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[Q] How to update my phone's firmware?

Hi there guys. As you probably noticed,i'm new here,so pardon me if my question sounds noobish at the time,but I promise I'll learn from you guys! Thanks!
So,the question's simple. How do I update my phone's firmware? Don't wanna brick or possibly damage my phone here,as I just bought a couple of days ago. So,is there any risk to update the phone's firmware? Thanks bros!

Have you use search features before asking this question?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111771

Yeah,saw that already,but it seems to convoluted for me. I need a one-to-one kinda reply. Honestly,I didn't understand anything that was written on that page. So,could please someone clarify it in a more simple,noobish,way?
Thanks bro!

pdf guides are included in the kit. just follow them

either you can use KDZ or R&D for the official
or flash any custom ROM with CWM
(the tutor is already out there)
and the risk ? bootloop or brick maybe

Thanks bros! And another thing,what are custom ROMs? I keep hearing about it like Cyanogen? What's the upside for using it?

Laier94 said:
Thanks bros! And another thing,what are custom ROMs? I keep hearing about it like Cyanogen? What's the upside for using it?
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Custom roms in simple terms are unofficial versions of the o/s modified or "cooked" by people who want to add or remove certain features or performance tweaks. The upside is you can find a ROM that suits your usage and aesthetic preferences. For more info read through some ROM threads and compare their features.
However there is always a chance something could go wrong even if you know what you are doing. So my advice would be to read and re read the instructions from rooting to flashing radios to flashing roms and look up the termanology until you think you understand and then read it all again. There are some good guides around that can givevyou the basics.
Otherwise you can wait until your carrier releases a official update.
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Thanks for clarifying bros!
And another thing,I just saw this vid at Youtube.
It's called "How To Install CyanogenMod 7 On Your Android Device"
I can't post the link here because im still new,haha!
Is it really that easy to install Cyanogenmod on your phone? But your phone have to be rooted first,right?
I saw the list with the firmware from various countries,but not mine,Malaysia. How do I solve this? I'm still suck with V10-a,which i think is the oldest firmware for OB.
Also,what are these baseband,kernel and build number thingies? Anything important? Thanks! Really starting to get interested in these things!

I think the following is related to malayians so you have to use an indonesian firmware :
http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/tool_mode_country_check.jsp?model=LGP970&country=MY
- you can flash firmwares anytime whatever the situation
- to flash a ROM (cyanogen, nova...) you need the custom recovery mod called ClockworkMod alias CWM (available on the market via ROM Manager app, or my kit)
- and for CWM, root access is needed
once phone is rooted and CWM installed, phone potential is extended to the infinite. you can then install a lot of useful apps of more and customize your phone.
I think the general goal of all of that, is to optimize and extend possibilities as far as possible and then you'll be able to say that you "truly own" your phone

Thanks for clearing that up bro. BTW,would you recommend me using Gingerbreak to root my phone? Since i'm using an older firmware,it should be ok,right?

no problem, blackjack should do it too. do as your feeling

Ilko said:
no problem, blackjack should do it too. do as your feeling
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Thanks bro! Anyway,anything else I should know and do before I root my phone? Like should I do a factory reset,battery level 100% or something?

2 steps : root, flash recovery.
know that you'll have to use an app to boot into recovery (ROM manager, anreboot, ezboot...) take a look at my thread for more infos

Ilko said:
2 steps : root, flash recovery.
know that you'll have to use an app to boot into recovery (ROM manager, anreboot, ezboot...) take a look at my thread for more infos
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Great! Cool bro,thanks! And sorry for the stupid question,but what are KDZs?

firmware files are in .kdz format

Ilko said:
firmware files are in .kdz format
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Ouh,wow,did that felt stupid,haha. So what you're saying is,after rooting my phone,I should get to installing ClockWorkMod Recovery,am I right? And the only way to install it is using the computer,connect it with the phone,and execute the UPK that you have provided in your download link. After that,I use the app,EzBoot,to boot into recovery mode,is this correct?
After that,what will I do in the recovery mode? Thankies again!

all right. as I said earlier, the recovery mode extends phone potential in an easy way. many ROMs and mods must be did via recovery. in fact, CWM helps you flashing files, roms, doing backups/restorations and more. jump the step and see by yourself.
don't forget to backup before anything

Ilko said:
all right. as I said earlier, the recovery mode extends phone potential in an easy way. many ROMs and mods must be did via recovery. in fact, CWM helps you flashing files, roms, doing backups/restorations and more. jump the step and see by yourself.
don't forget to backup before anything
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By backing up,you mean backing up contacts and internal memory stuffs,right?
All right! Will root my phone as soon as my charge hits 100%! Using gingerbreak! Is the root reverse-able? I mean,can I unroot my phone once I root it?

