Hi I got to ask a Question,
my SGS I9000 had a branding from o2 Germany, I did not know this fact, I thought I had bought a free SGS.
I updated my SGS to the newest Android 2.2 via Kies, it was pretty laggy so I flashed a Custom Rom [Jim Panse v3.1 Rom]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844514
btw a very good rom.
Now I want to flash my SGS back to the original o2 Firmware to restore my SalesCode and to get my Software warranty back.
I have my original EFS Folder, which I saved with Root Explorer before I did the update to Jim Panses Rom.
So my Question is, can I downgrade to my original o2 Firmware and replace the EFS Folder with my original EFS Folder via Root Explorer to restore my Sales Code, is that possible?
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Hi all, I am in somewhat of a confused state right now and hope you can help...
I have one of the first I9000s that O2 shipped here in the UK. My phone reports firmware of PDA/Phone I9000ADJF1 and CSC I9000O2UJF2. As I am in the UK I would have expected this to be one of the I9000XX firmwares and cannot seem to find any reference to the AD firmware anywhere.
Can someone shed any light on what the AD firmware is? Could it be that it is O2 specific and if so, do you think that flashing an XX firmware would cause a problem? I am just a little concerned about flashing this when 2.2 is officially out, hence the questions.
Please forgive my ignorance if the answer is simple, this is my first android phone
Bob
Before you do anything...
PLEASE back up your phones rom and host it online!
there are several of us on this forum who have o2 UK phones and have since upgraded losing our original firmware. If you upgrade and dont back up your original rom you cant send it back for warrenty!
So at least make a backup using odin, or if anyone else knows the way to extract the rom please say now lol.
Other then that I9000ADJF1 is fine for flashing I9000XWJM2 or any of the other european ones. the AD just stands for '02'
Will ROM Backup within ROM Manager do as a backup? I had to Root the phone, then backed up ROM to SD card. I got same ADJF1 Rom.
use clockwork recovery from ROM Manager (from the market) and do a nandroid backup
bommel0815 said:
use clockwork recovery from ROM Manager (from the market) and do a nandroid backup
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Ye. This is what i did. I just wander what it will contain rppted image. I will probably enable to unroot it later. Will all get back to normal(unrooted phone with warranty) then official froyo arrive?
Current firmware version: PDA:JPK / PHONE:JPK / CSC:JPK (KOR)
I uninstalled Kies 2.0.0.11014_49_2 and am now running 1.5.3.10093.82 (no reghacks yet). Obviously neither version of Kies would upgrade the firmware.
I see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787163
Except the phone is not rooted. The phone is an international I9000 from Europe (not sure where as I'm in Asia and I bought it used outside of Europe). I'm assuming it's originally XEU but I don't know (also I see reports that official Kies flash for XEU has changed the CSC to KOR before for other people and as my phone is not rooted, I assume it had to have been an official Kies update that did this).
I've already installed a bunch of apps and stuff on it, in case that complicates anything.
On the phone there is an "nv_data.bin.orig" in the main phone directory (the phone is not rooted, I installed Titanium Backup which confirmed it wasn't).
What can I do? Can I see what CSC is in that nv_data.bin.org? And revert the phone to that, and then run Kies to get 2.2.1?
Thanks for any help!
EDIT: Damn. I opened that file in Notepad and searched for the string "HKD" and found it still said HKDKOR, so I guess this is a backup of the current version which won't help me
I ran the Registry Patcher 1.7 with the previous version of Kies and it still won't let me update the phone. =\
First ROOT THAT THING!!! And backup your efs folder.
Then change your CSC to something properly.
The old 1.5 Kies was reported not working (somehow blocked via Sammy so you have to use the new one). So your only way is spoofing the new one (which I heard didnt work, just showed the new FW didnt allow to install) or to change the CSC.
Couple of things.
First what rom you have?
Kernel?
3 button recovery/download?
Did you apply any lagfix?
Dont do any of this till you reply to my questions!
