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easy question CWM and ROOT

I installed an old firmware [N7000XXKKA], applied ROOT and CWM to it.
now I upgraded my firmware to a new one [N7000XXLA4], by using the CWM manager, and choose KEEP CF-ROOT.
my question is:
did the firmware get completely upgraded? or did the kernel remained the same and I just did nothing

Your kernel will be same old.
You can update it to new LA4 with this
Download , extract n Run I am already Rooted. it will take few seconds

Qvp said:
I installed an old firmware [N7000XXKKA], applied ROOT and CWM to it.
now I upgraded my firmware to a new one [N7000XXLA4], by using the CWM manager, and choose KEEP CF-ROOT.
my question is:
did the firmware get completely upgraded? or did the kernel remained the same and I just did nothing
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Yes , your device got updated to LA4 and the Kernel remained same. and you have root.

thanks a lot!!!
btw dr.ketan about sanity and bluetooth recording, do you know how to stop echo?

dr.ketan said:
Your kernel will be same old.
You can update it to new LA4 with this
Download , extract n Run I am already Rooted. it will take few seconds
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What kind of features am I going to miss if I'm on the latest ROM (LA6), but stay on the KK1 kernel?

serpent2005 said:
What kind of features am I going to miss if I'm on the latest ROM (LA6), but stay on the KK1 kernel?
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If your CWM application is full functional, I dont think any thing you will miss.

dr.ketan said:
If your CWM application is full functional, I dont think any thing you will miss.
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Ok I was afraid staying with the older kernel meant I was giving up performance enhancements (or other enhancements) in the later kernels.

[Q] IMEI goes AWOL with deodexed XXLK3 UK Firmware.

Recently i have come across a puzzling bug when i flashed deodexed UK firmware S5830IXXLK3 (by Alucard1989PL) and was wondering if anyone else had come accross this,
I flash my phone via ODIN 3.07 to stock XXLK3 UK firmware as normal , this gives me stock kernel & ROM.
I fire up ODIN and flash either Rafael or Hells kernel (it doesnt matter which), reboot, check phone status and i have IMEI.
I root my phone via CWM next just to make sure and check that debug is ticked, reboot.
I then flash the S5830IXXLK3 deodexed ROM via CWM, no problem. When the phone boots i check the phone status and each time i have lost my IMEI number.
On all previous deodexed ROMS i have used i have never come accross this, could it be the latest firmware thats been deodexed or am i overlooking a simple detail here?
Any comments would be appreciated.

Viprdxd said:
Recently i have come across a puzzling bug when i flashed deodexed UK firmware S5830IXXLK3 (by Alucard1989PL) and was wondering if anyone else had come accross this,
I flash my phone via ODIN 3.07 to stock XXLK3 UK firmware as normal , this gives me stock kernel & ROM.
I fire up ODIN and flash either Rafael or Hells kernel (it doesnt matter which), reboot, check phone status and i have IMEI.
I root my phone via CWM next just to make sure and check that debug is ticked, reboot.
I then flash the S5830IXXLK3 deodexed ROM via CWM, no problem. When the phone boots i check the phone status and each time i have lost my IMEI number.
On all previous deodexed ROMS i have used i have never come accross this, could it be the latest firmware thats been deodexed or am i overlooking a simple detail here?
Any comments would be appreciated.
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I haven't problem with IMEI. The deodexed rom has already root so i don't know why you installed root before you install my deodexed xxlk3 rom -_-" LOL. Try reflash rom with odin than my deodexed rom and at last custom kernel . . .

Alucard1989pl said:
I haven't problem with IMEI. The deodexed rom has already root so i don't know why you installed root before you install my deodexed xxlk3 rom -_-" LOL. Try reflash rom with odin than my deodexed rom and at last custom kernel . . .
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Hey Alu, i tried all methods but result is the same i lose IMEI number, not to worry for now i will try another deodexed. BTW any eta on when you will release 15 toggle for XXLK3? this will motivate me to try again.
Txs for the reply.

