[Q] upgrading android in GB.XXJVU - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

below are the current android details in my I9000,
Firmware Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Version: I900XXJVU
Build Number : GINGERBREAD.XXJVU
Tried upgrading to Remics-JB 3.0.1 and failed. Reverted to the 2.3.6 XXJUV. Can someone point me the steps or specific forum following which i can upgrade to either ICS or JB ?

Can you describe why it failed? You need to tell more, so we know what went wrong.

monkeywithbanana said:
Can you describe why it failed? You need to tell more, so we know what went wrong.
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1. rooted the XXJVU
2. tried installing the Remic-JB which i had earlier copied to internal SD card
3. successfully installed, rebooted and got stuck in boot screen. waited for 5-10 minutes no change.
4. removed the battery and rebooted manually, the same status.
5. reverted back to XXJVU.
guess this helps

Wipe everything and flash it two times.

monkeywithbanana said:
Wipe everything and flash it two times.
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any reason why it should be done twice ?

mspocke said:
any reason why it should be done twice ?
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Coming from GB it is wise to flash a ICS rom first before going to jellybean,
after this then you should be fine.

mspocke said:
any reason why it should be done twice ?
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It configures the partition and it's good to do that just in case.

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Franco.Kernel-r5 - can't install.

1. I have installed CWM.zip
2. I have installed CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip
3. but I can't install franco.Kernel-r5.zip, "E:signature verification failed".
Please help me!
felixgeorgescu said:
1. I have installed CWM.zip
2. I have installed CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip
3. but I can't install franco.Kernel-r5.zip, "E:signature verification failed".
Please help me!
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Why start new thread instead of asking in the franco's kernel thread?
sorry about that
Sorry, but I am a newbie in android. and I made ​​a mistake, I have installed this files and now my note is not working properly. Phone restart aftel white screen.
How to return in original files ?
Please help me, I have 28 yers, but I'm a doctor, not an android developer
p107r0 said:
Why start new thread instead of asking in the franco's kernel thread?
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Where is this threat? Show me, please!
felixgeorgescu said:
Sorry, but I am a newbie in android. and I made ​​a mistake, I have installed this files and now my note is not working properly. Phone restart aftel white screen.
How to return in original files ?
Please help me, I have 28 yers, but I'm a doctor, not an android developer
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Sorry for that, I'm afraid there is some inevitable reading ahead of you, I'm not an expert in brick recovery, so don't trust me (i.e. check other threads), but as long as you don't have so called hardbrick you should be able to revive your Note by flashing stock ROM via PC Odin - there is dr. ketan's thread on this. Whatever you do, read, read and then read again, and follow the instructions to the letter.
Wish you luck.
PS. Franco kernel thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491428
dr ketan's thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
I tried to write in franco.kernel topic, but I don't have enought privillege to do this.
I only root my device (installed CWM.zip, and CWM-SuperSU_vo.87.zip, and franco.kernel-r5.zip.
All done. But after that I have some errors (white screen, restart).
Anybody can help me?
Sorry for my bad english
felixgeorgescu said:
I tried to write in franco.kernel topic, but I don't have enought privillege to do this.
I only root my device (installed CWM.zip, and CWM-SuperSU_vo.87.zip, and franco.kernel-r5.zip.
All done. But after that I have some errors (white screen, restart).
Anybody can help me?
Sorry for my bad english
