Hey guys. I recently got an old Samsung Epic 4G Touch due to my HTC Evo 4G LTE breaking from water damage. I've been able to root the Galaxy and flash a version of jellybean (beanstalk). However, when I try to flash any other ROMs than this, the data doesn't work. I've tried flashing the correct modems (I think) to no avail. Any suggestions?
Can you post a screen shot of your about phone page that shows the modem. What carrier are you on?
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bigmike6200 said:
Can you post a screen shot of your about phone page that shows the modem. What carrier are you on?
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Here, I think this is it. I am on Sprint.
readysetmosh said:
Here, I think this is it. I am on Sprint.
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You probably need to update your Profile and PRL. Flash back to a Touchwiz ROM to get it done... I would flash an ICS version to not worry about changing the modem.
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You probably need to update your Profile and PRL. Flash back to a Touchwiz ROM to get it done... I would flash an ICS version to not worry about changing the modem.
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Could you tell me how to do that? I'm not sure if I have been doing it the correct way.
readysetmosh said:
Could you tell me how to do that? I'm not sure if I have been doing it the correct way.
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I don't have info on FB27. If you are on Sprint it should be GB27. That is the modem. You should slow down before you brick the phone. You should have some one-click files on your PC to take your phone back to stock if need be. Also you should have a touchwiz modem as well as an ICS modem on the phone. I would suggest FL24 and GB27. A copy of EL29 direct boot. A copy of AGATs recovery. A copy of Philz touch recovery. A copy of Mobile Odin Lite. To update to the current PRL you can do as @Surj138 says just so you don't have to flash modems. I think you are on the wrong modem anyway. Flash a modem in recovery. Don't do it through Mobile Odin.
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bigmike6200 said:
I don't have info on FB27. If you are on Sprint it should be GB27. That is the modem. You should slow down before you brick the phone. You should have some one-click files on your PC to take your phone back to stock if need be. Also you should have a touchwiz modem as well as an ICS modem on the phone. I would suggest FL24 and GB27. A copy of EL29 direct boot. A copy of AGATs recovery. A copy of Philz touch recovery. A copy of Mobile Odin Lite. To update to the current PRL you can do as @Surj138 says just so you don't have to flash modems. I think you are on the wrong modem anyway. Flash a modem in recovery. Don't do it through Mobile Odin.
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FB27 should be fine... Any gingerbread or ics modem will work. But I would update to FL24 anyway.
Surj138 said:
FB27 should be fine... Any gingerbread or ics modem will work. But I would update to FL24 anyway.
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Sorry, this is all still fairly new to me. I'm used to flashing ROMs easily on my Evo lol. Could you point me to a tutorial that will show me how to do this?
readysetmosh said:
Sorry, this is all still fairly new to me. I'm used to flashing ROMs easily on my Evo lol. Could you point me to a tutorial that will show me how to do this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/help/how-to-root-phone-upgrade-to-kitkat-t2913328
here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY&list=UUbR6jJpva9VIIAHTse4C3hw
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/help/how-to-root-phone-upgrade-to-kitkat-t2913328
here is a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY&list=UUbR6jJpva9VIIAHTse4C3hw
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Do I have to flash anything else than what is mentioned in this thread/video?
bigmike6200 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/help/how-to-root-phone-upgrade-to-kitkat-t2913328
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk617FffXY&list=UUbR6jJpva9VIIAHTse4C3hw
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Ok, so I flashed that stock ROM but now it doesn't boot. When I flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM, it boots up and works fine. Any suggestions?
readysetmosh said:
Do I have to flash anything else than what is mentioned in this thread/video?
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Just remember that if you want to flash a non-touchwiz JB or KK ROM, you have to be on a ICS modem (bigmike suggested FL24). If you are on touchwiz JB (stock, or one of the touchwiz custom ROMs for this phone), you can flash a JB modem (such as GB27).
I think you have to be on touchwiz to change the phone number. You have to be on touchwiz to update profile and PRL. But you can be on an ICS modem in touchwiz to do that.
