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[Q] Is it possible to flash to semi-stock from CWM?

I'm running Overcome currently. Is it possible to flash to a stock system from Clockworkmod, such that the system I'm running is stock?
I don't need the tablet itself to be bone stock, but I'd just like to switch back to the stock system, with none of the Overcome modifications.
Ideally, I'd love to be able to keep Clockworkmod and still use Clockworkmod to flash modified kernels. Even more ideally, being able to stay on ext4 would be great.
The reason I ask is I've been seeing some weird bugs lately, mainly with my AT&T wireless account mysteriously breaking down and not working until I reselect the APN and reboot, as well as 30 second hanging on boot, and I'd like to try stock again to see if those problems go away.

I think you can apply Clockworkmod afterwards, if you have already successfully applied Overcome. This means that you have Odin ready on your PC, drivers for USB ready and your tablet is rooted.
I applied stock_safe ROM included in Odin package to fix my freezing tablet. Lost CWM, but right now I am looking how to apply it separately of Overcome.
edit: I think I have just found it on the market, you have free and premium version. I think this guy deserves free coffee, so let's buy premium.

For my at&t tab i use JQ1, which is stock gingerbread, then i applied the CF-Root v3.3 to have root and CWM. Then I flashed Dip7 kernel for speed improvements.
I was having the lag issue too so I reverted to this set up, and I really like it.
As for the connection issue, you have your apn correct, but remind me what modem you have? Maybe an experiment is in order.

rangercaptain said:
For my at&t tab i use JQ1, which is stock gingerbread, then i applied the CF-Root v3.3 to have root and CWM. Then I flashed Dip7 kernel for speed improvements.
I was having the lag issue too so I reverted to this set up, and I really like it.
As for the connection issue, you have your apn correct, but remind me what modem you have? Maybe an experiment is in order.
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Okay, so I can flash to Overcome's stock safe (which will change me back off of ext4), and then using Odin flash one of the stock firmwares, and then apply CF-Root to get root/CWM. Does that sounds right?
It's actually pretty disappointing that AT&T still hasn't released or even announced its own Gingerbread update yet, which I hadn't realized while typing this, since I had really wanted to flash back to stock to fix the AT&T connection issue, but it may still work on other firmwares. Going back to Froyo seems like too much of a step backwards.
I'm currently on the KM2 modem. What do you recommend?

Flash stock safe then flash CF root, overcome kernel (only kernel), or Koxudaxi or dip7 or whatever pleases you then flash the modem that works best for you.

[Q] GB and t mobile

Hi, so last night i tried to put gingerbread and serendipity on my friends captivate thats unlocked to tmobile.
All the odin package to install the bootloader and gb went well but when i flashed the kernal it just messed the functionality of the phone up and i had to odin back to stock.
He is on eclair still. I was told that it should work with tmobile. I dont have to put serendipity on but as an end result he does want gb rooted. So...is there any tmobile happy roms available that will get my gb rooted?
thanks in advance

all great roms here are "t mobile happy". What exactly went wrong in the process?

Any rom will work, as long as the phone is unlocked. I assume you already know that the cappy will be missing one of the bands for Tmo.

ok, so all went smooth at first using odin to flash the bootloader and stock gingerbread. Next I went and used odin to flash the kernal and it installed properly and even showed up right in the settings as the right kernal.
After reboot these were the problems i encountered:
- home button didnt work at all
-when making a call and hitting send, the phone would turn off
-no data - no market or web connectivity
- other little things
the stock gingerbread was working fine after the first flash. can i flash any kernal to root or just retry the same one?
thanks

Sounds like you installed a i9000 rom. Double check your rom source.

on the splash screen it said i9000 but i thought it was just ported over or something. but i got it from the captivate page... uggh im lost if thats the case

Emergency Help Needed. Bricked?

Ok I decided to root my phone. Now all hell has broken loose.
I had a working xxjvr working on my phone. All was well. So I decided to root the phone as per all the hype.
Following instructions to the letter, I proceeded. It failed. Some error message. I restarted the whole procedure and same thing. Now I get a little PC connection icon.
Toiok out battery. Managed to get into download mode, I think that is a good thing at least, and Reflashed the phone. Now it gets stuck at firmware update start. boot.bin and just hangs. No progress. Ive retried this 3x.
HELP I hope its not bricked now all cause of a damn root attempt.
I can get into download mode but NOT recovery mode. I thought I could at least clear the cache but attempting recovery mode and the yellow exclamation connction to pc just flashes back.