you don't need 100% battery as long phone is plugged. for now, blackjack doesn't have a reverse process. but gingerbreak, yes, considering the fact you stay on v10a/b. you may try with the new superoneclick. the most radical method is still flashing a firmware (so you'll lose all stuffs)
and yes, backup any saveable thing. although CWM saves all datas, more safety is more safe

Ilko said:
you don't need 100% battery as long phone is plugged. for now, blackjack doesn't have a reverse process. but gingerbreak, yes, considering the fact you stay on v10a/b. you may try with the new superoneclick. the most radical method is still flashing a firmware (so you'll lose all stuffs)
and yes, backup any saveable thing. although CWM saves all datas, more safety is more safe
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Sorry bro,can't quite understand you here. Flashing firmware? For what? I'm just gonna root my phone right? No need to flash,right?

Backup a Samsung Ace rooted and not?

Bit of a no brainer, but one that I never really thought about, but how do I back up my Samsung Ace which is NOT rooted?
Bit scared of the thought of rooting at the moment for two reasons which are I may brick my toys and I may void my warranty. I'm not bothered about the warranty as its not as important as owning a brick.

I don't know a way to do what you ask. But owning a stock firmware that can be flashed trough Odin its like having a non rooted backup with stock recovery. The only other thing that may be different is carrier system apps which you can backup with titanium backup.
Also making a cwm recovery backup of your original rom is OK cuz you can always open the resulting .img files and take whatever you want to put it in system or data partitions with adb push. You can push everything except the superuser app and binaries and you're good to go.
Consider that if you actually brick your phone, a backup won't do any good because you can't restore it. If you can restore a backup, then your phone isn't really bricked is it?

ace is practically near impossible to brick.
unless u do something stupid that others already warned about like using rom manager, you're literally safe.
mine got bricked, but thats after thousands of time flashing anything day and night (i'm compiling kernel, thus need to test it by flashing after each compile). guess it couldnt take the beating any longer.
but for normal user, root is practically safe. i'd say go ahead and root it.

Thanks for the replies. I'm now serious about rooting my phone. All I know is that it is Android version 2.3.3
Any good tutorials would be most appreciated.
Cheers

the lemming said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm now serious about rooting my phone. All I know is that it is Android version 2.3.3
Any good tutorials would be most appreciated.
Cheers
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Search for super one click
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the lemming said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm now serious about rooting my phone. All I know is that it is Android version 2.3.3
Any good tutorials would be most appreciated.
Cheers
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

the lemming said:
Bit of a no brainer, but one that I never really thought about, but how do I back up my Samsung Ace which is NOT rooted?
Bit scared of the thought of rooting at the moment for two reasons which are I may brick my toys and I may void my warranty. I'm not bothered about the warranty as its not as important as owning a brick.
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Hello
Its been well over a year since I first considered rooting my phone.
I have now come to the sad conclusion that I do not have enough memory on the phone for it to function normally and I now want to put everything onto an SD card to free up space on the phone.
So, what tutorials can I use to get a Samsung Ace S5830 with Gingerbread version 2.3.3
My latest firmware is PDA:KPY / PHONE:KPA / CSC:KP1 (XEU)
An idiot guide would be most appreciated as I need to do this ASAP. At the moment I only have enough internal memory to install one or two apps before I get the dredded Memory full pig icon.

Hello
Could somebody please advise if the following link is the safest and simplest way to root my phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161215

the lemming said:
Hello
Could somebody please advise if the following link is the safest and simplest way to root my phone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161215
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Yes, It's the safest and the fastest way

Thanks for that.
I was worried at first because I used the link on the How-to and found that the zip file had a virus. However I downloaded the file from the youtube site and the Zip was virus free.
Can't bee too careful.
Once I've rooted, where can I go for info to backup my Phone's operating system, ROM I think its called.
And how do I transfer all my apps to the SD card?
Cheers

One more question.
Is it best to do a Factory Reset of Gingerbread and get that as clean as possible before I root and backup the phone?

the lemming said:
Thanks for that.
I was worried at first because I used the link on the How-to and found that the zip file had a virus. However I downloaded the file from the youtube site and the Zip was virus free.
Can't bee too careful.
Once I've rooted, where can I go for info to backup my Phone's operating system, ROM I think its called.
And how do I transfer all my apps to the SD card?
Cheers
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Here you have a useful thread, Q&A Thread is full of info and it's the place when you can search info and ask for help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313363
CWM is the tool to flash/backup/restore roms
One question, is your phone model GT-S5830? It's very important
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the lemming said:
One more question.
Is it best to do a Factory Reset of Gingerbread and get that as clean as possible before I root and backup the phone?
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when you root your phone you keep it clean, no need to wipe data/factory reset you need to flash CWM and do you first backup but check that your phone's model is GT-s5830 first and that you are runnig Gingerbread android version (2.3.x) please

