So my mom is using my "old" Captivate. When she was on the beta version of Android 2.2, the data and cell connection kept turning off and she would have to restart the phone in order for it to work again.
I updated the phone by flashing Android 2.3.5 (I897 UC KK1). It was working totally fine and then it started to have the same issues as before.
I was wondering if anyone could be kind and help out.
If a new modem needs to be flashed, how do I do that?
As of now, there is NO root on my mom's phone since she doesn't care about that stuff.
All help is much appreciated!
PLEASE? Someone has to know......
You can try other modems. You need CWM to do that. Flash a kernel with CWM and then flash from the huge list of modems that can be found at Oxicottin's thread
I believe you could also extract the modem.bin from those zip files. You could then place that modem.bin in the PHONE slot within ODIN and just flash the modem itself without ever changing the kernel.
Please someone correct me if I am leading him wrong. This would require him to only flash with ODIN once and still keep his stock kernel.
You are right that can be done as well.
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You are right that can be done as well.
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It's been so long since I did it that way I was trying to remember if I was correct. I've been spoiled by all the DEVS making CWM packages.
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Hi guys, not sure if this is the right section. I attempted to flash my Bell Galaxy S with the [ROM] Bionix 1.9 - JI6 OTA Build - Oops I did it again *10/14/10* and basically it installed no problem, but once it did my phone would no longer connect to the network at all. No voice or data connection just sat on searching. I restored from my nandriod backup and to my horror, still no network connection (voice or data), wifi and everything else worked fine. I ended up doing a lot of reading and staying up until 8AM to get everything fixed, felt a little stupid once i knew how-to fix it.
But now to my question, if i want to flash one of the roms, is there any special procedure that i need to follow to not loose my cell network? Any help would be fantastic
LOL... Thats sux's anyways you can't flash that rom. its not for your phone you have a GT-I9000... that rom you have flashed is for the SGH-T959.... You will need to download Odin 1.3 and flash back the whole JH2 firmware to get your radio files back. or download any rom from the i9000 forums and flash it.. but the only way to get 850mhz back is to flash to the stock JH2 firmware. unless you know what your doing and know how to flash just the radio files. you can also try kies with a reg hack to flash different firmwares.. just look around in the i9000 forums..
Go to samsung-firmwares.com and download the JH2 firmware then flash it back. Tmobile Vibrant is different from the i9000x line of phones.
I think you guys misunderstood, I have fixed it already using ODIN. I was just wondering what was flashable without breaking my radio.
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I think you guys misunderstood, I have fixed it already using ODIN. I was just wondering what was flashable without breaking my radio.
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I think they answered your question when they told you not to flash a rom that isn't meant for your device
how did u get it back i have the same problem with my samsung epic,can u help
I have successfully installed the Roto/JMI v2 Rom on my Verizon Galaxy Tab.
It seems to work, but somehow I lost my modem. Where can I find the CSC/Phone firmware to reflash using Heimdall?
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I have successfully installed the Roto/JMI v2 Rom on my Verizon Galaxy Tab.
It seems to work, but somehow I lost my modem. Where can I find the CSC/Phone firmware to reflash using Heimdall?
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did you roto back first before anything?
Here is the modem.bin file extracted from my Verizon GTab. It worked to fix my modem when I mistakenly placed the zImage file in modem slot for Heimdall.
Used 7z to compress. Just uncompress and use Heimdall to update.
Let me know if this works for you...
when I use that modem.bin, heimdall with go to install it then sit at 100% but doesn't actually install it. It locks up, when I restart I get the phone exclamation mark computer error picture.
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when I use that modem.bin, heimdall with go to install it then sit at 100% but doesn't actually install it. It locks up, when I restart I get the phone exclamation mark computer error picture.
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Hmm, that shouldn't happen. How long did you wait? Heimdall will wait quite some time (sometimes 5 minutes or more) for the phone to respond. If the phone doesn't respond in this time then you should see an error message.
Anyway if the modem flash did actually make it to 100% then you should be able to use the command line tool directly to just get rid of the phone exclamation screen:
heimdall close-pc-screen
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Thanks for your response. I ended up re-flashing the Stock Firmware, and it worked.
I appreciate your help.
