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[Q] Regarding ICS update!

Hello,
I've had iPhone and other Verizon android phones, but I'm pretty new for unlocked international version phone. (Sorry about the basic questions =[)
so I see my GNote version as "N7000UBKK1"
after some searching, I guess mine is south america version.
Is this right?
If I want to upgrade to ICS only for the stock version,
do I have to install German GB stock first then install ICS German one?
or can I just install ICS German one from N7000UBKK1?
Again, sorry for the basic question. It seems hard to find the information I need from sooo many threads here (from all kinds international versions)
and thank you ahead. =]

Hello,
in order to install the sock ICS on your note, you need to root your phone and seeing the basic questions you are asking you might want to wait for the official rom to come out to you country.
But if you are up for it I guess the easiest would be to check out this thread everything is really clear :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
and to answer your question, you can just install the german ICS coming from any rom

You can directly flash the LPY or LPF rom using pc odin. LPY is the German release, LPF is for Taiwan/ Hong Kong. Be advised: LPY suffers definitely and LPF probably from a bug that can brick your device for good, making it necessary to get your main board replaced by Samsung (maybe you would have to pay for it).
If you don't need other languages than English I would go for LPF since so far there have clearly been less bricks than with LPY.
Once again: It is dangerous, there is a risk of bricking your device. Because you're a beginner it would probably be wise to stick with Gingerbread until Samsung releases a fixed version of ICS for the N7000.
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glienart said:
Hello,
in order to install the sock ICS on your note, you need to root your phone and seeing the basic questions you are asking you might want to wait for the official rom to come out to you country.
But if you are up for it I guess the easiest would be to check out this thread everything is really clear :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
and to answer your question, you can just install the german ICS coming from any rom
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Why is it necessary to root the Note to install ICS (LPY or LPF)? I he does not need/ want root access he can simply flash it using pc odin. Root access is definitely not a basic requirement to install ICS on a Note.

altae said:
You can directly flash the LPY or LPF rom using pc odin. LPY is the German release, LPF is for Taiwan/ Hong Kong. Be advised: LPY suffers definitely and LPF probably from a bug that can brick your device for good, making it necessary to get your main board replaced by Samsung (maybe you would have to pay for it).
If you don't need other languages than English I would go for LPF since so far there have clearly been less bricks than with LPY.
Once again: It is dangerous, there is a risk of bricking your device. Because you're a beginner it would probably be wise to stick with Gingerbread until Samsung releases a fixed version of ICS for the N7000.
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Why is it necessary to root the Note to install ICS (LPY or LPF)? I he does not need/ want root access he can simply flash it using pc odin. Root access is definitely not a basic requirement to install ICS on a Note.
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I don't think he will have any issues with bricking since he has a 'stock' device and only wants to upgrade to 'stock' ICS. Just flash the LPF through odin and is totally safe.

lexi250 said:
I don't think he will have any issues with bricking since he has a 'stock' device and only wants to upgrade to 'stock' ICS. Just flash the LPF through odin and is totally safe.
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Since you are that much convinced that there is no bug in LPF and you can tell a person who is new to android flashing LPF is save I assume that you will gladly buy the op a new note if he bricks it because of your advice.
Like I already said I'm against panic and I run the LPY rom with a LPF kernel myself. But telling people it is save? What is your source? Your proof? There is none, LPF cannot be considered save. Ever heard of the I/O problem?
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ICS

Thanks for the replies.
So, I can just odin the stock German ICS from my current stock GB?
and there's possibility that I might brick my phone?
P.S. I'm new to just international version phone so didn't know which country one I should look for or didn't know if I have to stick with my current country version to do anything, AND I've flashed many roms using odin when i had Galaxy Fascinate.
P.S. one more, and this is she not he.

katsymoon said:
P.S. one more, and this is she not he.
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they are used to only have men arround

katsymoon said:
Hello,
I've had iPhone and other Verizon android phones, but I'm pretty new for unlocked international version phone. (Sorry about the basic questions =[)
so I see my GNote version as "N7000UBKK1"
after some searching, I guess mine is south america version.
Is this right?
If I want to upgrade to ICS only for the stock version,
do I have to install German GB stock first then install ICS German one?
or can I just install ICS German one from N7000UBKK1?
Again, sorry for the basic question. It seems hard to find the information I need from sooo many threads here (from all kinds international versions)
and thank you ahead. =]
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Please be extra cautious flashing ICS ROMS. There are tons of threads on this forum with reports of bugs in the German and the Taiwanese ICS ROMs which damage data sectors on your device. I, along with several others, ended up bricking our devices due to the ICS ROMs. If you are new to Android and the flashing ROM scene, I would strongly advise you to wait until a reliable ICS ROM is released.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA