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what is your ROM version?
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what is your ROM version?
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Android version 4.0.3
Baseband version N7000XXLPT
KERNEL VERSION [email protected]#5, SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 1...
Build number: IML74k.xxLPY
felixgeorgescu said:
Android version 4.0.3
Baseband version N7000XXLPT
KERNEL VERSION [email protected]#5, SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 1...
Build number: IML74k.xxLPY
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1. if you are willing to lose all you data, the safest route would be to flash stock GB via PC Odin (check dr. ketan), and upgrade to ICS from there - it is the lingest but safest procedure afair
2. if you would like to keep your data, you try trying flashing stock ICS over your existing system, again using PC Odin (check dr. ketan as well)
3. or you could try to flash safe kernel over existing one (like SpeedMod, which has good walkthrough here), but for this you'd need to gather more info from the brick and/or flashing threads
p107r0 said:
1. if you are willing to lose all you data, the safest route would be to flash stock GB via PC Odin (check dr. ketan), and upgrade to ICS from there - it is the lingest but safest procedure afair
2. if you would like to keep your data, you try trying flashing stock ICS over your existing system, again using PC Odin (check dr. ketan as well)
3. or you could try to flash safe kernel over existing one (like SpeedMod, which has good walkthrough here), but for this you'd need to gather more info from the brick and/or flashing threads
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I can't install another kernel? It was very simple to installed franco.kernel...
felixgeorgescu said:
I can't install another kernel? It was very simple to installed franco.kernel...
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I'm not sure, it's not my area of expertise, so let's start from the beginning - how far does your device go after reboot? are you stuck on white Samsung logo, or dies it start the system and then crashes, or something else?
p107r0 said:
I'm not sure, it's not my area of expertise, so let's start from the beginning - how far does your device go after reboot? are you stuck on white Samsung logo, or dies it start the system and then crashes, or something else?
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After somes reboot now is working well. So, is is possible to autofix?
Wi'll see tomorow. Txs a lot!
felixgeorgescu said:
After somes reboot now is working well. So, is is possible to autofix?
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so it seems, congrats, my guess is that you did not wipe cache and dalvik after flashing kernel,
PS. maybe ask the mods to close the thread as it does not seem necessary any longer (report triangle shaped button in upper right corner of your post)
In last night seems all right, but in the morning I observed the phone is restarted (pin requesting).
So, my final problem:
- everything seems fine, but after some time phote is rebooting (ask pin).
-no white scree, no blocking in applications...
Help?
felixgeorgescu said:
In last night seems all right, but in the morning I observed the phone is restarted (pin requesting).
So, my final problem:
- everything seems fine, but after some time phote is rebooting (ask pin).
-no white scree, no blocking in applications...
Help?
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check on franco's thead - it seems that the kernel is not stable yet (and it hasn't been updated in a while), maybe better alternative would be speedmod
p107r0 said:
check on franco's thead - it seems that the kernel is not stable yet (and it hasn't been updated in a while), maybe better alternative would be speedmod
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Txs a lot for your time.
I have using some informations: http://touristinparadise.blogspot.ro/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-how-to-install.html , and now my kernel is changed. Txs a lot, man! Have a nice day!