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Thanks for your response. I ended up re-flashing the Stock Firmware, and it worked.
I appreciate your help.
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Golden422 - How did you do this, what files did you use?
I have the exact same problem you were having, no luck for me.
I still stuck on airplane mode with no GPS.
If it means anything, under "About device" I have unknown Baseband and Hardware versions.
Thanks in advance.
Needed modem for Verizon Galaxy Tab
Please, help me found modem for Verizon Galaxy Tab (I800).
Yesterday I'm flashed over Odin Sprint modem (EA24), and now my Verizon Galaxy Tab dont work with mobile network.
May be anyone have some ideas for fix it another way?
P.S. Modem that attached in post #3 not fix my problem
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Please, help me found modem for Verizon Galaxy Tab (I800).
Yesterday I'm flashed over Odin Sprint modem (EA24), and now my Verizon Galaxy Tab dont work with mobile network.
May be anyone have some ideas for fix it another way?
P.S. Modem that attached in post #3 not fix my problem
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Same. I have no 3G network. I am also stuck at the 100% loading screen. Help would be awesome.
You guys should check out the Gingerbread leak for VZW that Oldmacnut posted in the development section. It's a full stock GB rom. Otherwise I'd recommend his Better Than Life rom. The stock GB should get you back up and running, then you can figure out what you want to do from there. There's also a stock Froyo rom floating around here for the VZW tabs as well. The Sprint rom breaks the VZW tab's 3g, known issue. You always want to try and get the stock rom for your specific tab.
The Sprint install breaks my modem? How unfortunate. Anyway how do I put a band-aid on it to fix it? Lol
Hope I don't have to send it back to get it fixed...
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You guys should check out the Gingerbread leak for VZW that Oldmacnut posted in the development section. It's a full stock GB rom. Otherwise I'd recommend his Better Than Life rom. The stock GB should get you back up and running, then you can figure out what you want to do from there. There's also a stock Froyo rom floating around here for the VZW tabs as well. The Sprint rom breaks the VZW tab's 3g, known issue. You always want to try and get the stock rom for your specific tab.
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Oldmacnut is my hero! Love the GB release too.
I have a Bell SGS, GT-I9000m. I'm considering installing hardcore kernel only, i.e. no custom ROM. If later I want to revert to the stock kernel, how would I do that?
Thanks for your help.
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I'm not quite sure if it is possible with the stock-kernel but if you can make a full backup (like with CWM) you could restore it later. But why do you want to get back to stock-kernel?
If the backup-possibility does not work you have to find the stock-kernel for downloading and flash it via Odin or you have to flash the whole stock-ROM with Odin.
Thanks for your answer. I can't make a Nandroid backup while I'm on stock (because I can't install CWM recovery because I'm on 3e stock recovery, not 2e)
I'm not sure why I would want to go back to stock... Maybe something goes terribly wrong? I guess I just wanted to know if it was possible.
Last question: when you say I would have to find the stock kernel, is that just Google, or are there sites/repositories out there for this sort of thing?
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I should add, the site/repo question is for kernels and stock ROMs...
Thanks.
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I'm not sure why I would want to go back to stock... Maybe something goes terribly wrong?
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Well, then just flash the whole stock-ROM and flash it (look at samnfirmware.com for firmwares).
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Last question: when you say I would have to find the stock kernel, is that just Google, or are there sites/repositories out there for this sort of thing?
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Don't know if you'll find it anywhere cause nobody needs it.
Possible scenario
Alright, thanks for your help. I guess the one scenario that is bothering me is as follows:
1) Bell - FINALLY - releases their official Gingerbread update.
2) I've installed Hardcore kernel, which according to - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756 - "works on all 2.2 and 2.2.1 ROMs".
3) Would I be able to install the Bell Gingerbread update with Hardcore kernel?
This is why I keep asking how I would revert from Hardcore because I obviously don't want to lock myself out of Bell updates forever.
It doesn't matter which kernel you are using when you are flashing with Odin. And Bell releases the updates later than Samsung, so you'd have the advantage of getting updates earlier with a 'free' firmware.
One solution to flash back the stock kernel is to extract the zImage (the kernel) from the stock rom and flash that with Odin or Heimdall.
But as far as I know having a custom kernel would not cause problems with installing a stock upgrade.
