the letter "a" lol

I just posted the request. Also asked if any other unforseen problems could occur if you do try flashing the Wind version. I don't think it would change the situation at this point, but I also didn't realize this could happen to begin with!
I think u would be safe, but can't guarantee it!
Problem with that missing "a" is that it could be a typo when he renamed the backup, or it could be different software...if he's still online could you pm him to verify?
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1ncognit0 said:
ok so i found a site that lets you download the latest firmware for t999v and i checked all 3 firmwares (videotron wind and mobilicity) and they are all
T999VVLALE6 so i am guessing they are all compatible. the only thing confuses me is the dude that tried it with wind, he posted a link of his modem after flash and this is the file name t999vvlle6_modem...the only thing thats missing is the letter "a" lol
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The more I think about it the more it seems like a typo. All 3 have same version on firmware download site so....
Honestly, if it were me, id probably give it a shot. But thats me!
Naturally there is the risk, so its entirely up to you. If you decide not to try, it just comes down to waiting for a response.
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Heh. Just noticed I missed the part wher u said u bought from mobilicity but are on Winds network. Reinforces my thinking that the wind modem will work...it may even be better if they are different.
Still though, its your call!
To change permissions long press yhe file you want to change and it should have permissions in the popup menu.
Ill check what the correct ones are and get back to you in a few.
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thanks dude you pretty much asked all the questions i had in mind. i read somewhere that flashing the stock firmware might fix this problem so im gonna try that i before i go to sleep. the question i have in mind which firmware should i download, mobilicity or wind. i bought the phone from mobilicity (no plan, no simcard) unlocked it and used my wind sim card so im guessing its still a mobilicity phone?

SGH-T999L Progress?

ok so I finally got my sgh-t999L through warranty exchange, and i'm excited to play with it. I rooted it with motochopper and have been looking around, but can't find anything quite concrete, seeing as the original threads discussing the t999L are rather dated. What is the progress on the stock odin? have most roms updated their scripts to include the t999L? Can I flash my previous rom with little to no issues?
Fimrware and radios I'm already aware, albeit I'm concerned about mb7 as it feels a little hot during use. kernels and roms it seems are ok, but I'm curious if there are extra steps to do and such. I can flash twrp 2.6 through odin right?

Naturesretard said:
ok so I finally got my sgh-t999L through warranty exchange, and i'm excited to play with it. I rooted it with motochopper and have been looking around, but can't find anything quite concrete, seeing as the original threads discussing the t999L are rather dated. What is the progress on the stock odin? have most roms updated their scripts to include the t999L? Can I flash my previous rom with little to no issues?
Fimrware and radios I'm already aware, albeit I'm concerned about mb7 as it feels a little hot during use. kernels and roms it seems are ok, but I'm curious if there are extra steps to do and such. I can flash twrp 2.6 through odin right?
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I wouldn't say any of it is dated...its barely been out over a month if I'm remembering right. And the development thread is still fairly active. I am stalled on the Odin part until we get another dump of some of the partitions, (motodefiers working on that) but this really is a non issue anyway. It may take an extra step or two but we can easily get the same result as a full firmware flash already.
Besides, other than kernel, system and recovery, everything should still be MB7 on your phone, and you should not be looking at changing that.
As far as roms having added the asserts, I don't know. The only way to know is to try them. Or open them and check the asserts.
And what is your previous rom? Cant tell you anything about it unless I know what it is. Why are you concerned over mb7 firmware. I wouldn't put much worry about that as its all that's available for now. What extra steps are you looking for? What is it you are trying to do?
And yes, you can flash 2.6.0.0 twrp.
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I wouldn't say any of it is dated...its barely been out over a month if I'm remembering right. And the development thread is still fairly active. I am stalled on the Odin part until we get another dump of some of the partitions, (motodefiers working on that) but this really is a non issue anyway. It may take an extra step or two but we can easily get the same result as a full firmware flash already.
Besides, other than kernel, system and recovery, everything should still be MB7 on your phone, and you should not be looking at changing that.
As far as roms having added the asserts, I don't know. The only way to know is to try them. Or open them and check the asserts.
And what is your previous rom? Cant tell you anything about it unless I know what it is. Why are you concerned over mb7 firmware. I wouldn't put much worry about that as its all that's available for now. What extra steps are you looking for? What is it you are trying to do?
And yes, you can flash 2.6.0.0 twrp.
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Not dated like really old, but at that time you hadn't made much progress. Just found your thread about the stock rom. So you have made much progress. At the moment I was furrently running vanilla rootbox latest nightly, hiw would I check asserts? Not really worried about changing firmware, just felt a little hot. This being new I understand there are no other radios.
Also thanks for the quick reply
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I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. I think I misunderstood something earlier, but ant rom you see in this forum should work fine, its just some won't flash without "help".
The asserts ar in the updater scripts. They determine if certain properties match before allowing something to flash.
Ill be posting a lot of info soon...
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DocHoliday77 said:
I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. I think I misunderstood something earlier, but ant rom you see in this forum should work fine, its just some won't flash without "help".
The asserts ar in the updater scripts. They determine if certain properties match before allowing something to flash.
Ill be posting a lot of info soon...
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Tyvm. It will come in handy. I haven't even gotten to the ROM flash yet, though I have installed twrp. Will be creating a new thread... But I'm having the WEIRDEST bug trying to pull everything off my internal SD on my t999. If its more than one file, windows gets stuck on "calculating time required to copy"
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