If you want 4g on this phone, you have to be on touchwiz -- or at least you did, until last Monday (Nov. 3), when dastin released a version of CM11 for this phone that works with 4g. That's what I am running on my phone and it works for me.
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Hey guys,
So, I ran EH06, and liked it, but I prefer EC05 (more stable). I tried to Odin back, followed the instructions, but for some strange reason the phone is stuck on Gingerbread. Any suggestions/explanations?..
What are the errors/where does Odin stop, what are you trying to flash, what file name?
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What are the errors/where does Odin stop, what are you trying to flash, what file name?
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No errors. Everything's cool when I Odin, everything says "successful", everything goes according to plan. And when the phone reboots, I get back to stock, but still on Gingerbread with the EH06 modem.
Kangaji said:
No errors. Everything's cool when I Odin, everything says "successful", everything goes according to plan. And when the phone reboots, I get back to stock, but still on Gingerbread with the EH06 modem.
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What are u trying to go back to?
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Esteway.619 said:
What are u trying to go back to?
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Just trying to go back to stock EC05 (planning to go to viperrom AFTER going back to stock). I used the files provided by qbking to do so, and it worked once before. But that was when I was on EG22. EH06 seems different...
Kangaji said:
Just trying to go back to stock EC05 (planning to go to viperrom AFTER going back to stock). I used the files provided by qbking to do so, and it worked once before. But that was when I was on EG22. EH06 seems different...
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Try this. Link:
ReRFS Format Stock ROM EC05 v1.01
flash with cwm then use Odin to flash the ec05 modem
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You must have flashed a tar that did not have the EC05 modem in it. You could get the stock tar here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
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You must have flashed a tar that did not have the EC05 modem in it. You could get the stock tar here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
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Nope, that's actually exactly the same .tar I used. From the same page.
Kangaji said:
Nope, that's actually exactly the same .tar I used. From the same page.
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That's a little freaky. Go to the 2nd post of that thread and use Heimdall and you can just do the modem.bin from the EC05 tar or anywhere else you can get it from.
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That's a little freaky. Go to the 2nd post of that thread and use Heimdall and you can just do the modem.bin from the EC05 tar or anywhere else you can get it from.
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Wait -- I just wanna be sure I got this right. I've been doing this for a few months now, so I THINK I sorta know what I'm doing, but I just wanna check to be sure.
So right now, I've got a firmware version of 2.3.4, a baseband version of EH06, and a build number of GINGERBREA.EH06. I CAN change the baseband to EB13, but when I do that the firmware and build number do not change.
Just to be sure, is there something I might have forgotten? I followed the directions, but I just wanna be sure.
And you didn't think to nand backup before going to eh06? Tsk tsk tsk.
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And you didn't think to nand backup before going to eh06? Tsk tsk tsk.
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See, that's the funny part: I DID make nand backup. And I tried to restore but it wouldn't let me. It kept saying "aborted".
Hm... negatory md5 match?
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Hm... negatory md5 match?
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....What's that?
Nand backup in CWM creates an MD5 checksum. If it was in any way corrupt,or incomplete, you could experience a succesful restore with issues. Or an unsucessful restore all-together.
.....So does this mea there's no hope for me then?
Not quite, if someone was willing to share their nand backup with you, you could always put that inside the clockworkmod folder found on your sd card and try that.
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Wait -- I just wanna be sure I got this right. I've been doing this for a few months now, so I THINK I sorta know what I'm doing, but I just wanna check to be sure.
So right now, I've got a firmware version of 2.3.4, a baseband version of EH06, and a build number of GINGERBREA.EH06. I CAN change the baseband to EB13, but when I do that the firmware and build number do not change.
Just to be sure, is there something I might have forgotten? I followed the directions, but I just wanna be sure.
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Then you are only Odining the modem which is the baseband. If you restore a nand backup from 3.1.0.1 it will put your kernel and ROM back on. If you want to be on EB13 or EC05 then you will need to flash a ROM for that or after Odining a stock tar and rooting do only Restore Advanced Data from a nand.