As long as you can go to the download mode, you have no brick. Just flash the stock JVQ (not the KIES variant) with PIT + repartition.
Edit: Can't find the thread, but the link was
http://www.multiupload.com/20DJFPXKL3
Edit2: A good, non-overloaded root kernel for JVQ is here (and on the next page for JVR also):
http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/samsu...36-kernel_ohne_schickschnack.html#post1580443
(Post #19) I use it with no issues and misbehaviour so far. After download, just rename the file from .tar.zip to .tar and flash it with odin.
I personally use JVQ + this kernel + JVR modem, cause GPS fix is much better with the JVR modem.

Ok Finally after 8 attempts it went through. One of the attempts was a locked green screen. Ugh.
Now im freaked about rooting the phone despite all the hype and i wanted to apply the lagfix.
So now the one that worked is xxjvr. Perhaps I should just leave it. Any otherway to fix the lag other than rooting the phone? Im very apprehensive of rooting now.

You may find your Bootloader is messed up i have had this on loads of Gingerbread phones.
To Fix you need a Three file flash to Froyo with repartion ticked JPO Or JPU will do then Flash JPY then Flash 2.3.4 JVQ again this puts the Gingerbread bootloader back on
I flash JPY then let Kies do the rest Yes i no!!!! Kies But i no then i have a stock Bootloader on.
Flashing Froyo removes the bootloader and puts the old froyo bootloader back on also removes root as well
Make sure the first Gingerbread Rom is stock not a Light version
Then your ready to start all over again
Oh and Buy a Jig from ebay safer to have one then not

Yes, flashing JVR reportedly may run into this. Read this here and in the other forum. Never had this with JVQ or any other firmware. I went back to JVQ.
And even if you see this little PC connection icon, nothing is lost. This normally appears, when ODIN initiated flashing, but did not finish.
Edit: just read this after i posted:
then Flash 2.3.3 JVQ again
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This is confusing:
JVO is 2.3.3
JVQ is 2.3.4
just to make this clear
EditEdit: OK, you edited your post... now it says
then Flash 2.3.3 JVO again
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SnoopyDog said:
Yes, flashing JVR reportedly may run into this. Read this here and in the other forum. Never had this with JVQ or any other firmware. I went back to JVQ.
And even if you see this little PC connection icon, nothing is lost. This normally appears, when ODIN initiated flashing, but did not finish.
Edit: just read this after i posted:
This is confusing:
JVO is 2.3.3
JVQ is 2.3.4
just to make this clear
EditEdit: OK, you edited your post... now it says
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Fixed sorry for confusion to much Beer last night

Hehe, no problem

Sounds like you are all suggesting i go and flash back to JVQ. Can a flash be done at same time while rooting the phone in the process?
Otherwise Ill jusst keep it simple.
Right now everything is working JVR but there is noticeable lag whereas before lag wouldnt occur until months of usage.
Albeit the Quadrant standard benchmark yields me 1381 which isnt bad for a stock rom.

Hightower68 said:
Sounds like you are all suggesting i go and flash back to JVQ. Can a flash be done at same time while rooting the phone in the process?
Otherwise Ill jusst keep it simple.
Right now everything is working JVR but there is noticeable lag whereas before lag wouldnt occur until months of usage.
Albeit the Quadrant standard benchmark yields me 1381 which isnt bad for a stock rom.
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I would first take it to stock first you can flash Darkeys resurrection edition After JVO That Routs for you Puts CWM on as well I put this on if a customer wants his phone setting up for a custom rom Its painless through odin
Its just the Gingerbread bootloader its a pain
And its a Case of Rolling it back to go forward again make sure you charge your battery up to 100% to avoid and battery glitches later

[Q] Keep getting "Unregistered device" while updating to Gingerbread

Okay, so I did a factory reset, no custom roms, only had official Froyo and Speedmod kernel. I also unrooted. Why do I keep getting "Unregistered device" from Kies Mini? Maybe it's because my Baseband version on "About Phone" shows "I9000UGJK4"? Or is it maybe that their servers are being bombarded by Cappy users updating their phones? Any help is greatly appreciated.