Viprdxd said:
Hey Alu, i tried all methods but result is the same i lose IMEI number, not to worry for now i will try another deodexed. BTW any eta on when you will release 15 toggle for XXLK3? this will motivate me to try again.
Txs for the reply.
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I'll try in this weekend make this mod for xxlk2 and xxlk3.

Alucard1989pl said:
I'll try in this weekend make this mod for xxlk2 and xxlk3.
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Good stuff :good:

Viprdxd said:
Recently i have come across a puzzling bug when i flashed deodexed UK firmware S5830IXXLK3 (by Alucard1989PL) and was wondering if anyone else had come accross this,
I flash my phone via ODIN 3.07 to stock XXLK3 UK firmware as normal , this gives me stock kernel & ROM.
I fire up ODIN and flash either Rafael or Hells kernel (it doesnt matter which), reboot, check phone status and i have IMEI.
I root my phone via CWM next just to make sure and check that debug is ticked, reboot.
I then flash the S5830IXXLK3 deodexed ROM via CWM, no problem. When the phone boots i check the phone status and each time i have lost my IMEI number.
On all previous deodexed ROMS i have used i have never come accross this, could it be the latest firmware thats been deodexed or am i overlooking a simple detail here?
Any comments would be appreciated.
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Hi Viprdxd, I have also just experienced this problem after flashing the same XXLK3 UK firmware and then flashing a custom deodexed ROM that I am currently building. My custom ROM is currently based on XXLI1 firmware and I thought there may be some incompatibility problem. However obviously you have flashed Alucard's XXLK3 deodexed ROM so it can't be that. You say its not a kernel issue either so at the moment I currently have very little idea what is causing this. I need to find out though to make my custom ROM compatible with all firmwares so I will be investigating this issue.
I'm just glad I got my IMEI back by reflashing the XXLK3 firmware with ODIN cause I've already permanently lost it once before when I was a bit of a noob and didn't have a backup or anything!

makeyourself said:
Hi Viprdxd, I have also just experienced this problem after flashing the same XXLK3 UK firmware and then flashing a custom deodexed ROM that I am currently building. My custom ROM is currently based on XXLI1 firmware and I thought there may be some incompatibility problem. However obviously you have flashed Alucard's XXLK3 deodexed ROM so it can't be that. You say its not a kernel issue either so at the moment I currently have very little idea what is causing this. I need to find out though to make my custom ROM compatible with all firmwares so I will be investigating this issue.
I'm just glad I got my IMEI back by reflashing the XXLK3 firmware with ODIN cause I've already permanently lost it once before when I was a bit of a noob and didn't have a backup or anything!
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Yeah I know that feeling all to well when you see your IMEI number missing I'll keep playing around to see if I can find out why but my feeling is its an issue ROM side with XXLK3., Hey good luck with your ROM I'll defo check it out when its done.

Viprdxd said:
Yeah I know that feeling all to well when you see your IMEI number missing I'll keep playing around to see if I can find out why but my feeling is its an issue ROM side with XXLK3., Hey good luck with your ROM I'll defo check it out when its done.
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Nice one thanks :good:
Edit: Sorry Actually I still can't figure this out, if I flash XXLK3 with ODIN, IMEI number is fine. If I install Rafael's kernel, nothing else, it disappears.
If I extract the XXLK3 ROM and flash it in recovery no problems, if I deodex it no problems, if I install custom kernels then IMEI dissappears.
Which leads me to the conclusion its a problem with custom kernels except for the fact that if I flash the ROM I'm building on stock kernel IMEI also dissappears!! So for now it remains a mystery!

makeyourself said:
Nice one thanks :good:
Edit: Sorry Actually I still can't figure this out, if I flash XXLK3 with ODIN, IMEI number is fine. If I install Rafael's kernel, nothing else, it disappears.
If I extract the XXLK3 ROM and flash it in recovery no problems, if I deodex it no problems, if I install custom kernels then IMEI dissappears.
Which leads me to the conclusion its a problem with custom kernels except for the fact that if I flash the ROM I'm building on stock kernel IMEI also dissappears!! So for now it remains a mystery!
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I have concluded that its not a problem with XXLK3 or The custom Kernels as both work, let me explain, XXLK3 standard and deodexed on stock (came with package) kernel works as it should. Raf's or Hell's Kernel works fine on every other firmware.
It seems to be a problem of compatibility of the two maybe Samsung changed some small detail or a tweek is needed in the kernels or both? I don't know as I am not a dev.
My thread on what I found: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052690
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What version was my i9305 originally?