Done
I've installed Hardcore's kernel. Everything seems to be working fine, phone started up and picked up service.
I booted into recovery, enabled lagfix, turned on all of the recommended tweaks and then ran the Quadrant Standard. Things seem a bit faster, so I guess it's all good.
Next step, Darky's 10.1.
Thanks for your help, everyone.
One more question:
I did a Nandroid backup of everything (so data, dbdata, cache AND system). The restore option says "Be careful!". What's up with that? I mean, what's the caveat?
Thanks.
I've already made some NANDROID-backups, but never seen 'Be careful!'.
If the backup was succesful I wouldn't care about that.
*sigh*, I hate to keep adding questions on to this thread, but I must.
After installing the hardcore kernel and enabling tweaks and lagfix, I'm running into exactly this problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851970
My phone was extremely hot for a while, then I got a warning indicating that my internal phone storage was running low, etc.
Eventually, I found this file (/data/local/tsprsp) to be the culprit. I deleted it and rebooted and now my phone is fine. However, vibration just doesn't work at all!
Any ideas? Has anyone else run into this problem?
I was told that if you do a 'full' backup, in some cases restoration will fail with some error. But it depends on the version of the ROM you are using.
That is the reason why it is recommended to backup only data and if you want to restore, then first reflash your rom, then restore the data.
Thanks, zsori. That explains the "Be careful!".
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After trying MIUI, a stock ROM will never touch my SGS again.
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After trying MIUI, a stock ROM will never touch my SGS again.
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you will have to flash back a stock rom via odin if anything wrong happen during the flashing of custom roms, although chances are low if you follow the instructions carefully.
good luck and have fun flashing custom roms!
Which Gingerbread?
So I'm continuing my quest to learn more about all of this custom ROM flashing stuff. And I wanted to get gingerbread on my phone... So I figured I'd just get an image from samfirmware.com and flash it. But then, I went here (because I was also interested in Darky's 10.1 so I was reading their guide): http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-darkyrom-gingerbread-jvh-noob-friendly.3080/
It says that flashing "Ficeto_JVH_I9000_Odin" will get me a stock Gingerbread. My question: what's the difference between flashing an image from samfirmware.com or flashing "Ficeto_JVH_I9000_Odin"? How do I know which to pick?
In all my browsing/reading, I realize that there are 3 "separate" parts: kernel, modem and then the "ROM". Ideally, I want to keep my modem as is... What does that correspond to in Odin? I've tried to find what "PIT", "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" represent in Odin, but I'm not sure I got it right. PIT = Kernel? PHONE = modem?
And finally, how do I know if a particular kernel is compatible with a particular ROM?
Sorry, I know there are lots of questions there. But please help clearing up a n00b's confusion. Thanks.
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So I'm continuing my quest to learn more about all of this custom ROM flashing stuff. And I wanted to get gingerbread on my phone... So I figured I'd just get an image from samfirmware.com and flash it. But then, I went here (because I was also interested in Darky's 10.1 so I was reading their guide): http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-darkyrom-gingerbread-jvh-noob-friendly.3080/
It says that flashing "Ficeto_JVH_I9000_Odin" will get me a stock Gingerbread. My question: what's the difference between flashing an image from samfirmware.com or flashing "Ficeto_JVH_I9000_Odin"? How do I know which to pick?
In all my browsing/reading, I realize that there are 3 "separate" parts: kernel, modem and then the "ROM". Ideally, I want to keep my modem as is... What does that correspond to in Odin? I've tried to find what "PIT", "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" represent in Odin, but I'm not sure I got it right. PIT = Kernel? PHONE = modem?
And finally, how do I know if a particular kernel is compatible with a particular ROM?
Sorry, I know there are lots of questions there. But please help clearing up a n00b's confusion. Thanks.
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you got it wrong.
PIT is for mapping the partitioning of the phone. In most cases you should only use 512 pit file. and only use it when you want to wipe the phone.
the three parts is "pda" (which is the rom), "phone" (which is the modem), and "csc" (which is the carrier customization and apns)
the kernel is in the part of pda (the rom)
check the thread in xda of the kernel to see if its a gingerbread kernel or froyo kernel.
hope this clear things up
Yes, that helps. That's really good to know. So now, in Darky's guide to flashing Flash Ficeto_JVH_Odin, I see that only PIT and PDA are specified. This is reassuring, knowing that the modem and carrier stuff isn't touched.