Also if you are getting MD5 mismatches there is a thread for trying to repair those.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14170473
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Then you are only Odining the modem which is the baseband. If you restore a nand backup from 3.1.0.1 it will put your kernel and ROM back on. If you want to be on EB13 or EC05 then you will need to flash a ROM for that or after Odining a stock tar and rooting do only Restore Advanced Data from a nand.
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I see. Except that now after Odining my nand backups are all gone for som reason....
Would anyone happen to have a nand backup they wanna share?
I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?
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I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?
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Silly question, and not assuming, did you use autoroot for cwm?
May want to Odin to el26 and autoroot cwm ans try it that way.
I personally Odin back to el29, autoroot, and (knock on wood) never had an issue.
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.HaVoC. said:
I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?
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Usually that happens on a bad download. Did you download them on your phone or PC?
It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?
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It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?
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Check you baseband in settings>about phone. If it says unknown then just flash a modem of your choice. This has happen to me. On several occasions.
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It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?
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Cool that ya got to flash from though!
Sorry, I don't use CM9.
I can try on my other e4gt later and test though.
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Check you baseband in settings>about phone. If it says unknown then just flash a modem of your choice. This has happen to me. On several occasions.
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It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?
.HaVoC. said:
It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?
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No its ok to have an older modem and be running ICS. They can be "mismatched."
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No its ok to have an older modem and be running ICS. They can be "mismatched."
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And I have found, in the boonies that I'm in, el29 modem works the best for me on any ics builds..
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.HaVoC. said:
It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?
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Did u get it to work yet?? Try to Odin stock gb el29 rom. And start from scratch...
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Did u get it to work yet?? Try to Odin stock gb el29 rom. And start from scratch...
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I started from scratch and followed all the steps until I ended up in the same boat. AOKP Build 38 working perfectly EXCEPT data. I tried the EL29 and FE10 kernels but neither made a difference.
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I started from scratch and followed all the steps until I ended up in the same boat. AOKP Build 38 working perfectly EXCEPT data. I tried the EL29 and FE10 kernels but neither made a difference.
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Try going back to gingerbread and flashing the EL26 kernal. Then flash the ICS rom you want through that recovery.
AOKP and CM9 have problems with data. every time you or system turn off screen say goodbye to data until 1.enable disable airplane mode or 2.reboot that's the main reason I stay away from these awesome roms until source arrives.
These roms are the best. IMO
1.odin back to stock el29 full reset oc
2.boot update profile and prl
3.copy the rom files to sd
4.turnitoff it off
4.enter download mode and flash el26+cmw for AOKP or el29+cwm direct boot for CM9
5.clear cache, factory data reset, clear dalvik on advance menu
6.go back and select install zip from sd card and choose the rom and flash it
7.flash gapps if apply
8.go back and select reboot system
9.enjoy these awesome roms.
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I think I FINALLY got it to work. I started stock with rooted EL29 Odin-OC, flashed the "StockCWM-EL26.tar.m5d" in Odin, flashed the AOKP build 37 rom, flashed gapps, then flashed the FE16 kernel AND modem. When I rebooted the data was working.
Not that I am advocating this, and I am far from an expert, but I odin flash a stock rooted rom (SPH-D710.FC22_CL287574_ROOTED-oc-sfx) without going back to el29 just to have a nice clean stock rom to flash over with something else (like FIFO2). I just try to make sure I do everything in the same session so I don't get stuck in a stock recovery.
My order when flashing (non-Odin):
calkulin's format all
Modem (sometimes...if newer is available)
Rom
Kernel (with a custom recovery; sometimes the roms come with a stock recovery so if you reboot before installing a custom one, you'll have to either use odin to flash a custom recovery or mobile Odin)
any additional items that the rom didn't include (like gapps, etc.)
reboot
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Another thing to keep in mind is that AOKP was ported to the E4GT. That could cause issues depending on what you're coming from. Make sure to read all the instructions from the dev before flashing. If the worst happens, buy insurance on your phone and smash it...That's what I did with my evo when I bricked it.
