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[Q] How to reset your phone back to new

Hello
I want to try a few different roms/ firmwares/ versions of os etc (whatever we want to call them). But I want to be able to reset my phone back to how it was out of the box. Is this possible. Some of the things I have looked at that interest me are roms that change the partitions to ext4. If I do this can I get back to stock?
I have searched for ages if any can point me at a post that tells me that would be great. One thing to note though, I guarantee that this is detailed in one of the rom postings but after looking at two that had over 12000 post on it I thought that was needle in a haystack.
Thanks guys.
P.S. If I can be pointed or can easily do it I am happy to write a how to. Presuming it isn't there already.

You need a backup of your original ROM that can be flashed back via ODIN .
I used Kies registry Patcher to download and save latest firmware .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835628
jje

So, I'm guessing that, that means normal odin flash with the correct firmware? And I have seen them in the firmware sticky. All the files Phone, CSC, PDA are grouped into one tar file. Does that make any difference?
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Do I take it that the lack of response is cause this is to hard/ not known. Or is it because its just a stupid question. Either as an answer would be great. It will let me know which way to point my searches and re-searches.
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You would need to re-flash your firmware (as instructed above the Kies registry patcher is a good way to do this) + after your flash go into the recovery menu and do a reset (I believe the option in the menu is called "Wipe data/factory reset"). Maybe you can also do the reset from the settings menu in Android but I cannot confirm this.
I also format my internal and external sd-card before I star to make sure nothing is left behind but I consider myself more paranoia than others

The stock rom is minus the add on from your network so is not the official firmware you received with your phone .You would have to save a copy of that . I did with latest update using Kies as posted .
Saved rom is just flashed complete as PDA with ODIN .
jje

So, thinking that I am worrying over nothing then.
Looked here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S
(Under modifications)
Gives everything and more. The bit I am worried about is if I change the format to ext4 and install a new kernel, will the stock flash remove all of these mods. Would be really great full if a simple yes would be posted by someone who has done it.
Thanks
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[Q] foreplay with SC-02B (Japan/Docomo) : how to go further ?

Hello people !
Since I'm living in Tokyo, I'm the happy owner of a Galaxy S, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be exactly the same like the other devices.
Anyway, since 2 days ago, I had some fun (and cold sweat also) trying to root it, unbloat it, etc... Some difficulties and questions left without answers, so if anyone has a guess, please be my guest !
My phone as I got it :
SC-02B, with OMJJ1 firmware (Froyo 2.2)
1) Rooting
The easiest thing ever.
The SuperOneClick pack did a wonderful job.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
2) Getting a "safe" firmware
Just in case anything would go wrong, I wanted to be able to flash back to an official firmware.
The ones from this post work without any problem so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10558974&postcount=134
However, problem 1 : I couldn't get Heimdall flash my device. Since I'm mainly working on Linux and OSX, that would have been of a great help.
But the "handshaking with Loke" step is always failing...
Actually, I even though I had bricked the phone, since I was stucked with a black screen (1PC and 1GSM in orange) and it took me ages to figure out how to get rid of that.
Solution : get myself a Win 7 computer at office and use Odin. No problem so far with this one.
Problem 2 :after flashing with the official update, I get complains in the recovery mode (when unpacking the apps I think), saying that /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 cannot be mounted, because it does not exist.
After searching on japanese sites, it seems that there is a 3rd partition in addition to the one for /sdcard and /data that is used (as far as I know, only for that) by an app called DioDict (japanese / english dictionary).
Not that this is a great loss, but I don't know where and why this 3rd partition was deleted. I tried to restore one, but after a while I just gave up, since I don't have any dump of the data that was there anyway...
Could anybody confirm/infirm this ???
3) Recovery 2e
Since I wanted to test to other roms, I needed to get back to the recovery 2e.
I gave a try to CF-root, which included that also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
Once again, Odin was the only one that could do the job, Heimdall still ignores me.
Problem : the update is successfully done, but for a reason I ignore, I lose my SIM card in the process.
Flashing back an official ROM makes it available again, but CF-root won't allow me to phone in Japan.
How did you people handle that ? Unfortunately I couldn't afford staying too long without a working phone, so I didn't investigate much further, but did other people have the same kind of problem ?
Conclusion :
As of now, I have a rooted device, and am pretty happy with it.
However, I wish I could give a try to the nice work I've seen around (CyanogenMod on Galaxy S seemed very yummy), while still being able to use my SIM card here.
Any feedback is welcome !