Yes my phone is a bog standard GT-S5830
Version
2.3.3

the lemming said:
Yes my phone is a bog standard GT-S5830
Version
2.3.3
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OK! It's is really important to avoid troubles ( NEVER FLASH NOTHING FROM 5830I, 5830M and 50830C models! )
so follow the steps to flash CWM 5.0.2.6. FIXED and enjoy your device

Use of Rooting

I am really sorry to ask this, but am using samsung galaxy ace s5830i. I perfectly rooted my device using the instructions from the same forum. wat i dont understand is wat has it actually done to my device. I am actually trying to update my firmware version through kies, while it keeps telling me that i need 3000 mb. I dunno wat to do. am stuck here. I thought rooting wil help me here.

Tony Stark Uchiha said:
I am really sorry to ask this, but am using samsung galaxy ace s5830i. I perfectly rooted my device using the instructions from the same forum. wat i dont understand is wat has it actually done to my device. I am actually trying to update my firmware version through kies, while it keeps telling me that i need 3000 mb. I dunno wat to do. am stuck here. I thought rooting wil help me here.
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rooting your device basically means that you now have access to modify your "system" files. e.g. you can now uninstall any system app that you don't like, with a software like es file explorer. There are also tons of useful apps in the market which require your phone to be rooted in order to work properly. Rooting also has other benefits but if you are looking to update your firmware to the latest stock rom, i suggest you look into this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822109 and follow the instructions. I hope this helps. Cheers and Hit Thanks if i helped you

Tony Stark Uchiha said:
I am really sorry to ask this, but am using samsung galaxy ace s5830i. I perfectly rooted my device using the instructions from the same forum. wat i dont understand is wat has it actually done to my device. I am actually trying to update my firmware version through kies, while it keeps telling me that i need 3000 mb. I dunno wat to do. am stuck here. I thought rooting wil help me here.
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Did you flash a custom kernel to root your phone?kies doesn't recognise phones with custom roms and kernels...that is maybe the reason why it is showing weird things (3 GB for an update? Weird...)...and there's another explaination...kies requires you to free some internal memory for the update (let me guess, your phone has less than 300 MB left?) if you want to update your software, use ODIN instead and flash one...google about it...it's much faster and stable...
By rooting your phone, means you gained superuser access...you can now modify system files...unlike iphone, rooting is not like jailbreaking...you can install apks without rooting but you must jailbreak to install ipas...next time, do some research first before voiding your warranty...
saeed14i said:
rooting your device basically means that you now have access to modify your "system" files. e.g. you can now uninstall any system app that you don't like, with a software like es file explorer. There are also tons of useful apps in the market which require your phone to be rooted in order to work properly. Rooting also has other benefits but if you are looking to update your firmware to the latest stock rom, i suggest you look into this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822109 and follow the instructions. I hope this helps. Cheers and Hit like if i helped you
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There's no like button...

Ryuinferno said:
Did you flash a custom kernel to root your phone?kies doesn't recognise phones with custom roms and kernels...that is maybe the reason why it is showing weird things (3 GB for an update? Weird...)...and there's another explaination...kies requires you to free some internal memory for the update (let me guess, your phone has less than 300 MB left?) if you want to update your software, use ODIN instead and flash one...google about it...it's much faster and stable...
By rooting your phone, means you gained superuser access...you can now modify system files...unlike iphone, rooting is not like jailbreaking...you can install apks without rooting but you must jailbreak to install ipas...next time, do some research first before voiding your warranty...
There's no like button...
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lol ... sorry ... i meant "Thanks" :silly:

[Q] simply root access with stock rom

Hello,
I'm searching for a simple method to root my daughters new S3mini 4.1.2.
I just to ceep it as it is (stock ROM etc), I only need root to install recovery, Pdroid, Firewall...
Is there a simple way to do that?
Thanks - BerWatch!
my experience: I rooted/s-off my old HTC Desire, tried some ROMs, Pdroid etc.

BerWatch said:
Hello,
I'm searching for a simple method to root my daughters new S3mini 4.1.2.
I just to ceep it as it is (stock ROM etc), I only need root to install recovery, Pdroid, Firewall...
Is there a simple way to do that?
Thanks - BerWatch!
my experience: I rooted/s-off my old HTC Desire, tried some ROMs, Pdroid etc.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+root+samsung+s3+mini
you are welcome

yes or no?
>>> leo.org >>> Schlaumeier
I wanted to know if there is a SIMPLE method to root with 4.1.2, my experience is to 2.3! I don't like to chge the custom ROM beside root.
If your post as an expert should say to me "no" - than thank you!