Ics upgrade question (changing region csc)

Hi iam a newbie
I have been seeing lots of thread where note users are willing to go back to GB from ICS
And also have seen threads with NOTE BRICKED with OFFICIAL ICS OTA GERMAN rom installed via kies or OTA .. And also about eMMC bug or somethkng i heard which requires the note to be send back to samsung.
I love my note on GB but ics is ics afterall thats why i want it but my question is and i apologise if it annoys anyone as i am a newbie
So if i change my region by the easiest method without any bricking risk of changing SCS TO DBT OPEN GERMAN and then upgrading to OFFICIAL ICS VIA KIES OR OTA so will all these errors, bugs and note getting bricked, eMMc bug etc etc
Are they likely to happen to me as well? ?
Or is ot only happening on those Galaxy note which have installed official ics open germany rom via odin and other risky ways. . Or only to those note who previously had rooted and were using on custom roms. .
So plz can anyone clear my confusion so i can finally decide weather or not to upgrade to ics. ..
tnx in advance
Details regarding my device : bought 3 weeks ago. Never rooted or used a custom rom and No intention of rooting or using custom rom in future.
Plz provide the advice so i can make a decision on weather or not to upgrade.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

hello m8. Like u i'm also a newbie. I can tell you that i've recently bought my note, unlocked version.
Today i've rooted it twice, @ 1st using europe rom and then france rom with portuguese csc.
Rooted it teice because with the first riot in kies started to say that i couldnt upgrade it.
Then aftwr many reading i've decided to upgrade to 4.0.3. Used dr. Ketan guide in the dev section and worked fine on my phone. I've tested alnost everything and till the moment i have not encountered any bug or mal function.
But as they say in the post there are some reports of some bugs or even worst some notes that "died".
I leave here a screenshot after the update.
Cheers

Thnks for the info mate
But i really dont wish to root thats why after seeing the thread which said uograding by just changing region plua widout root thats what made me confident enuf to finally go ahead and upgrade and give it a try..
But still worries me as daily i see threads here created with someeones brick either stuck in odin or recovery etc or either bricked bc Of ics.
So i want ics the easiest way possible widout root and thats only possible by changing region using those codes and selecting DBT and then kies and OTA server treats ur note as a german made note and u can then upgrade to ics... So i wanted to know even those who have uograded this way hav they also the chance of getting these bugs and emmc errors brick etc
If yes then i will wait for a fixed update by samsung
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

Noob question upgrade stock 2.3.6 to ICS Australian unlocked note

Hi Guys
I have been waiting patiently now for nearly 2 months for the ICS upgrade from samsung for my unlocked australian Galaxy Note, and patience has run out. So can i use PC Odin and any of the other stock ICS roms from samsung like the HK ICS or the German ICS to upgrade my Note. Is there any risk in doing this and can i still in future put it to the Australian update when it comes out?
Thanks for your help.

attila336 said:
Hi Guys
I have been waiting patiently now for nearly 2 months for the ICS upgrade from samsung for my unlocked australian Galaxy Note, and patience has run out. So can i use PC Odin and any of the other stock ICS roms from samsung like the HK ICS or the German ICS to upgrade my Note. Is there any risk in doing this and can i still in future put it to the Australian update when it comes out?
Thanks for your help.
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The sample there is lp5, you can use any rom and replace it if you want. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
It is safe if you follow the instruction carefully. Dont wipe data or factory reset while in ics rom. Read the warning in forum about ics and the safety procedure.

jonpaslim said:
The sample there is lp5, you can use any rom and replace it if you want. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
It is safe if you follow the instruction carefully. Dont wipe data or factory reset while in ics rom. Read the warning in forum about ics and the safety procedure.
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Thanks for that will give it a try.