I got the little pop up that there was an update so I installed it and it said the phone was going to boot in 6 seconds or whatever, after that the phone booted into CWM and it said it failed install. Now every time I check for an update it says there's no update right now. Am I the only one with this problem? How do I fix it? Is it because I'm rooted? I'm on the stock rom by the way.
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I got the little pop up that there was an update so I installed it and it said the phone was going to boot in 6 seconds or whatever, after that the phone booted into CWM and it said it failed install. Now every time I check for an update it says there's no update right now. Am I the only one with this problem? How do I fix it? Is it because I'm rooted? I'm on the stock rom by the way.
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Yes, it is because you are rooted. Download the stock rooted DeOdex one done by freeza. Good stuff.
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Yes, it is because you are rooted. Download the stock rooted DeOdex one done by freeza. Good stuff.
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I need to flash the Lg8 firmware and Other parts? Or does it not work if I don't? I have never flashed anything using Odin, could I get steps? Thanks. Also what if I want to flash another rom? Do I need to flash the lg8 firmware and other parts again?
jordan23945bulls said:
I need to flash the Lg8 firmware and Other parts? Or does it not work if I don't? I have never flashed anything using Odin, could I get steps? Thanks. Also what if I want to flash another rom? Do I need to flash the lg8 firmware and other parts again?
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see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
you don't need to flash the modem if you don't want to. Although I think (opinion only, and they vary between user) LG8 is a very good modem right now.
Once you flash modem, you will keep it until you revert or flash a newer modem or a rom specifically tells you it also provides it.
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see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
you don't need to flash the modem if you don't want to. Although I think (opinion only, and they vary between user) LG8 is a very good modem right now.
Once you flash modem, you will keep it until you revert or flash a newer modem or a rom specifically tells you it also provides it.
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Alright, so I don't need to flash the moden or the other parts if I'm flashing an lg8 rom.
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Yes, it is because you are rooted. Download the stock rooted DeOdex one done by freeza. Good stuff.
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So flash the DeOdex version via CWR.
Then flash the Modem.zip via CWR.
Then use Odin and flash "Other Parts" .tar file and that's it?
Will there be any differentiation between going this route versus unrooting -> OTA update -> re-rooting?
The way I flash I got the legit update and flash with custom recovery and before the reboot flash the team win root file and ur done then reboot and ur done u have the hole update and firmware and radio and rooted and u keep your custom recovery
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Just got an Epic 4g Touch a few weeks ago. I've been using custom roms for years by just searching through forums. I've been trying to search through all these threads but it's very confusing.
When I bought my Epic 4g Touch it already had ICS on it. I managed to root it and put a safe version of CWM on it. Now I want to try a Jellybean rom but I'm not sure if it's safe or what I need to do to make sure I don't brick my phone. Can I just flash with CWM? I saw something about having to downgrade to Gingerbread before I flash since I'm on ICS. Do I need to downgrade?
Thanks for any help. Please believe me when I say I've read through and searched but there's a lot of info out there and I just want to be sure so I don't brick my phone.
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Just got an Epic 4g Touch a few weeks ago. I've been using custom roms for years by just searching through forums. I've been trying to search through all these threads but it's very confusing.
When I bought my Epic 4g Touch it already had ICS on it. I managed to root it and put a safe version of CWM on it. Now I want to try a Jellybean rom but I'm not sure if it's safe or what I need to do to make sure I don't brick my phone. Can I just flash with CWM? I saw something about having to downgrade to Gingerbread before I flash since I'm on ICS. Do I need to downgrade?
Thanks for any help. Please believe me when I say I've read through and searched but there's a lot of info out there and I just want to be sure so I don't brick my phone.
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Some ics kernels like agat's from source and kuban kernel are safe. But I always flash EL26 Kernel + cwm to flash any new rom. You don't have to completely downgrade as in flash the whole GB rom. You just need to flash the safe gb kernel with cwm. I use mobile odin to flash the kernel. Mobile odin is available on play store and somewhere on xda too.