[Q] My friend's HTC One will not boot

Hey guys, my friend flashed elementalx kernel onto his stock 4.1.2
he says that after he did that, his internal memory would not show and sd card could not be mounted in CWM.
after 3 reboots the problem still persisted.
after he did a factory wipe in CWM, he says his phone refuses to boot into anything other than bootloader.
i have not owned a htc one and i have no idea what to do.
what i understand is that he needs to get an ruu?
however i cannot find an RUU for CID HTC_039 Australian unbranded....
help would be much appreciated, thanks guys!
EDIT: would it be possible for him to use supercid when his phone is in the current state?
spazzy1912 said:
Hey guys, my friend flashed elementalx kernel onto his stock 4.1.2
he says that after he did that, his internal memory would not show and sd card could not be mounted in CWM.
after 3 reboots the problem still persisted.
after he did a factory wipe in CWM, he says his phone refuses to boot into anything other than bootloader.
i have not owned a htc one and i have no idea what to do.
what i understand is that he needs to get an ruu?
however i cannot find an RUU for CID HTC_039 Australian unbranded....
help would be much appreciated, thanks guys!
EDIT: would it be possible for him to use supercid when his phone is in the current state?
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Which version of Elemental did your friend flash?
If it was v2 or higher - that only works with 4.2.2 so that would explain why it wasn't booting.
First thing I'd be doing is flashing a kernel I know is 4.1.2 compatible via fastboot seeing they can't get the SD card to mount and just see if it boots up and then go from there.
Here's a link to a stock 4.1.2 kernel > https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcryfrq6cpp00bd/boot.img
Good luck
thejosh86 said:
Which version of Elemental did your friend flash?
If it was v2 or higher - that only works with 4.2.2 so that would explain why it wasn't booting.
First thing I'd be doing is flashing a kernel I know is 4.1.2 compatible via fastboot seeing they can't get the SD card to mount and just see if it boots up and then go from there.
Here's a link to a stock 4.1.2 kernel > https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcryfrq6cpp00bd/boot.img
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hello, can you reupload this file in your dropbox?
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rilxous said:
thejosh86 said:
Which version of Elemental did your friend flash?
If it was v2 or higher - that only works with 4.2.2 so that would explain why it wasn't booting.
First thing I'd be doing is flashing a kernel I know is 4.1.2 compatible via fastboot seeing they can't get the SD card to mount and just see if it boots up and then go from there.
Here's a link to a stock 4.1.2 kernel > https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcryfrq6cpp00bd/boot.img
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hello, can you reupload this file in your dropbox?
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I've re-upped it link here: http://db.tt/FJ5Hi6Lo
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spazzy1912 said:
Hey guys, my friend flashed elementalx kernel onto his stock 4.1.2
he says that after he did that, his internal memory would not show and sd card could not be mounted in CWM.
after 3 reboots the problem still persisted.
after he did a factory wipe in CWM, he says his phone refuses to boot into anything other than bootloader.
i have not owned a htc one and i have no idea what to do.
what i understand is that he needs to get an ruu?
however i cannot find an RUU for CID HTC_039 Australian unbranded....
help would be much appreciated, thanks guys!
EDIT: would it be possible for him to use supercid when his phone is in the current state?
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uhh from the looks of it he flash a kernel that was not meant for his rom and didnt boot. he then proceeded to freak out and you said he factory wipe'd in CWM. Now correct me if i'm wrong but factory wipe basically obliterates the OS from the phone all together. so i can see why he'd be having problems. Also even if the factory wipe doesnt kill everything just resets everything back to normal, it would do anything for his kernel since theres nothing to revert back to. i would pump either a stock rom or a custom like viper or ARHD and it should boot just fine.
syaoran68 said:
uhh from the looks of it he flash a kernel that was not meant for his rom and didnt boot. he then proceeded to freak out and you said he factory wipe'd in CWM. Now correct me if i'm wrong but factory wipe basically obliterates the OS from the phone all together. so i can see why he'd be having problems. Also even if the factory wipe doesnt kill everything just resets everything back to normal, it would do anything for his kernel since theres nothing to revert back to. i would pump either a stock rom or a custom like viper or ARHD and it should boot just fine.
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except he can't get his internal sd to mount lol.
he's already sent it back and paid 80 dollars to fix it.
i advised him to take more caution next time haha