[Q] I'm confused

Hi guys, i've just bought a Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 and I'm a little confused. My previous phone was a Galaxy Ace S5830i, I had that phone rooted (but it was too easy, just flash a .zip file) and with a custom rom.
So I have some questions:
1) For now I just want to root my new phone but the methods that I found here are not too clear to me. I first saw this method, but my firmware is not there. My phone came with I9070UBLI1 (2.3.6 GB). So i can't root my phone? my kernel isn't even in sammobile.com/firmwares
2) I want to make a backup just in case before rooting, so, what recovery should I use with this phone? cwm? this? or which one?
3) What is "binary counter"? In galaxy ace that wasn't present.
4) I saw that in samsungfirmwares site there are some 4.1.2 kernels, but they are for Rusia. I'm from Chile. So can I flash the russian kernel? will I loose my signal, 3G or something? Do you recommend upgrade to JB? with stock russian or a custom rom?
5) Do you recommend a custom kernel? which one? This looks nice
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I hope you can help me with those questions (numering your answers just like i did with my questions), I just want to enjoy a lot my new phone. :good:

rodaven said:
Hi guys, i've just bought a Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 and I'm a little confused. My previous phone was a Galaxy Ace S5830i, I had that phone rooted (but it was too easy, just flash a .zip file) and with a custom rom.
So I have some questions:
1) For now I just want to root my new phone but the methods that I found here are not too clear to me. I first saw this method, but my firmware is not there. My phone came with I9070UBLI1 (2.3.6 GB). So i can't root my phone? my kernel isn't even in sammobile.com/firmwares
2) I want to make a backup just in case before rooting, so, what recovery should I use with this phone? cwm? this? or which one?
3) What is "binary counter"? In galaxy ace that wasn't present.
4) I saw that in samsungfirmwares site there are some 4.1.2 kernels, but they are for Rusia. I'm from Chile. So can I flash the russian kernel? will I loose my signal, 3G or something? Do you recommend upgrade to JB? with stock russian or a custom rom?
5) Do you recommend a custom kernel? which one? This looks nice
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I hope you can help me with those questions (numering your answers just like i did with my questions), I just want to enjoy a lot my new phone. :good:
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Since you say that you are used to xda, i don't see any reasonable explanation for the creation of this thread!
Read the forums. All answers are in the stickies..
I do not respond to tech support via PM

Shaaan said:
Since you say that you are used to xda, i don't see any reasonable explanation for the creation of this thread!
Read the forums. All answers are in the stickies..
I do not respond to tech support via PM
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I read the forums, but I'm still confused, for example, for rooting, in the thread that I linked in 1) there isn't the firmware that came with my phone, so I went to here, there isn't neither, then I read this post, but to do that I need dowload my phone's firmware, but the one that came with my phone there isn't in samsungfirmares web page, so I suppose I can flash anyone for Chile (my country), there are 2, but idk if they will work, so, if I'm going to take that risk I need to make a backup first, but idk what recovery I should use.
I have a mental bootloop

rodaven said:
Hi guys, i've just bought a Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 and I'm a little confused. My previous phone was a Galaxy Ace S5830i, I had that phone rooted (but it was too easy, just flash a .zip file) and with a custom rom.
So I have some questions:
1) For now I just want to root my new phone but the methods that I found here are not too clear to me. I first saw this method, but my firmware is not there. My phone came with I9070UBLI1 (2.3.6 GB). So i can't root my phone? my kernel isn't even in sammobile.com/firmwares
2) I want to make a backup just in case before rooting, so, what recovery should I use with this phone? cwm? this? or which one?
3) What is "binary counter"? In galaxy ace that wasn't present.
4) I saw that in samsungfirmwares site there are some 4.1.2 kernels, but they are for Rusia. I'm from Chile. So can I flash the russian kernel? will I loose my signal, 3G or something? Do you recommend upgrade to JB? with stock russian or a custom rom?
5) Do you recommend a custom kernel? which one? This looks nice
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I hope you can help me with those questions (numering your answers just like i did with my questions), I just want to enjoy a lot my new phone. :good:
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I bought my phone in January.
Then became member of xda in january.
Flashed russian jb all releases as they released in February.
Rooted my phone in same month.
Started using kernels in same month.
Started tweaking in same month.
And now i am really happy with my phone's performance.
As i was new to android and xda i have done all this because i was not worried about my warranty.
In short, go ahead don't think so much.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Rom : Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I9070XXLQ4
Kernel: CoCore E-4.2-TWRP