I haven't played around that much with DioDict to tell you right away how to solve this, but maybe there's some answer getting the first firmware:
SC02BOMJJ1 (10/10/13) :
http://fus.samsungmobile.com/Phone_...2BDCMJJ1_SC02BOMJJ1_SC02BOMJJ1_OM_DCM.zip.enc
BINARY_ENCRYPT_STRING 1662317

thanks a lot for this link ! just a question, where did you guys find them ??? the site itself seems very dummy
but as far as I could read on japanese threads, that seems to be some prefab settings
in my case, that third partition has been deleted, so I think I would have to recreate again beforehand.
as for the "how", I must confess I don't know... I' had somehow succeeded in running parted to create one, but for a reason I ignore couldn't assign it to the block

I could install a Cyanogen Beta3 today, and though everything is alright, still got no 3G.
SIM card is not recognized, and it seems impossible to input the appropriate APN information. Could it be that the modem embedded in the SC-02B is different from the mainstream one ?
EDIT : seems that indeed the SC-02B has a different modem. At least the firmware has a different size, hence the need of a different PIT file when you flash from an "international" ROM.
I'm starting to wonder whether I'll see the end of it someday >_<

things that seem to work
Now that we have the capability to recover after we trash our ROM what can we do.
Super Oneclick root - works
Z4Mod "because we all have the need for speed" -works after you use titanium backup to remove some of the bloat-ware from /system
Z4Control works if you use Z4Mod to patch the kernel and convert /data to ext2 first.
The UOTKitchen will work to change the battery icon and other status bar icons if after you have completed these steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9318973&postcount=1290 you extract the framework-res.apk from the resulting zip file and use adb to push the new framework-res.apk to /system/framework/framework-res.apk followed by an adb reboot recovery command before you do anything with the phone. From the recovery menu wipe cache and then reboot now. If you don't do this last step it could lead to having to reflash the factory firmware happened to me about 6 times this weekend. DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T CLEARED ENOUGH SPACE ON /SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WILL KILL YOUR PHONE!!!!!

For all those who want a pit file, here I leave you a custom pit file created for the sc-02b.
I must make this clear, this PIT file was made for those who flashed their devices with a rom for some other galaxy s version and want to reflash their devices back to the original SC02BOMJJ1 rom. I cannot ensure you it will be useful or that it will work for anything else.
Also, when using this PIT file with odin, be sure to check the "Re-partition".

@shikigamild :
is this PIT file the same that came from komugi.net ?
at the same time, could you tell me how you got the stock rom file links please ?
@dejanet :
so you say that with the Z4mod you have a fully working device ?
has anyone tried the CF-root package ? after applying it I lost my SIM card, so I wonder if you experimented the same kind of inconvenient there

Oh yes went through all of the fun of trying the various kernels everyone leaves you with sim not recognized.
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Aaarghh,that sucks donkey balls...
Guess that means we won't get any, custom rom any time soon will we?

I'm new to all this stuff, so apologies for the noob questions.
I rooted my SC-02B using the tool in this thread. I was able to install and use the Barnacle Wi-Fi tethering app from the market, so I know it was a successful root. Now when I go to install and use Titanium Backup from the market, it tells me I don't have root access or don't have BusyBox installed. When I go to install BusyBox from the market it shows my phone as being rooted, but when I tap install it gives me a failed message saying my phone isn't NAND unlocked.
How do I do that? Once I get that problem solved, what are the next steps for installing the Z4Mod?