1. Rooting with super one click root. This should be relatively safe even if you did something stupid before.
2. Backup efs folder so you dont loose your imei , this is kinda crucial as it happens from to time(on what you are about to do) and since you bought in europe you would be literaly f.cked . (after root use sgs tools or toolbox, whatever is in market) and send the backup to your PC, USB, mail wherever is safe, not just your phone.
3. If you dont wanna go custom and keep the stock. Well choose the best CSC you would like what would fit you. and check if it also has already froyo 2.2.1 good page is http://www.samfirmware.com/ (I changed mine which was IRD and changed it to XEU as that having updates sooner) . since I have no idea which rom you have, it might even work with that old code which is in SGS toolbox /tools or you use the automatic one from the thread you posted in the first post, the method wiht the IMEI and code.
Anyway dont forget to answer the questions before you do anything. So you dont end up with a useless brick
I rooted it before I saw your post using the CF-Root then used My Backup Root to backup all the Apps + Data.
I haven't done anything else yet. I just got SGS Toolbox, it says:
code in nv_data.bin
HKDKOR
code in nv_data.bak
HKDO2U
Okay, I backed up the efs folder.
Should I change the CSC with SGSToolbox and will that lose all my apps/data? And then I can use new 2.0 Kies to update to 2.2.1?
Or should I flash with 2.2.1 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12159821&postcount=145
Blackbeard_ said:
Should I change the CSC with SGSToolbox and will that lose all my apps/data? And then I can use new 2.0 Kies to update to 2.2.1?
Or should I flash with 2.2.1 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12159821&postcount=145
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To the loosing, you wrote you did the mybackup thing, so you can use that backup (not on system apps and settings, that might go wrong, but apps, your custom launcher etc)
The changing of CSC (or flashing via Odin I think) or even a rom upgrade is mostly connected with the loosing of everything, even if you dont , a factory reset is recommended so there is no leftover garbage.
So if I was you. I would change my CSC to something nice. Like XEU (or NEE) and then upgrade via Kies. (Not sure NEE might be possible, but you can always try).
But its up to you if you do the ODIN or Kies. Not sure if kies will work and never used odin
Do you know if NEE lets you use English (US) for language?
EDIT: Nevermind!
Post number 17 in that NEE thread where you asked . http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12135204&postcount=17
can someone please point me to a guide on how to flash the galaxy tab from bell back to stock firmware (for warranty reasons) and where i can get the bell firmware from, my build number is FROYO.UGJJ7 BASE BAND VERSION IS P1000MUGJJ7.
post here or pm me this site helped me with my telus milestone (how to flash it back to stock) hope i find the same help for my bell galaxy tab thanks
wow 26 views and still no suggestions i actually learn't how to flash the firmware but now i just need the files for stock bell firmware.
i guess the tab is still too new and the firmware im looking for is not being shared yet
just to give a general idea of how easy it was for me to flash my milestone to whatever fw i like go here to see the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696845 and here to see the roms needed for flashing the milestone http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone
Bell Stock FW
I've made a copy of my Bell Galaxy Tab FW using the Roto Backup technique which you're welcome to try. I haven't try restoring it to my device yet as I *just* got it and am still a little hesitant - so use at your own risk - I will assume no liability for what it does to your device. The image is version JJ7, rooted using z4root (you should just be able to use the same to unroot it), and unlocked using the hex edit technique (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843323 - or specifically, I changed byte 0x181469 from 01 to 00 using a hex editor - so you can just reverse this to lock it again)
I would also consider the alternative of restoring to the JJ3 "Provider Samsung P1000 Firmwares" available on samfirmware.com. After that, upgrade to the most current via Kies. I have not tried this and assume no liability for what this does to your device either.
Let me know if you'd like my Bell image and I'll send you a link to it.
Hi smd2008,
Would you please provide a download link for the 'Bell stock rom'? I need to revert back to stock. Much appreciated!
Hi do you mind if you please send me that bell firmware please thanks
Hi, I'd love to get my hands on a copy of the Bell stock firmware...
warranty issues.... please help!