If you have flashed a custom ROM before, it won't work. Just wait on a Odin/Heimdall one click!
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

aicirt17 said:
Okay, so I did a factory reset, no custom roms, only had official Froyo and Speedmod kernel. I also unrooted. Why do I keep getting "Unregistered device" from Kies Mini? Maybe it's because my Baseband version on "About Phone" shows "I9000UGJK4"? Or is it maybe that their servers are being bombarded by Cappy users updating their phones? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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This worked for me, I tried this morning, I had the same issue while on CM9 ICS.

As mentioned flashing any rom your device's I'd might change. I've never had my imei change but read enough ppl to know it happens.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using Tapatalk

I don't know if this matters, but I've never installed a custom ROM, only a custom modem and kernel. Would that change the IMEI?

Have you messed with unlocking it?
Sent from my ICS powered i897

I'm pretty sure kies mini will detect kernel changes. I had stock froyo with a flashed kernel and it wouldn't let me update. I flashed everything back to stock, but was still rooted, and it still wouldn't let me update. I ended up doing a full flash back to stock kb2 and it finally let me upgrade.
I wonder if I flashed the stock kernel and unrooted if it would have worked. At the time I was too lazy to browse for everything and already had the heimdall package downloaded.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

If your "About Phone" shows anything other than SGH_I897 kies mini will not recognize your device. I was running andromeda , wouldn't see it so I went back to stock, oneclicked jf6. After that kies immediatley recognized it. I probably didn't have to go back to jf6 but, I had nothing better to do for that next hour. If you do go back to jf6 you will have to kies mini twice to get GB, first time it will install froyo, when it's done close kies, unplug re-open kies, re-plug your phone kies will show update again, click and sit back and wait for it to finish. ...you now have GB.

Thank you all for your help. I finally got it. I ended up RE-flashing back to stock using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Turns out that I did in fact have a custom modem and custom kernel, and when I flashed back to stock the first time (I used Clockwork Recovery), it didn't put back the original modem and kernel, thus making Kies Mini not recognizing my phone. So, after RE-flashing the ORIGINAL OFFICIAL Froy update using the above link, everything went smooth fronm there. Hope this helps somebody.

i9000M Soft keys not working after fw update

So I was trying to root my i9000m and I read a forum post that advised me to update the soft key fw before doing so... little did I know I was on a custom fw already so it broke my soft key functionality. I've read a few posts that have instructions to fix the problem, by rooting the stock fw for the model and updating soft key fw before rooting again. problem is my phone was originally on FROYO and I can't locate the original file anywhere. can anybody point me to a file dl for the stock fw, or maybe someone has the file on their computer they would be willing to share? it's a bit frustrating not having the keys to go back, and i can't use certain apps due to not having a menu key..

If you don't find what you are looking for, try updating to a custom ROM that includes a Navigation Bar, as shown in the attached pic.
What's the ROM in the screenshot?
It's SlimBean 3.1 = Jelly Bean 4.1.2
With this ROM you can have up to 5 soft keys in the Navigation Bar.
This way you could care less about the phone's soft keys.

There are sites such as this one where you can find official Samsung roms
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9000M&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware
If you did manage to root your phone, you could also try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832638

Thanks nyloncrack, I didn't know that there were roms that included a nav bar! I will try that, and Marshian I've gotten the firmwares from sammobile but apparently my original firmware for the i9000m (Canada) was 2.2.1, which I have found, but apparently not found the proper version of the rom that came stock with my phone. I believe it was 2.2.1 froyo. I am currently running 2.2.1 froyo.xwjsd which seems to not be the correct version.

There's a thread here with a couple of roms for the I9000m, other than that I'm afraid I can't really be of any use to you. Good luck though!