So far I've never installed BusyBox through the market. Just install it with Titanium and it should work fine (click the "Problem ?" button).
Then, I suggest that before doing ANYTHING involving a custom initramfs (like ClockWorkMod), you dump somewhere your mmcblk0p3 partition, in case you want to restore your phone exactly to the same state you got it.
If your not that paranoi, you can skip this part, but as I wrote myself a dozen times here, I forgot it and would be interested also ^^

Ok, thank you for the info. Does Z4Mod cause any problems with this phone? I read in dejanet's signature that the lagfix seems to cause problems. Z4Mod is the lagfix he's talking about right?

bnr32jason said:
Ok, thank you for the info. Does Z4Mod cause any problems with this phone? I read in dejanet's signature that the lagfix seems to cause problems. Z4Mod is the lagfix he's talking about right?
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z4mod is just a rooting app. There's no lagfix. He's probably referring to OCLF which is made by the same developer. It's obsolete now, so do not use it.
About the rom problem, can't you just flash the modem from a Docomo rom after installing the custom rom?

No, z4root is only for rooting, but z4mod is a lagfix application. As far as i know, it will convert your phone system to ext2. However, i scare it will affect the DioDict application in SC-02B, so i haven't tried it yet.

Trojan,if you fear losing diodict,you can still dump your mmcblk0p3 partition.
It is the one containing diodict data.
I would actually be very grateful for an upload of that one (^-^)/
Sent from my SC-02B using XDA App

trojan111 said:
No, z4root is only for rooting, but z4mod is a lagfix application. As far as i know, it will convert your phone system to ext2. However, i scare it will affect the DioDict application in SC-02B, so i haven't tried it yet.
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Opps. Didn't realise there are two apps with similar names.
Still, wouldn't suggest it. EXT2 is unstable.

Hi, bebert218. Actually, i am a noob, i don't know how to do it. Can you tell me how to view the partitions in the internal memory? I suppose DioDict application contains a database file somewhere in the internal memory, but i don't know where and what the file name is. Appreciate if you could give me a hand on it. Thanks.

Custom Kernel and Roms
From reading through the forums it seems custom roms present issues with the either the sim card or modem on the sc-02b. Are custom kernels causing issues as well on this phone?

Yes it is the kernel that causes the problem. I think a couple of us have tried them all.
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disappointing Other than rooting and using Galaxy tuner to do some tweaks there isn't really much else to do. At least the upgrade to omka5 showed much improvement from 2.2

[Q] pls techies help me out I9000 internal sdcard issue

Hi,techies customer brought the fone in restart condition on galaxy s screen with wrong flash.i flashed almost all the firmwares available from samfirmware using odin,with pit and without .pit it gives me the error :
E:cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk01p (no such file or directory)
E:copy_dbdata_media:can't mount SDCARD.
fone starts up normally when flashed with JPJPM but the internal sd caard shows unavailable and cant run any apps and camera.after adb and got the output of
busybox df -h as below.Pls techies sort out this issue as i am not that much familiar with CMD's

I would like to help you, but this is very serious and technically complicated way to solve your problem.
So, first, go to the Google.com, and you have to read all FAQ and help located There
then, if you'll gain enough techie skills, you should buy a small plasma burner, and steel plate, 1.5-2mm thick, 15x20cm.
When you will have this equipment, you can use Google first, asking your question, it should direct you to This thread on XDA here.
And now most complicated thing:
while applying the patch given in this thread, use your plasma burner to cut the sentence: "I will ALWAYS use Google to help myself FIRST"

spamtrash said:
I would like to help you, but this is very serious and technically complicated way to solve your problem.
So, first, go to the Google.com, and you have to read all FAQ and help located There
then, if you'll gain enough techie skills, you should buy a small plasma burner, and steel plate, 1.5-2mm thick, 15x20cm.
When you will have this equipment, you can use Google first, asking your question, it should direct you to This thread on XDA here.
And now most complicated thing:
while applying the patch given in this thread, use your plasma burner to cut the sentence: "I will ALWAYS use Google to help myself FIRST"
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thanks for response,I have applied the patch file very first attempt, googled every post,
resurrected in riff,flashed with nearly dozen firmwares with and without pit at last used EZodin to flash EZboot_gingerbread and froyo as instructed in guides.
I have searched the google already but with no results

Strange, as it would definitely clarify this specific issue...
Have you tried to:
factory reset;
ginger flash with repartition
apply this patch?

spamtrash said:
Strange, as it would definitely clarify this specific issue...
Have you tried to:
factory reset;
ginger flash with repartition
apply this patch?
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Yes i have factory reset numerous times for every flash before and after,flashed with JHJV6 gingerbread,but i can't remember i have applied patch after this GB flash,ok any how i will give a try now and let u know.any how thanks for suggestions.