Gapps/Setup Wizard keeps crashing

Hi! I made some questions in another thread because I thought it was related, but now I think it's not.
The story begins with me (I know now how stupid I was) playing with Swapper2 and other Swapper apps trying to improbe the phone performance. After unninstalling Swapper2 my phone kinda crashed, so I decided to restore a backup I was made 2 days ago from CWM recovery just in case. worth saying I was running an unbranded 4.1.2 version downloaded from sammobile.
When I restored and the phone booted i found surprisingly the Setup Wizard screen, so I freaked out and tried to restore again with same results. Since then, i tried tons of different things, most of them suggested by @shut_down he was really kind and helpfull:
-obviously flashing stock ROM from sammobile again, but the problem persist.
-install CM 10, CM10.2 with corresponding gapps (doesn't even boot, phone gets stuck in the pretty CM loading screen)
-install Harsh Jelly:
1) it worked without gapps, and then tried to restore my backup but the same result again
2) installing gapps in Harsh Jelly makes it crash, like the others.
In short: in every case, the gapps crash and the Setup Wizard restart.
as additional info, i don't know if it's related, the CWM recovery log shows this every time i check it.
I: Can't format unknow volume: /external_sd
I: Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
my guess is: could it be that mmcblk0p8 is the partition where gapps are saved and it is corrupted or something and thats why I'm unable to make them work?
I'm deeply grateful. ♥♥
PS: feel free to correct my english, it's not my native language, sorry. ♥
mmcblk0p8 is internal sdcard I don't know if it's related
I see you made some error: watch out which gapps you flash: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.. Wrong version will crash and you don't need to flash them on stock based rom
Problem is in /data partition: you could solve by deleting secsetupwizard.apk and setupwizard.apk but how? 1) try booting your phone in safe mode (there's a guide in this section) and then delete them using some app such as root browser, if you can't boot in safe mode try adb
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Toni5830 said:
mmcblk0p8 is internal sdcard I don't know if it's related
I see you made some error: watch out which gapps you flash: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.. Wrong version will crash and you don't need to flash them on stock based rom
Problem is in /data partition: you could solve by deleting secsetupwizard.apk and setupwizard.apk but how? 1) try booting your phone in safe mode (there's a guide in this section) and then delete them using some app such as root browser, if you can't boot in safe mode try adb
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at first i didn't install gapps in Harsh Jelly, the phone booted correctly but there were not gapps at all! it was then when i tried to install them from CWM. Yes I installed the right ones (4.1.x) 20121011 from goo.im/gapps. and then they crashed.
also, as I said before, when I restore (in CWM) my backup of a stock unbranded ROM (from sammobile) the gapps and SWizard also crash, and I'm not installing any gapps.
I'll try that but I have a question, will this solve my problem permanently or it will make my phone functional just for this rom now?
booting in safe mode also starts setup wizard, and also crashes.
Well, I decided to start all over again. I downgraded to GB, I flashed with odin a 2.3.6 unbranded ROM downloaded from sammobile. The phone boots, gapps and setup wizard don't crash BUT the signal comes and goes, I checked the baseband and it says: XXXX
I don't know if I should try to solve this now, or continue with flashing with odin a 4.1.2 ROM from sammobile.
Which firmware did you flash?? Try the one from your country
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Toni5830 said:
Which firmware did you flash?? Try the one from your country
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I flashed the one from my country, off course. (Argentina)
I found 2 possible ways to fix it, I'll try to fix it from terminal, i need someone else from my country to give me his modemfs.img.md5
the other way is clearing EFS in odin, but sounds too risky for me.
After solving this I'll keep trying to uptdate to 4.1.2
Thanks.
I am not sure what happend to you with that IMEI. Try to flash JB.
And why did you install gapps on Harsh Jelly? That ROM had its own google apps. You probably flashed gapps for wrong android version. You can't use 4.2.2 gapps on 4.1.2 for example.
shut_down said:
I am not sure what happend to you with that IMEI. Try to flash JB.