Hi Ive searched for ages but cant find an answer to this seemingly simple question.
I just purchased a i9305 which I'm trying to return to stock ROM. Problem is I've no idea what the original ROM was. The phone came with a modified rom and even though I can reset the flash counter and get it to say Samsung official ROM in ODIN, however it always says "sytem status:Modified."
Also in About>status it always says modifed-even with stock rom.
Cant get hold of the seller atm so I'm asking if theres a way to tell what the inherent stock rom of the phone is-not just the rom version I have installed now??
Thanks for your help, I hope i made myself somewhat clear.

Hey,
no way. I don't think there is a history.
Tell more about your phone, and maybe someone has the same and can tell you.
Btw. to get the modified status away, you have to install stock rom (kernel, boot, recovery and so on) and reset the flash counter. The device will check on every boot for custom things and set the counter to 1, if something were found.

baduncle said:
Hey,
no way. I don't think there is a history.
Tell more about your phone, and maybe someone has the same and can tell you.
Btw. to get the modified status away, you have to install stock rom (kernel, boot, recovery and so on) and reset the flash counter. The device will check on every boot for custom things and set the counter to 1, if something were found.
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You mean the phone doesn't really know what original factory version it was?
I installed a stock rom, reset the counter with triangle away and it even updated through Samsung kies after that. But still says modified.
Maybe I didn't install all the parts of stock rom? You said kernel etc so what exact elements do I have to make sure to install?
Thanks

Maybe. I know the csc will be stored, if it's a branded one. Thats all i know.
A complete stock rom contains system, hidden, recovery, data, modem. boot images.
So install with "mobile odin" (or odin from a pc) the recovery and boot image, restart, reset counter, restart. And check. If you install an original boot image, the kernel will also be stock.
Have you read other help threads? Some users have these issues also with stock roms, they had it from the beginning.
If you think, all is done and all went good without errors, you are maybe one of these users.

thanks.
By 'the recovery and boot image' do you mean PDA and bootloader options?
This is the current status info in 'About':
Model no: GT-i9305
Android version 4.1.2
Baseband version: i9305XXBLL5
KERNEL VERSION: 3.0.31-746327
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 26 etc...
2012
Build number: JZ054K.I9305XXBLL5
Then in Status:
Serial number: R31C914MNNK
Do I have stock kernel and recovery?
Thanks!

baduncle said:
Some users have these issues also with stock roms, they had it from the beginning.
If you think, all is done and all went good without errors, you are maybe one of these users.
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But isnt my warranty void if it still says 'SYSTEM STATUS: MODIFIED'??

Just wanted to let you know I sorted it.
I did the folowing, not sure which part or all bits helped.
Installed older stock kernel.
Installed old stock recovery.
In recovery mode did cache wipe AND full factory rest.
Then phone showed Status:Normal
and in ODIN showed No flash count and official and official!!!

Cheers. Great News.
Your warranty is void, if the status is modified.

i9305 bootloader
Is it possible to flash an older bootloader from ICS or 4.1.1 on my i9305?
I got the new bootloader when I flashed the 4.1.2 and now Triangle Away don't work anymore and I reaaly need it to root my phone and flash a new kernel and CWM...
Is it possible? I didn't found any answer about this... :S

fabiocpinto said:
Is it possible to flash an older bootloader from ICS or 4.1.1 on my i9305?
I got the new bootloader when I flashed the 4.1.2 and now Triangle Away don't work anymore and I reaaly need it to root my phone and flash a new kernel and CWM...
Is it possible? I didn't found any answer about this... :S
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TA still works if you use everything stock. And if you don't, then what's the point in resetting the counter? They'll deny warranty anyway

Glebun said:
TA still works if you use everything stock. And if you don't, then what's the point in resetting the counter? They'll deny warranty anyway
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It won't reset the counter neither change the status with this new bootloaders.
But if I have my phone with everything stock why the hell will they deny the waranty, if the counter is 0 and the status is normal?
On 4.1.1 I had root on my phone and TA reseted the counter and put the status normal, and I needed to send it to warranty and they don't deny it, although I was with a custom rom...
I don't get what you are trying to tell me.