Hmm.. make sure that ROM contains bootloader too...

Yes offcourse it has the boot.bin file .And for correction it is JPJV6 and not JHJV6 as i mentioned in my previos post.some where in the forum i have found the guide for this and i'll try after i go to office and let u know.
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Found this guide:
Basically like everyone else my SGS (I9000M from Bell) died due to an internal SD error, but in my case I haven't updated the phone since I got it in September 2010 (it had the JG9 firmware). The good thing is I was able to flash it to the stock Froyo 2.2, and I'm currently using it as normal and can access the internal SD without problems.
Summary of steps that most likely fixed the problem:
1. Go into recovery mode and "wipe data/factory reset". If your phone boots (but still have problems accessing the SD card) then it's a good indication that you maybe able to fix it.
2. Flash JL2 (from samfirmware.com) using ODIN. Not sure if this is needed, but you may need to ask ODIN to Re-partition. You still get an error "Can't mount DBDATA", and the phone won't boot. That's ok.
3. Flash the SpeedMod Kernel using ODIN (I used SpeedMod K12J with HZ=256). Your phone should boot into JL2 and the SD card should be accessible again.
At this point your internal SD card is fixed and you should be able to flash whatever you want. Just note that Kies will sometimes not work properly with the SpeedMod installed. In my case I flashed 2.1 (JH2) again (this won't work if you have 2.2 without speedmod kernel), then used Kies to update to 2.2 (JL2).
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so will be back after a try as mine is I9000 international

[Q] P1000 Vodafone UK tab refuses to have anything but Froyo on it. Want ICS!

Guys, I'm new to the site but i have read nearly every xda forum post going for getting the Galaxy Tab P1000 with an ICS rom on it and im out now and cant find a thread relating to what i want to ask.
I have tried everything and even though it will install the tab simply refuses to boot, either get the black screen or stuck on the samsung logo, or boots then immediately reboots, ive tried everything from ODIN gingerbread roms to flashing cyna's and others custom ICS roms using their described methods, I can easily unbrick it now too! . ive tried different SD cards in different formats and buildign in the different zImage kernels to match my p1000.. what i cant seem to find is anyone that has successfully got a tab from Vodafone UK on ICS so any help on this would be beyond appreciative .
please!
Rich.

Quick question, for starters, you sure you have a P1000 and not some of the other ones (P1000N, P1000L...)?
If you do, try to explain the methods step by step you've been using for flashing ROMS.
When I started, I also bricked my Tab a few times before I got it right lol
(I actually bricked my tab flashing CM9 update just 10mins ago XD it's now booting again lol)

Hi Stilm, it says it is a P1000 on the back and on the box, no mention at all of an N or L as i noticed you need different kernels/zImage's for those too so can only presume its definitely just a p1000, i think in fact i did try one just to rule it out. it just seems weird that ive not seen a working UK Voda unit on anything but 2.2 but surely its only the rom thats different not the actual hardware.
first i tried cynagenmods instructions to get his CM9 on it including rooting it with oneclickroot to gain SU access, copy zip to SD Card and could boot to cynas menu to select the zip off the SD but, would say successful then brick it or would fail after a bit way through and say cant mount sd.
i tried a few other methods from other sites too but they all seem largely the same, i also tried renaming the cm9 file name to update.zip and using the update function on the original menu but this still bricked it lol.

About CM9, if it doesn't boot after flashing the ROM, flash a kernel (zImage).

the zImage is built in to the rom though, is it possible to flash just the zimage say through odin?.. because after it fails to boot the only way to get anything on it seems to be through odin or at best through the standard built in recovery?