And why did you install gapps on Harsh Jelly? That ROM had its own google apps. You probably flashed gapps for wrong android version. You can't use 4.2.2 gapps on 4.1.2 for example.
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I repeat: at first I didnt flash any gapps, because it doesn't need it, but GAPPS WEREN'T THERE! I swear! no market, no gmail, maps or anything. so, I decided to try installing them, I'm sure I installed 4.1.2 (the right ones) just to try, and then gapps and Setup Wizard crashed again.
I solved it
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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I've flashed modemfs.img.md5 now 3G is working.
On another device (same model and region) I did:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5
Copied generated file to my sdcard and did:
dd if=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Reboot and it's done.
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
I'm glad you worked that out. Thx for writing it down here, could proove usefull to someone else...
alete89 said:
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
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CongratulationThat You Have Solved Your Problem , I am Facing Exact Same Problem
My Setup wizard crash , gapps stopped, harshjelly works without gapps, every thing is same
Only difference is after downgrading to GB i can see my baseband , imei and i have network
I can understand one thing it has something to do with my efs folder , which" failed to mount", as it can be seen in recovery .
The file given by your friend must contain efs , and i think after flashing that file your imei number might be changed , just confirm that your imei number and your friends imei number is different and if it is same then remove file given by you from google drive immidiately or many people might get same imei number, and you still have your original imei number different from your friend please let me know so i can flash this file ,
Never share your imei number . Thanks in advance.
jazzh said:
I'm glad you worked that out. Thx for writing it down here, could proove usefull to someone else...
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IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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alete89 said:
IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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I am trying to run command given by you in terminal emulater but it says permission denied , my device is rooted, i dont know whats the problem
Edit : Sorry My Bad, I forget to enter su command
alete89 said:
IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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You have to write su before, to grant permissions.
su (enter)
and then go on
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This method is not working for me
Thank you for your support and help , i have followed every instruction and successfully changed modemefs folder but my problem still persist , my gapps and setup wizard keep crashing
I know one thing it has something to do with my efs folder because in recovery it says fail to mount efs (invalid argument)
i m trying to restore it. My mobile works perfectly in GB with all functionality . With GB also i can see same error in recovery , fail to mount efs.
androiddoctor said:
Thank you for your support and help , i have followed every instruction and successfully changed modemefs folder but my problem still persist , my gapps and setup wizard keep crashing
I know one thing it has something to do with my efs folder because in recovery it says fail to mount efs (invalid argument)
i m trying to restore it. My mobile works perfectly in GB with all functionality . With GB also i can see same error in recovery , fail to mount efs.
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i fixed EFS while in GB, you did the same way?
new at this...need help
alete89 said:
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
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hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
aayush295 said:
hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
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1. You can't go back to GB just like that, there is a guide on our phone section for downgrading.
2. How did you try to install CWM?
3. Flash JB with Odin and see what happens.
4. Search. And read.
aayush295 said:
hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
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do what @shut_down said, notice that to downgrade I followed a downgrade tutorial and also checked the re-format partitions box in Odin (you need additional files to do that).
good luck!