BerWatch said:
>>> leo.org >>> Schlaumeier
I wanted to know if there is a SIMPLE method to root with 4.1.2, my experience is to 2.3! I don't like to chge the custom ROM beside root.
If your post as an expert should say to me "no" - than thank you!
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Then ask for yes or no.
But I think for your experience -> no

BerWatch said:
>>> leo.org >>> Schlaumeier
I wanted to know if there is a SIMPLE method to root with 4.1.2, my experience is to 2.3! I don't like to chge the custom ROM beside root.
If your post as an expert should say to me "no" - than thank you!
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my deustch is rusty but google search works just fine
too many "clever dicks" here that are too lazy to search or do things the hard way
nothing simple about rooting a phone in most cases since you could potential soft brick your phone if you use the wrong software
have a search through the forums there are plenty of tutorials on how to root the phone and lots of help in fixing it if you fail to root it
first rule of these XDA forums

Thanks folks - I understood "no", so I have to do the hard way.
I just had the hope the manufacturer have learned from the results of the communities like here and recognised the benefits of root access.
I fear I see you later... when google doesn't help

BerWatch said:
Hello,
I'm searching for a simple method to root my daughters new S3mini 4.1.2.
I just to ceep it as it is (stock ROM etc), I only need root to install recovery, Pdroid, Firewall...
Is there a simple way to do that?
Thanks - BerWatch!
my experience: I rooted/s-off my old HTC Desire, tried some ROMs, Pdroid etc.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147852 this as easy as it will get. flash recovery via odin, flash root.zip via cwm, install triangle away and reset binary counter.
or you could use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185700 which is guides you through it but might cost you depending on your phone.
good luck!

BerWatch said:
Thanks folks - I understood "no", so I have to do the hard way.
I just had the hope the manufacturer have learned from the results of the communities like here and recognised the benefits of root access.
I fear I see you later... when google doesn't help
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even though there are benefits to having root access there are also risks involved
android is designed in this way as a form of security
each individual application creates its own user when its installed
the user created by the application is then restricted to only being able to access the files for the application and no other files

Thaks!
@Gabhain
Thank you - That's I was looking for!

[Q] Rooting gives you CWM?

So the title isnt all to clear, however I am very new to Android. I am wondering if rooting gives you CWM; however I do not wish to have CWM because then I have to flash to get rid of it and if i am correct that means I void my warranty. So could I root with Bin4ry's root method and then manually do what I want to be done without ClockWorkMod?
Thanks in advance and any replys are appreciated
Oh yeah I have a Xperia T!

GioGDI said:
So the title isnt all to clear, however I am very new to Android. I am wondering if rooting gives you CWM; however I do not wish to have CWM because then I have to flash to get rid of it and if i am correct that means I void my warranty. So could I root with Bin4ry's root method and then manually do what I want to be done without ClockWorkMod?
Thanks in advance and any replys are appreciated
Oh yeah I have a Xperia T!
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no, rooting does not give you recovery.
Flashing roms DOES NOT void your warranty, only unlocking the bootloader will do that.
If you are going to root I recommend that you install CMW, otherwise its very difficult to do things manually. You need to ask yourself "WHy do I want to root my device?" and realise that installing CMW DOES NOT void your warranty.

gregbradley said:
no, rooting does not give you recovery.
Flashing roms DOES NOT void your warranty, only unlocking the bootloader will do that.
If you are going to root I recommend that you install CMW, otherwise its very difficult to do things manually. You need to ask yourself "WHy do I want to root my device?" and realise that installing CMW DOES NOT void your warranty.
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Thanks, I might root later I wanted to just add the Acid Music mod. I'm going to leave it for a while and maybe root after I have had my phone for a year or so.

GioGDI said:
Thanks, I might root later I wanted to just add the Acid Music mod. I'm going to leave it for a while and maybe root after I have had my phone for a year or so.
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You were going to try and add that without CMW? wow!! How were you going to do that!
Plus, you will read in that OP that the only way to get rid of that mod is to restore a backup, which requires CMW, and most people have had problems with that mod. Personally I don't believe it works at all and if it actually changes anything then it ruins phone performance. or those who say it does not ruin performance I believe they are only getting a placebo effect.
The only true way of getting a better sound performance is via kernel level tweaks not by flashing these kind of mods.
I suggest you root (If you follow the instructions it is 100% safe) and install recovery. It has NO disadvantages at all. And you can restore your phone back to factory settings via updating by official Sony software so that no warranty is lost and no one will know what you have done

I agree 100%
I tried Acid Mod twice now.
Not only is it a waste of time but its also a good way to get stuck in boot loop.
If you do try it, you are definitely going to need to backup first.
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