Marshian said:
There's a thread here with a couple of roms for the I9000m, other than that I'm afraid I can't really be of any use to you. Good luck though!
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I got the jl2 rom and reflashed and it worked! I downloaded UGJL2/UGJL2/BMCJL2/Sbl (MultiCSC): reflashed with pda, phone, and csc checked and then updated the touchkey firmware and voila! I got them from the same link you posted, just before you posted it, bang on Marshian!
It was actually really simple once I wrapped my head around it, now I just need to update to a newer, faster custom rom! now let's see if I can't get this rooted and unlocked again without messing it up . any suggestions for a good, bug free rom? I haven't looked into it too much yet but i hear ice cream sandwich and jellybean are recommended for my device?

trickassfoo said:
I got the jl2 rom and reflashed and it worked! I downloaded UGJL2/UGJL2/BMCJL2/Sbl (MultiCSC): reflashed with pda, phone, and csc checked and then updated the touchkey firmware and voila! I got them from the same link you posted, just before you posted it, bang on Marshian!
It was actually really simple once I wrapped my head around it, now I just need to update to a newer, faster custom rom! now let's see if I can't get this rooted and unlocked again without messing it up . any suggestions for a good, bug free rom? I haven't looked into it too much yet but i hear ice cream sandwich and jellybean are recommended for my device?
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Good to hear!
I've got the I9001 so I don't really know what kind of roms are available for you, but in my experience for my own phone ICS is currently the best trade-off in features and stability. JB is still quite new and not fully ported yet, while ICS is nearly bug-free. It could be different for your model, that's just my two cents. Either way, as long as you don't brick your phone you could always try out a couple of roms and see what you like best. The only downside is changing a major version requires a full wipe.

I used this to go from gb to ics.
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
This way your i9000m becomes a i9000 for searching out new ROMs.
For whichever ROMs (ICS or JB) you'll always need to flash the KG3 modem.

nyloncrack said:
I used this to go from gb to ics.
[HOWTO] Flashing CWRecovery to i9000m & upgrade to ICS AOSP 4.x ROM from any version
This way your i9000m becomes a i9000 for searching out new ROMs.
For whichever ROMs (ICS or JB) you'll always need to flash the KG3 modem.
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I've tried using that guide before but the JVP link is invalid. i did a quick google search am i just looking for Gingerbread? because I have a file already on my computer titled "CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVP-v3.7-CWM3RFS.tar"

Yes, that will work.
Looking at my notes from back then I actually also used:
CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVT-v4.3-CWM3RFS, and
CF-Root-XX-_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS
They were just later versions of GB.
JVU was Samsung's appeasement to i9000 users when they were told ICS wasn't coming. Had a couple of ICS features; window dressing.

Remember to make a full backup before touching anything this time

I've been trying for hours but I cannot for the life of me get windows to recognize the device in download mode. It was working fine until i updated the rom, then intermittently, then i updated the rom again and it has stopped working. i've uninstalled the drivers, tried with debugging on and off, restarted windows, installed the newest version of kies, bought a new usb cable, to no avail. this is maddening. is there a better alternative to do this on my mac? I'm using a virtual system running windows but I'm positive that isn't the problem, since it was working great before on vmware, and parallels. any ideas? I'm about a half hour away from selling this device and going back to the iphone haha.
so basically my question now is how do I downgrade back to the original firmware, so I can put this nightmare behind me? I had it unlocked and rooted on gingerbread before... don't ask me how it took many many hours. now the device isn't even being recognized in kies. If I don't get this figured out soon i'm flipping this b*tch for an iphone 4, because I do appreciate the one touch jb/unlock. I've literally wasted days of my life trying to figure this out and it doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere. too bad because I really appreciate the android system and all its capabilities but I don't have the time to waste on stuff like this
Another Edit! So, after fussing and fiddling, I decided to try one more time, I swear, I was actually going to give up at this point if it hadn't worked. so basically I removed kies, loaded the driver i was using, which was 1.3.450.0 and it didn't work, so I loaded 1.5.5.0 and it connected! My guess is that after updating the rom the driver was outdated, but I figured kies would give me the most up to date driver, seems it didn't oh well, I'm almost afraid to load ics since I've worked so hard and wasted so much time up to this point, but i've come this far...
one more edit, the kg3 modem kept crashing odin on me so I had to stick with the jl2 that was flashed earlier.. which doesn't give me network access, I'll try to find another file but is there any reason odin should be crashing like that due to this particular file?
hahaha, shouldn't speak too soon, jl2 works after reboot, should I update my modem firmware now, and what is recommended for my system {2.3.4} kernel {2.6.35.7} and if i flash to ics will I need kg3? Thanks for all the help with this seemingly never ending process