Flashed Germany 4.3 Stuck on Samsung Screen

Hello Guys i flashed the Germany Version of 4.3 lte last night and in doing so i have Temporarily killed my Phone.
I have tried all the Recoveries processes via Kies and Odin and i am having no luck.
I think the reason why it won't flash is because the Germany 4.3 is a Newer Version than the Stock 4.1.2.
When i'm in Odin i get sboot.bin Fail when trying to Flash the Latest Stock rom. I am able to Flash the Germany 4.3 again and that flashes but then the Phone Stays on the Samsung Flash Screen.
Could someone please Help? I have been on with this for Hours now. I think what i need is a 4.3 Version of any rom in Odin .tar format so i can at least get the phone to boot up and then maybe i can get CWM Recovery on there and flash a Stock rom that way.
Thanks in Advance
You have to remove sboot.bin and tz.bin when downgrading. Be careful, downgrading will give you Knox warranty void 0x1!
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.NetRolller 3D said:
You have to remove sboot.bin and tz.bin when downgrading. Be careful, downgrading will give you Knox warranty void 0x1!
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
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I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that and how do you remove sboot.bin and TZ.bin
Do i remove them from the Stock 4.1.2 or the Germany 4.3?
My head is well and truely done in. I was up till 5am trying to fix it and then when i woke i went straight back to it and i still havn't got it working.
Thanks for your help in advance.
marti4578 said:
I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that and how do you remove sboot.bin and TZ.bin
Do i remove them from the Stock 4.1.2 or the Germany 4.3?
My head is well and truely done in. I was up till 5am trying to fix it and then when i woke i went straight back to it and i still havn't got it working.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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I am in the same boat if u found a solution help me also
Currently i flashed philz recovery upon which i have flashed tgp 11.30 but have no imei baseband.
marti4578 said:
I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that.
= warranty void and no way so far to remove the count .
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AMoizK said:
I am in the same boat if u found a solution help me also
Currently i flashed philz recovery upon which i have flashed tgp 11.30 but have no imei baseband.
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Have you got any efs backup made by yourself? Or have you ever used boeffla kernel or any other that backups efs partition?
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Have you got any efs backup made by yourself? Or have you ever used boeffla kernel or any other that backups efs partition?
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Hello I don't have any EFS Backups done by Myself and i have never used Boeffla Kernel or any other Backup. I am so at my Witts end it unreal.
I have tried to do Kies recovery and i am back at the Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and Try again.
I have no idea which way to go or what to do. I know it will be fixed but i have little Faith at the Moment.
Thanks for your help in advance.
marti4578 said:
Hello I don't have any EFS Backups done by Myself and i have never used Boeffla Kernel or any other Backup. I am so at my Witts end it unreal.
I have tried to do Kies recovery and i am back at the Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and Try again.
I have no idea which way to go or what to do. I know it will be fixed but i have little Faith at the Moment.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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THE kies frimware intilition doesnt work as you have 4.3 bootloader and knox blocks older boot loader
dont worry when 4.3 becomes available in your area it wont have to downgrade and ultimately this method will work but still things are looking pretty bad dor the intermediatory days.
PS is ther anyway to restore baseband imei without any backup
AMoizK said:
THE kies frimware intilition doesnt work as you have 4.3 bootloader and knox blocks older boot loader
dont worry when 4.3 becomes available in your area it wont have to downgrade and ultimately this method will work but still things are looking pretty bad dor the intermediatory days.
PS is ther anyway to restore baseband imei without any backup
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What if i download the Germany Version again and try flashing. I thought it would of worked? I am now in this situation surely the Country it comes from wouldn't make a difference? Could someone take the Germany 4.3 and make it a Working Version .tar file to flash with Odin3?
marti4578 said:
What if i download the Germany Version again and try flashing. I thought it would of worked? I am now in this situation surely the Country it comes from wouldn't make a difference? Could someone take the Germany 4.3 and make it a Working Version .tar file to flash with Odin3?
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I ment through kies.
Hello Guys i have Fantastic News!!
I have no idea what i did different, However i have reflashed the German 4.3 on my GT-I9305 and this time to my Total Surprise it worked!!
I wish i could say what i did and it worked but i have absolutely no idea what was done differently.
Thanks all for your Help.
I will say i installed the drivers manually and just on the off chance i flashed it again with the file i downloaded last Night. I also flashed a recover trying to get it to load a recover so i could flash a zip file.
marti4578 said:
Hello Guys i have Fantastic News!!
I have no idea what i did different, However i have reflashed the German 4.3 on my GT-I9305 and this time to my Total Surprise it worked!!
I wish i could say what i did and it worked but i have absolutely no idea what was done differently.
Thanks all for your Help.
I will say i installed the drivers manually and just on the off chance i flashed it again with the file i downloaded last Night. I also flashed a recover trying to get it to load a recover so i could flash a zip file.
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Which file can u specify pls and also which recovery also is wifi and data working
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Which file can u specify pls and also which recovery also is wifi and data working
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which file????:crying:
AMoizK said:
which file????:crying:
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Please read the rules .
JJEgan said:
Please read the rules .
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Can u point me to the rules
AMoizK said:
Can u point me to the rules
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=256
5. Create a thread or post a message only once.
As a large forum, we don't need unnecessary clutter. You're free to edit your message as you like, so if you do not receive an answer, revisit your message and see if you can describe your problem better. Not everyone is online at the same time so it might take a while before you receive an answer. (Also refer to Rule 16)
Finally
I am so feeling sucessful right now although i didnt got 4.3 but i was sucessful in getting my imei and baseband and network back.:good:
Sorry for the late response but when you get stuck on the Samsung boot screen all you have to do is boot into Recovery and do a Factory Reset and Wipe Cache.
Another thing to remember is to flash the modem for your country otherwise you might accidently disable some frequencies and enable other useless ones.
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Sorry for the late response but when you get stuck on the Samsung boot screen all you have to do is boot into Recovery and do a Factory Reset and Wipe Cache.
Another thing to remember is to flash the modem for your country otherwise you might accidently disable some frequencies and enable other useless ones.
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Doesn't work I will syill be stuck at boot screen
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Doesn't work I will syill be stuck at boot screen
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Which 4.3 update did you flash? I used the DBT German one.
Did you flash the right modem too? It worked for me and i was using a i9305T. All i did was flash the latest modem (from the brand of phone i have which is Telstra) and did a wipe data and wipe cache.