Same thing here
dnalevy said:
Just wanted to let you know I sorted it.
I did the folowing, not sure which part or all bits helped.
Installed older stock kernel.
Installed old stock recovery.
In recovery mode did cache wipe AND full factory rest.
Then phone showed Status:Normal
and in ODIN showed No flash count and official and official!!!
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please let me know w/c stock kernel & recovery did you use?im having the same issue.
Thanks!

fabiocpinto said:
It won't reset the counter neither change the status with this new bootloaders.
But if I have my phone with everything stock why the hell will they deny the waranty, if the counter is 0 and the status is normal?
On 4.1.1 I had root on my phone and TA reseted the counter and put the status normal, and I needed to send it to warranty and they don't deny it, although I was with a custom rom...
I don't get what you are trying to tell me.
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You are wrong. TA works perfectly with the latest bootloader, as long as you're absolutely stock. As in, stock unrooted ROM, stock recovery. And if you're not using stock, then you don't need TA because they will deny you warranty if you're on a custom ROM or not completely stock. That's what I meant

[Q] Upgrades blocks my GT N7000

Recently I've updated my phone from ICS 4.0.4 to Jelly Bean through samsung kies. It was ok for about
a week or so before it suddenly lost all network connection. My phone could not connect to any network,
only can make emergency calls. Samsung could not do anything about it and suggest i change the motherboard.
I managed to revert back to stock rom gingerbread using PC Odin and tried upgrading again to stock rom
ICS. The funny things is when I upgrade the phone to ICS, again the update blocks my phone as I thought
only JB would do that. And because I've been on ICS for quite sometime I didn't think it would behave that
way.
I have tried all method, factory reset, hard reset, wipe cache before upgrading to ICS yet it doesn't help. Can
anyone help me? Btw, my phone is not rooted.. Thanks in advance.

hows your IMEI? what does it start with?

nokiamodeln91 said:
hows your IMEI? what does it start with?
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It starts with 3595XXXX all the 15 digits are there

Is it network locked?
try using one of these
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.sgs2simunlockcode&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.galaxysunlock&hl=en

Network locked and the phone simply could not detect my sim. The above method
would require me to root the phone, right?

Say if I'm going to root my phone, which one should I do first?
a) Upgrade ICS (official) then root and unblock sim
b) root the current gingerbread with CWM and then flash ICS rom
Sorry, noobie here... juz needed to make sure so I dont end up with brick device

If you root GB and flash ICS, root will be lost again. Be on ICS ... Make sure you don't do a factory reset on ICS unless you install a safe kernel. Install Philz kernel for ICS and it will root your phone. The you can try those apps.

nokiamodeln91 said:
If you root GB and flash ICS, root will be lost again. Be on ICS ... Make sure you don't do a factory reset on ICS unless you install a safe kernel. Install Philz kernel for ICS and it will root your phone. The you can try those apps.
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Ok. I will try that. Thanks.

My kernel version is N7000DXLP9 (Baseband N7000DXLP5) (Build Number IML74K.DXLP9) so the file I should be using is
PhilZ-cwm6-DXLP9-OLB-v2.7
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yr1mua...2.7-signed.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7q0qdg...LB-2.7.tar.md5
And the one with .zip is root only and tar.md5 file is root + CWM... is this correct?

I've rooted the phone and tried both Sim unlock apps as suggested by you but unsuccessful. So where do I go from here?
(Galaxy S Unlock) When dialing *#7465625# it says
Network Lock [OFF]
Network Subset Lock [OFF]
SP Lock [OFF]
CP Lock [OFF]
My phone status currently says
Network : Unknown
Signal Strength : -95dBm 9asu
Mobile Type : HSDPA:9
Service State : Out of Service
Mobile Network State : Disconnected
Emei : 3959xxxxxxxxxxx

I've download this file CWM version: SpeedMod K3-15 for CWM from touristinparadise blog and
CriskeloRom ICS Note V11.2 LRK
LINK
CriskeloRomNOTE.vICS-V11.2-MD5-7FEDC9597F42C0E9CA2AE4673E84798B.zip
Just to make sure before I flash anything I just wanna confirm I've downloaded the right files. Will this helps resolve my
phone issues?