Many thanks.
There are firmwares with three parts (Phone, PDA, CSC, including bootloader) and with only one part (PDA, no bootloader(?)). The one-part-FW is just an 'update', the one with three parts an 'upgrade'.
I have a 7" tab that was given to me by work, for work. I use is mostly for the 3g hotspot, but I've noticed that the internet lags pretty badly. It constantly hangs, and freezes up. I have a samsung fascinate that I'm running miui on, and when tethered to it the internet runs great. I'm wondering if this is a radio issue on the tab, or if I maybe need to flash another kernel to fix the lag that I am experiencing with the stock software. I don't want to flash any roms, as I don't really use the tab for anything other than as a 3g hotspot. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, I see that there is an EC011 modem available. Is that compatible with the stock froyo, or is the stock froyo the issue? I'm starting to think that the modem isn't the issue, and I'm going to need to flash GB or a custom froyo rom to fix the issue. Anybody else have this issue besides me?
So.....I've decided to flash the 2.3.4 leak. It's my first time using heimdall, so I want to make sure I have the method straight and have all of the items i need. I just need to unzip the file, then select the appropriate files. Then, I need to select a modem and recovery. Do I use the zImage for the kernel and the recovery, and is the EC011 modem compatible with the gb leak? Any help before I mess something up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
the modem (which you call a radio) should have little to no impact on the rom itself.
most kernels should have the recovery built into the zImage file, so only put it in the zimage slot in heimdall. Only put something in recovery if there is an actual recovery file in the tar you have extracted.
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the modem (which you call a radio) should have little to no impact on the rom itself.
most kernels should have the recovery built into the zImage file, so only put it in the zimage slot in heimdall. Only put something in recovery if there is an actual recovery file in the tar you have extracted.
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Yeah...I was at work, and got my terms mixed up. I ended up flashing the stock gb leak with heimdall, then flashed the modem.....soft bricked it somehow, then reflashed the rom. All came up well, but the 3g hotspot was still slow and buggy. I decided to try barnacle wifi, which I use on my phone, and that solved all of my issues i was having. I'm guessing the 3g hotspot verizon app is just flawed. After installing barnacle, I ran a few speed tests. I consistently hit 2.5mbps down with almost a meg up. With the 3g hotspot app I hit 300-400k down, and 500-600k up.
I'm in no way new to Android been around since the g1 era. I basically need help with installing a rom on my T-Mobile gtab. I've had my tab for over a year and I finally decided to root it last week. The problem I'm having is trying to load a custom rom onto it. Is there another way other than Odin that can be used or can I just download the roms and go straight to cwm and flash?
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I have tried to do this several times in my own and my desktop will not let me extract the files that I need to do this on my own... just wanted to know if there was another way to put a from on my tab! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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king870 said:
I have tried to do this several times in my own and my desktop will not let me extract the files that I need to do this on my own... just wanted to know if there was another way to put a from on my tab! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Yes you can install ROM from CWM, depends on which ROM you try to flash. Just find all the ROM at the Development section and choose the files with .zip. They usually are flashable from CWM.
for example, this rom is for GSM and are flashable through CWM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497872
or if you are ready from ICSm you can also try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385153
Those provide .tar usually flashable with ODIN.
If you decide flashing using ODIN, you have to make sure that you connect you G-tab to Samsung Kies first before trying to use ODIN. (To make sure you have the correct Samsung Driver installed to your usb port connection).
I hope that helps. Please make a note, if you are upgrading from FROYO to Gingerbread, you probably need to flash new PIT file, and probably datadb.rfs as well. These files, I'll recommend to flash them using ODIN.
Good luck, and be careful not to soft-brick your G-Tab.
Since you have T-mobile tab like me,
I think your best bet will be going to Overcome ROM thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317384
Re-stock to Stock Safe 5 and then flash their kernel (all via Odin).
And from there you can CWM flash almost any ROM
Overcome website has broken images.
You can check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20974872&postcount=681
I just wanted to tell you guys thanks for the help...I'm running AOKP at the moment!
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