Also man before you flash turn on your gps. Leave it on. I check all 3 boxes. Make sure you got a lock with google maps. Leave it on when you turn your phone off to go into recovery. This helps you be able to get a lock in gps with your new rom
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tt531 said:
Just got an Epic 4g Touch a few weeks ago. I've been using custom roms for years by just searching through forums. I've been trying to search through all these threads but it's very confusing.
When I bought my Epic 4g Touch it already had ICS on it. I managed to root it and put a safe version of CWM on it. Now I want to try a Jellybean rom but I'm not sure if it's safe or what I need to do to make sure I don't brick my phone. Can I just flash with CWM? I saw something about having to downgrade to Gingerbread before I flash since I'm on ICS. Do I need to downgrade?
Thanks for any help. Please believe me when I say I've read through and searched but there's a lot of info out there and I just want to be sure so I don't brick my phone.
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I updated to ICS a few weeks ago and have been searching for a root method. All of the methods and instructions I've found are either for a different model or relating to gingerbread. Could you point me in the right direction? thanks.
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I updated to ICS a few weeks ago and have been searching for a root method. All of the methods and instructions I've found are either for a different model or relating to gingerbread. Could you point me in the right direction? thanks.
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I personally never had any problems by flashing back to EL29 on Odin and then installing cmw
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I personally never had any problems by flashing back to EL29 on Odin and then installing cmw
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when I Odin back to EL26 and flash a new rom the baseband stays at EL26. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Does that even matter? I haven't been able to find anything regarding baseband versions.
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Some ics kernels like agat's from source and kuban kernel are safe. But I always flash EL26 Kernel + cwm to flash any new rom. You don't have to completely downgrade as in flash the whole GB rom. You just need to flash the safe gb kernel with cwm. I use mobile odin to flash the kernel. Mobile odin is available on play store and somewhere on xda too.
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I see you all over the threads. You are a great asset to E4GT users new and old. Just wanted to say thanks.
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DuB..CiTy said:
when I Odin back to EL26 and flash a new rom the baseband stays at EL26. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Does that even matter? I haven't been able to find anything regarding baseband versions.
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The baseband is what we (on xda) refer to as the modem. It doesn't necessarily effect the rom, but some people have found that by trying different modems, phone signal can be increased, sometimes by an adequately noticeable amount. When you use odin to flash EL26, it also flashes the modem to EL26 and when you flash a new rom, the modem stays at EL26 because the rom and modem are completely separate from one another. You can however download different modems to be installed either through odin or cwm here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
Let us know if you have any other questions.
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southsideirishguy said:
I updated to ICS a few weeks ago and have been searching for a root method. All of the methods and instructions I've found are either for a different model or relating to gingerbread. Could you point me in the right direction? thanks.
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You are looking for something called odin one-click. Here you go:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 sfhub is a god. He is very thorough with his directions and there are videos on youtube by qbking77. There are links to them in the above link.
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The baseband is what we (on xda) refer to as the modem. It doesn't necessarily effect the rom, but some people have found that by trying different modems, phone signal can be increased, sometimes by an adequately noticeable amount. When you use odin to flash EL26, it also flashes the modem to EL26 and when you flash a new rom, the modem stays at EL26 because the rom and modem are completely separate from one another. You can however download different modems to be installed either through odin or cwm here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764210
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I've had the phone rooted since May running only GB roms. I was holding out for the ICS update, only to be disappointed. So I finally started flashing like back in my EVO days. I'm no Dev nor a noob, only by post counts i guess, but I must admit it's a bit confusing. Luckily we have a great community here to help sort all that stuff out.
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Okay so I want to flash back to stock but I realized that my bootloader is not the stock one. I flashed the modem to the newest one before. My bootloader is I747MVLUEMK5. I've heard people sat that i cannot go back to stock just straight flashing with Odin now that I have a different modem. What procedures do I need to take to flash back to stock?
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Okay so I want to flash back to stock but I realized that my bootloader is not the stock one. I flashed the modem to the newest one before. My bootloader is I747MVLUEMK5. I've heard people sat that i cannot go back to stock just straight flashing with Odin now that I have a different modem. What procedures do I need to take to flash back to stock?
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EDITED: This post was erroneous terrible advice. See latest post.