Not sure why this is happening in your case.. the file you have downloaded are kernel and a rom.. try if you want to..

nokiamodeln91 said:
Not sure why this is happening in your case.. the file you have downloaded are kernel and a rom.. try if you want to..
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Do I need to flash this kernel? Or just by flashing the rom is suffecient?

i dont think there is a need to flash the kernel as you are flashing a custom rom.. so...

nokiamodeln91 said:
i dont think there is a need to flash the kernel as you are flashing a custom rom.. so...
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If I want to flash back to stock gingerbread rom does this wipe my root completely?

Yes and you will also need to wipe data.

Ok. Thanks

Sorry to disturb u again.. i've trying to find a working link to download this rom but to no avail.
http://criskelo.geeker-tue.org/NOTE...E.v7-MD5-5F1906B96CA2380265104AC12D7EEF5C.zip
I've also been trying to get Kingdroid's gingerbread rom but notice that many of these gingerbread versions are dead
links. Can u pls help redirect me? I've found out that under ICS/JB my phone's CSC is locked that is y i am facing these network problem.
I thought if i can go back to GB base rom the phone will function again as it was on stock rom.

Going to lollipop

So I'm in nc2 and wanna jump up to a new rom. Thinking alliance, biggins or Arya mod. What all are you guys running and how'd you do it? I can seem. To find the thread on how to do it. Did you use safestrap or flashfire? If you used flashfire, how do you use that? I must have the stupid on the search here lately...
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You got it easy.
Root with towelroot, Install SuperSU, Install Busybox, Install Safestrap 3.75. Done.
Reboot to safestrap and flash what you need. Don't worry about flashfire, you probably won't ever need to use it. Or at least out of my experience I've not had to use it. (For the note 3 that is)

I'm much more versed in rooting and roms than you assume. I'm on dk7.1 and have odind many times. Just curious as to the actual process of switching to lp. And what would need done to go back to kk if necessary
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Before you flash, just back up your kk rom. And then when you flash the rom, make sure to flash the kk kernel so safestrap is still accessible

OMG_VTEC said:
I'm much more versed in rooting and roms than you assume. I'm on dk7.1 and have odind many times. Just curious as to the actual process of switching to lp. And what would need done to go back to kk if necessary
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It doesn't matter what ROM you are currently on you can always odin back to NC2 and then upgrade to NL1 or OC1/2.
Examples:
If you're on OC1/2 and want to go back to NL1, you would full odin back to NC2, re-root and such. Then flash a NL1 based ROM.
If you're on NL1 without root and want OC1/2, full odin back to NC2, re-root, etc. Then flash a OC1/2 based ROM.

I've never even head of nl1. And Don you need to flash the kernel and radio or is just the kernel necessary?
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It depends on the ROM you plan on going to.
AllianceROM v12 doesn't require a kernel flash
UrDroid Stock Deodexed requires an OC1 flash (optional OC2 patch available)
OC1 is 5.0
OC2 is a security patch for OC1
NL1 is 4.4.4
NJ2 is 4.2.2
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Are you sure about alliance? I tried to flash that and got stuck on the Galaxy Note 3 screen
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I've ran Alliance v12 more than a few times on both my phone and my girlfriends phone, I've not once had to flash a kernel if you get stuck reboot into the stock recovery and look at the top, if it says OC1 then your on the right kernel. But flashing it definitely won't hurt anything.
This is taken out of the changelog for AllianceROM v12
ROM will automatically flash OC1 Kernel so after install, just hit reboot.
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Also make sure you're on version 3.75 for Safestrap.

i have done this many times over within the past hour and safestrap wont install... i have used these exact steps b4 last year but it just wont work now....