Roto Backup of Bell Stock ROM
Hi smd2008 or any one,
Could you share your experience with the Roto backup of your Bell stock Rom. I have just tried to do a Roto backup for my Bell SGT ( UGJJ7 ) . When it came to adb pull commands, system returned an error saying the file was not exist.
I have tried both Z4Root and SuperOneClick 1.9.5 to root but both cases showing the same error. I had set the SGT USB to Debugging mode and mounted as R/W with Root Explorer. I used the Command mode in PC then followed the Roto backup scripts. I used the ADB files attached with SuperOneClick download. Occasionally, the connection of the SGT to PC might lost when I entered the -dd command for dbdata.rfs. But I managed to completed all the -dd and tar commands after re-starting the PC. It looks like the files were created but just couldn't find them.
Could any one advise how to correct the problem? Thanks.
Found the cause of problem. It was due to SDcard not mounted.
Could someone please inform how to get the SDcard mounted when using the command mode in PC to do Roto backup.
bell stock firmware
hi
i was wondering if i could get a copy of the firmware as well, for warranty purposes i need to flash my tab back to stock.
thank you
Any hopes to get the stock rom for Bell Froyo?
Hi guys, im new to the sgs, but got some android experience. I was wondering if i can backup the whole ROM/system from my sgs (running 2.2.1 but its kinda branded from my carrier), so that i can flash the latest 2.3.3 or even 2.3.4 with odin and if for any reason i have to take it into warranty, i can reflash (preferably with odin) the stock branded rom that came with my phone. I would really appreciate, if anyone can tell me that, i searched around but couldnt really find this specific question. ive checked the stock ROM thread, and my version is there but im not sure its the branded one, cuz mine says 2011.02 and the one there says december 2010.
As long as you are rooted and have clockwork mod installed you can do a nandroid backup from the recovery menu I believe.
To restore you would have to flash the same base rom though, i.e. any 2.2.1 ROM then let it reboot then root it boot into recovery and restore nandroid backup.
I think that should work.
I'm sure someone wil correct me if I am wrong.
I wish I had done this when I bought by phone from Orange UK branded.
If you find out how to create an odin version please post here for others too.
ok thanks, i flashed the newer version over anyways.. thanks anyways
Is this correct?
Is this correct?
I have the same issue and after having mine sent into samsung for a successful repair (with a bunch of arguing and persuasion) I would like to back up this stock rom before continuing in order to avoid that situation again.
Mines a i9000M (bell version )
You always have to hack the ROM a bit to have a backup. Either you flash a custom kernel that'll give you CWM/nandroid backup or you root the ROM so you can do some adb magic.
There are also tons of stock ROMs floating around the interwebs, so with any luck you can find your own stock there.
Hello! I've been reading a bit and I found that there is an official update for the Galaxy S i9000T via KIES (Same Galaxy as offering Movistar Venezuela) called Gingerbread 2.3.3 (UBJV6). Of course Movistar Venezuela has not released this update or any of Gingerbread, and apparently do not intend to, as they do "crazy" when spoken to update.
My factory firmware is froyo 2.2.1. With the terrible bug in the Gallery and its extreme use of battery.
I read that you can patch the KIES to allow you to make the official update, if I remember correctly this update came out for free i9000T, and Telcel Mexico. With this version there is no problem of losing the 850MHz band of i9000T.
In matters of warranty, I guess to make this update "unofficial" by Movistar, would lose the warranty (My galaxy only has 2 weeks of purchase and I am a newbie / noob on Android ). If I upgraded to Gingerbread KIES patching the registry, there is some way to get back to original froyo of Movistar? if I have a problem that requires the use of warranty.
Thanks in advance
Nobody can help me?
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Ok there are plenty of guides around here but I'll try to help you....
1) Root your device
2) Download Rom Manager from Market and install a recovery from there
3) Do a Nandroid Backup from recovery
4) Make a copy of such backup on your pc
5) Install your firmware
You should not have any problems going back to stock if needed
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