You can use Heimdall, or tar it and use Odin. Or you can download a nightly.

would it recognise it if i tar it though i thought it had to be in a certain layout/format not just a tar container? i will give nightly a go too!

can anyone tell me why it always says CANT MOUNT /SDCARD/filename.zip installation aborted.?

johnsonra said:
can anyone tell me why it always says CANT MOUNT /SDCARD/filename.zip installation aborted.?
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Hey, froyo and ics are totally different system. It is hard enough to flash a froyo to gingerbread without going through some problems. From my experience flashing gingerbread on froyo, I had to get a new pit file flashed together with the rom using Odin, with repartition checked. Even after that I would get error msgs like E:failed to mount /data or /system etc. I had to push new dbdata.rfs to get it working right.

any luck with getting ICS on though? so many have and its doing my head in now... given im an IT Pro too youd think itd be done by now lol. youre right though about GB thats why im thinking if its down to the actual vendor supplied units, ive not heard yet if other UK Vodafone users have had any success or indeed failure?

Soft brick - no solution??

I live in Brazil and my sister bought this Galaxy I9000 in USA. Installed MIUI with a little bit difficulty, used some stock ROM that forgot which one... And threw MIUI on top. Since everything's was working fine, i deleted the files used. A month ago, the battery ended and shut off automatically. As soon as i could i recharged it and the phone would'nt turn on anymore. Cleared all though CWM (data/cache/Dalvik) and it was usable again. Since i lost all the apps and stuff, decided to update the version of MIUI. It failed and since then i have the /mmcblk0p2 problem when trying to flash any ROM. Tried RiffBox too, but could get nothing to work.
1 - ROM's i have tried (with and without partition): Darky Ress Edition, EZBase, XXJVU, XXJPU, XXJP1, Heimdall, XXJPC, XXJVS
2 - tried using ADB but the eMMC don't remove my partitions so i can't create them manually and it does'nt accept me to create a new one over the older doing /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkfs ext2 either.
3 - tried deleting the partitions using Gparted live with no sucess either
I can enter Recovery and Download mode, change though kernel's, copy the files using CWM Mounts and Storage, just can't delete and copy new files... Including flashing ROM's! The first time i installed MIUI i got the same error, just can't remember which ROM used before installing MIUI. I only remember that i needed to use a specific ROM to boot and then rooting and installing MIUI.
Right now the internal memory seems like uncapable of deleting/writing anything. When using mount in ADB, folders and files are r/w but the next time i reboot it is all over again. If only i could install the ROM in ext sdcard it would be ok...
Posted also on androidforums but still no solution... only ROM that seems to install properly is XXJP1 but it doesn't get pass the bootscreen. When rebooting it doesn't give me any errors, but still locked in bootscreen.
xsenman tried to help me but it stayed the same... Any ideas??

Maybe, maybe...
In a similar situation with a GT-i9000 bought in Europe, I did the following:
1) boot in download mode
2) use Odin and flash Semaphore kernel
3) reboot in recovery mode
4) wipe all data, cache, dalvik cache
5) install CM9 latest nightly build
But be aware that a Galaxy S bought in the USA might not be the i9000, which is the international model but rather a Vibrant, Captivate or another variant (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S#Variants ).
Maybe your problem arises from trying to install something designed for i9000 instead of one of these.

To check your model number goto Settings >> About >> Model Number :: GT-I9000
If you have i9000, it would worth trying this link https://www.fixmystuff.in/FMS_Forum/threads/samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-flashing-to-original-rom.46/
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Sarmate said:
But be aware that a Galaxy S bought in the USA might not be the i9000, which is the international model but rather a Vibrant, Captivate or another variant
Maybe your problem arises from trying to install something designed for i9000 instead of one of these.
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i remember installing MIUI specifically for i9000. I'll try using the ROM's for the variants since i can't boot anyway. One thing i remember is that since the first time i used another ROM it would keep giving me errors until i used one specific that worked.
gopalasubramanium said:
To check your model number goto Settings >> About >> Model Number :: GT-I9000
If you have i9000, it would worth trying this link...
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i can't even turn on my phone... i do recall the model being GT-I9000 but will try other ROMs. When i first turned on the phone it was in russian i guess... Bought in USA from ebay, so it's not so certain where it is really from
oh i saw right now under the battery... it is written GT-I9000 SSN I9000GSMH