Alright, Im a bit perhaps... Noob at this? So I can just get the stock file and flash through Odin with no worries and no need to flash or do anything else? Thanks for the reply.
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karmasblade said:
Alright, Im a bit perhaps... Noob at this? So I can just get the stock file and flash through Odin with no worries and no need to flash or do anything else? Thanks for the reply.
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I apologize. MK5 is a problematic bootloader. Do not try to Odin flash an older firmware over this. Again I apologize. What carrier are you with? If it is a Canadian carrier you can just flash the appropriate firmware from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558311. These have the bootloader removed.
BCSC said:
I apologize. MK5 is a problematic bootloader. Do not try to Odin flash an older firmware over this. Again I apologize. What carrier are you with? If it is a Canadian carrier you can just flash the appropriate firmware from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558311. These have the bootloader removed.
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Telus.
karmasblade said:
Telus.
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If you want absolute stock including the bootloader, modem, kernel, you can get an odin flashable firmware from here (This is the 4.3 version you are currently on, MK5) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543854. One of the members has started a seedbox to host the images because the download options in the OP are painfully slow. Post # 208 shows this link to the seedbox http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543854. You can pick the Telus ROM from here and use this for complete stock. Again I apologize for the bad advice. I've been stressing all day hoping you hadn't flashed 4.1.x yet.
BCSC said:
If you want absolute stock including the bootloader, modem, kernel, you can get an odin flashable firmware from here (This is the 4.3 version you are currently on, MK5) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543854. One of the members has started a seedbox to host the images because the download options in the OP are painfully slow. Post # 208 shows this link to the seedbox http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543854. You can pick the Telus ROM from here and use this for complete stock. Again I apologize for the bad advice. I've been stressing all day hoping you hadn't flashed 4.1.x yet.
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Alright. I already have a stock ROM before and the name of it includes MK5 for TLS. I'm thinking that would work? The exact name is "I747MVLUEMK5_I747MOYBEMK5_I747MVLUEMK5_HOME.tar.md5". No problem, good thing I didn't flash it LOL. Thanks for your help.
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Alright. I already have a stock ROM before and the name of it includes MK5 for TLS. I'm thinking that would work? The exact name is "I747MVLUEMK5_I747MOYBEMK5_I747MVLUEMK5_HOME.tar.md5". No problem, good thing I didn't flash it LOL. Thanks for your help.
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That is the correct one, Backup everything you need off your phone as Odin will wipe everything. nLeaving an external SD in is OK, but the internal memory will get wiped.
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That is the correct one, Backup everything you need off your phone as Odin will wipe everything. nLeaving an external SD in is OK, but the internal memory will get wiped.
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Alright. I was on Quantum but I find that the newest version is far too glitchy and incomplete for me. Any other ones you recommend? How about LiquidSmooth?
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Alright. I was on Quantum but I find that the newest version is far too glitchy and incomplete for me. Any other ones you recommend? How about LiquidSmooth?
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I've only used stock and CM11 so far since 4.3. The I've not tried Liquid Smooth but Grievous ROM is pretty good. It's the ROM currently on my wife's phone. It is white themed Touchwiz which was my biggest selling point.
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I've only used stock and CM11 so far since 4.3. The I've not tried Liquid Smooth but Grievous ROM is pretty good. It's the ROM currently on my wife's phone. It is white themed Touchwiz which was my biggest selling point.
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I don't think that is compatible with the i747m no?
Oh and also, let's say I want to get Liquid Smooth onto my phone but I currently have Quantum. Do I have to flash back to stock with Odin and then install the Liquid Smooth ROM? Or can I just go and wipe the system now in recovery without going to stock and then install Liquid Smooth in recovery?
Grievous is compatible with the 747m. Im on 747m Bell. You just need to flash a modem and kernel to get data and wifi to work. As far as liquid smooth, you do not need to go back to stock. Installing the ROM and then wiping should work. If you do find that you ever flash a ROM and have WiFi issues, kernel is likely culprit. No data is usually due to a modem. These seem to be more often with new ROMs and most development based off AT&T phones.