No OS installed - but can boot to Safestrap

I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!
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I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!
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I think the way you mentioned is the best and only way. Good luck!
What ROM are you going to flash?
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I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!
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I had the same issue, and tried flashing multiple times via the external SD. Unfortunately, given that I got to your current situation by wiping everything but the external SD, it still wouldn't work. I flashed multiple times, but it always just said that it couldn't mount /data and /system. I ended up doing the MJ5 Restore found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Trouble is, now I can't seem to get back to KK for the life of me....good luck!
jim256 said:
I had the same issue, and tried flashing multiple times via the external SD. Unfortunately, given that I got to your current situation by wiping everything but the external SD, it still wouldn't work. I flashed multiple times, but it always just said that it couldn't mount /data and /system. I ended up doing the MJ5 Restore found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Trouble is, now I can't seem to get back to KK for the life of me....good luck!
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Yep - I used the MJ5 Restore and all is right with the world again. Thanks guys!!!
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Yep - I used the MJ5 Restore and all is right with the world again. Thanks guys!!!
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You going to stick with JB then or go KK?
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You going to stick with JB then or go KK?
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I went to KK - you're not able to?
delfinparis said:
I went to KK - you're not able to?
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Negative, was wondering if you might let me know precisely how you did it?
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Negative, was wondering if you might let me know precisely how you did it?
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Ha - I don't remember. Where are you getting stuck?
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Ha - I don't remember. Where are you getting stuck?
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I'm going through this entire guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712039
I don't seem to get stuck anywhere until the very end. After I've finished all steps, it just never boots past the Note 3 splash screen.
You need to odin four files to boot into kk, look into mr tropazr's thread it's thorough and informative.
same issue
Okay i will start from the top. I have a note 3 on at&t that i used towel to root with. I downloaded su, busybox, safestrap,etc. Long story short i didnt back up when i wiped everything and i cannot get safestrap to laod any new rom, it states there is no os on the device. I then tried to use odin to reflash to stock and i get the smd header check failed message. Any help would be appreciated, I have also tried the mj5 recovery found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715&highlight=rev+check+fail) with odin and get the SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 2
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Okay i will start from the top. I have a note 3 on at&t that i used towel to root with. I downloaded su, busybox, safestrap,etc. Long story short i didnt back up when i wiped everything and i cannot get safestrap to laod any new rom, it states there is no os on the device. I then tried to use odin to reflash to stock and i get the smd header check failed message. Any help would be appreciated, I have also tried the mj5 recovery found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715&highlight=rev+check+fail) with odin and get the SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 2
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mj5 is 4.3 go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117
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mj5 is 4.3 go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117
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I tried those files as well and followed the same method step by step and it would not work. I am completely lost at this point.
theradioinside said:
I tried those files as well and followed the same method step by step and it would not work. I am completely lost at this point.
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Perhaps I am missing something I downloaded all 5 files from mega, what is the fith file for the one that says n900aucucnc2_n900attcnc2_n900aucucnc2_home.tar.md5? I know where to properly place the other 4 files but im not certain about that one.
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Perhaps I am missing something I downloaded all 5 files from mega, what is the fith file for the one that says n900aucucnc2_n900attcnc2_n900aucucnc2_home.tar.md5? I know where to properly place the other 4 files but im not certain about that one.
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The home file is all 4 files in 1. Just use the 4 individual files to install original NC2 firmware and wipe at the same time. Ignore the home file.
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The home file is all 4 files in 1. Just use the 4 individual files to install original NC2 firmware and wipe at the same time. Ignore the home file.
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I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.
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I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.
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Yes that would be correct. Using the home file is like using all 4 files only the home file doesn't wipe before installing. It installs firmware like an ota update would. I thought using the 4 files would reset you, and give you a clean install.
I found the fix bro THANK ME I have the same problem and I stumbled to this
Go to this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51572044&postcount=2 and search for this word Quick Jump Start
follow the steps. YOU'RE WELCOME
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I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.
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see if you can fix it using the link in the above post if not let me know and I will back up my stock ATT KK 4.4.2 NC2 in safe strap after factory reset and I can send it to you. You can flash that and see if that works.
And what I understand is you started from stock 4.4.2 NC2 and than you towel root than installed SU and busybox and than installed the SS . After you went into SS, did you wipe the stock rom slot? Can you please explain in detail including each step so we know.

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