er.jaldip said:
I bought my phone in January.
Then became member of xda in january.
Flashed russian jb all releases as they released in February.
Rooted my phone in same month.
Started using kernels in same month.
Started tweaking in same month.
And now i am really happy with my phone's performance.
As i was new to android and xda i have done all this because i was not worried about my warranty.
In short, go ahead don't think so much.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Rom : Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I9070XXLQ4
Kernel: CoCore E-4.2-TWRP
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And what happened when you flashed russian jb rom? where're u from? my question is if can i flash it because im from south america, and i think that i could loose my signal or something like that. I's that 4.1.2 stable?

rodaven said:
And what happened when you flashed russian jb rom? where're u from? my question is if can i flash it because im from south america, and i think that i could loose my signal or something like that. I's that 4.1.2 stable?
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Everything is working fine with jb rom (even better than gb)
Yes you can flash it via odin and you will not loose singal(my singnal quality is now better than gb, in gb i was facing signal lost problem)
I am from india.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Rom : Jelly Bean 4.1.2 I9070XXLQ4
Kernel: CoCore E-4.2-TWRP

How To Downgrade to GB 2.3.7?

Hi guys I'm running CM11, ICS 4.2.2 on my Galaxy Ace, GT-S5660D and want to downgrade to the original OS the phone came with, I believe it was GB 2.3.6 or 2.3.7. My phone is rooted but I have no idea how to bring it back to the original Android version. Any help would be appreciated!

dankup said:
Hi guys I'm running CM11, ICS 4.2.2 on my Galaxy Ace, GT-S5660D and want to downgrade to the original OS the phone came with, I believe it was GB 2.3.6 or 2.3.7. My phone is rooted but I have no idea how to bring it back to the original Android version. Any help would be appreciated!
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really simple my bro
first download the firmware from sammobile
then flash it via odin
just select the rom carefully for your GT-S5660D variant
dont download the rom of I or C variant it will brick your phone
if you have any problem ask for help

sharingan said:
really simple my bro
first download the firmware from sammobile
then flash it via odin
just select the rom carefully for your GT-S5660D variant
dont download the rom of I or C variant it will brick your phone
if you have any problem ask for help
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Thanks for the quick response!
I'm not sure what odin is and I don't think I used it when I flashed CM11 onto my Ace.

dankup said:
Thanks for the quick response!
I'm not sure what odin is and I don't think I used it when I flashed CM11 onto my Ace.
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no bro
odin is used to flash roms till 2.3.6 on ace
it does not flash roms above gingerbread

Have a look at this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2609021
[Guide] Know your Device:Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 ~Root~Odin~CWM~ROM LIST |2014.06.27|

nix01 said:
Have a look at this thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2609021
[Guide] Know your Device:Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 ~Root~Odin~CWM~ROM LIST |2014.06.27|
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Thanks this looks promising. But when looking at this site http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...laxy-ace-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82 there's no Canada under S5830, only European countries. Should I download the Canadian firmware under S5830D?

dankup said:
Thanks this looks promising. But when looking at this site http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...laxy-ace-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82 there's no Canada under S5830, only European countries. Should I download the Canadian firmware under S5830D?
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Before you install anything, is your phone GT-5660D or GT-5830? Make sure to download the original firmware for your device. Installing any firmware meant for another device on your phone can, in the worst case, hard-brick your device. As for the firmwares, you can download the one that is near to your region. In fact, any regional firmware for a particular phone will work on it. You can also find all the Samsung Galaxy Ace firmwares in the following link,
[Share] All Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Stock Firmwares (2.3.X) Ever Released
Hope I Helped

I just did it with the help of that thread. Thanks all.

dankup said:
Hi guys I'm running CM11, ICS 4.2.2 on my Galaxy Ace, GT-S5660D and want to downgrade to the original OS the phone came with, I believe it was GB 2.3.6 or 2.3.7. My phone is rooted but I have no idea how to bring it back to the original Android version. Any help would be appreciated!
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Maybe it's useful for the next time too
[TUTORIAL] HOW TO GO BACK FROM CWM 6.x TO CWM 5.x