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[Q] uk firmware for wildfire

hi guys i live in the uk and i have a wildfire. I got my phone from the vodafone store and i want to debrand my phone and get it back to the manufactures settings as i found out that the things vodafone but on there can mess witht he phone its already been for repair once and ive had the handset replaced. i just want it back to how it was and not how vodafone have have put it please help

Go to theunlocker website and first search how-to-create-a-goldcard then visit shipped roms and download http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Buz...13.53.55.24H_3.35.19.25_release_151892_signed and run,also recomend visiting unrevoked site first and getting root to enable taking a nandroid backup so if any thing stalls you can restore from good backup.

the memory card that i have in my pone now is a gold card and ive use unrevoke and dwnloaded the rru and it wont let me install it

Whats the current version of your phones software ? you might need to roll back to an earlier ruu and then progressively update through the software updates.

Gt-i9000 xxjvu 2.3.6

GPS and TV-out works perfect! Tested!

are u using stock or custom and which

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9000

PIN screen lock not working after CSC changed from KOR to XEU
Hello all
First of all thanks for the excellent work, I went from laggy 2.2.1 to battery hungry 2.3.3 then to 2.3.6 which works very well.
However it came with the KOR CSC.
After resetting it to XEU the PIN lock screen disappeared completely and even if I set a new code the phone will never ask for it!
The same applies to Password Lock.
However Pattern Lock works.
My phone is rooted and has CWM Recovery.
Thanks so much in advance for any insight!
Cheers

Solved - CWM Recovery vs stock recovery
goncal said:
Hello all
First of all thanks for the excellent work, I went from laggy 2.2.1 to battery hungry 2.3.3 then to 2.3.6 which works very well.
However it came with the KOR CSC.
After resetting it to XEU the PIN lock screen disappeared completely and even if I set a new code the phone will never ask for it!
The same applies to Password Lock.
However Pattern Lock works.
My phone is rooted and has CWM Recovery.
Thanks so much in advance for any insight!
Cheers
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Hello again I'm afraid I'm a newbie when it comes to posting properly... anyway I found a solution to my problem and thought I would share it here.
Problem seemed to lie in the fact that I installed CWM (together with rooted kernel) *before* changing CSC from KOR to XEU.
When the stock recovery tried to wipe the phone, it failed.
I think that's what messed up the phone when it comes to the PIN lock screen.
So making sure that I had already a copy of the /efs folder safely stored in the internal SD and somewhere else, I overwrote /efs with the backup copy I had, and the phone went back to KOR CSC... plus a fully functional PIN lock screen!
Unsure as to how to proceed, but feeling safe now I had (more or less) safely tinkered around with /efs, I finally decided to delete the /efs folder and then change CSC.
The phone rebooted into stock recovery, tried to wipe memory and it failed, then rebooted, and voila, a new /efs folder had been created, albeit with a "generic" (and probably unusable) IMEI! Everything was working though, including the cellular data connection (I didn't check whether it was able to transfer any data but the icon and light up arrows did show up).
I then replaced /efs with my backup copy (with ES File Explorer, rooted) and rebooted the phone.
My beloved phone then went back to my good old IMEI, kept the new CSC (CPW in this case, which is UK as well so it suits me), and presto, PIN lock screen was back too!
So 'next time' I will follow the procedure below:
1. Flash 2.3.6 ROM
2. Change KOR CSC to XEU (or CPW for Carphone Warehouse) using USSD code command
3. Phone will restart and should wipe memory fully with its stock recovery.
4. Only then flash Chainfire kernel ROM which roots 2.3.6 and installs CWM Recovery.
I hope I haven't made any big mistakes along the way and that this humble contribution can help someone, other people's contributions have helped me a lot.
Cheers

Question in wrong place

hello,
my wife has an open lt15i, not branded and rooted with the latest official firmware. since about 2 weeks she is not able to call 2 numbers. unfortunately these numbers are quite important - they are from our 2 children. when she tries to call these 2 numbers she only hears a short snap or signal noise and that´s it.
as i have no clue where this comes from and ics is still a few weeks ahead i want to go back to the last firmware (.42). unfortunately i didn´t found if i loose everything when i use the flashtool to flash the last firmware.
so is it possible to flash .42 over .62 and keep all settings (contacts, call logs, sms, apps, settings, etc?)?
sorry if this is already asked and answered somewhere here, i read a lot - but didn´t found it.
thank´s a lot for your help!
brgds Deas

Sounds like you git the two numbers blockd on the phone
Try factory-reset, you will loose all data (settings etc. and not contacts)
From my sexy LT15i

Hi,
Yes, you can flash .42 baseband using flashtools
Just remember to make a backup before that.
BTW, as "TheHaso" mentioned, try factory reset first.

she didn´t allowed me to do it this weekend. she uses this phone also for her shop so i really understand her...
what i did so far is to ckeck if there are any numbers blocked on the phone - nothing that i could find. then i installed mybackup because this is the only one i found that does not need a rooted phone and did a complete backup to the local sd. so at least i have a backup of the data now.
i´ll try the factory reset hopefully tomorrow evening if i am allowed. supid question, but if that does not change anything, is the backup with mybackup enough to restore the phone to the exact state as it is now?
and about the downgrade to .42 - i read in the ics thread that you can selectively choose what to flash. if i remove data - will this work? or do i need to restore the mybackup after the downgrade?
sorry for all these questions, but i don´t want to play russian roulette with my wifes phone data...
thank´s a lot for your help!
brgds Deas

1. I havent tried mybackup, but I think in trial mode, you might have some problems restoring your data in ICS! but should work on the same firmware.
2. As far as I'm concerned, selective installation was devised in order to make the released ICS work with flashtools and now it can be done with new flashtools v7 just in one step.
I reckon It won't be a good idea not to wipe user data while flashing ICS.

i had now time to play with the phone. and it is still working!
i was short before doing a factory reset, but then i had the idea to put the sim in another phone - surprise - i am still not able to call these 2 numbers! so it must be something provider related. will call them tomorrow...
then i did a downgrade with flashtool to .42 and i unchecked user data. the downgrade worked fine, everything is still there. and now i have a rooted arc!
thank´s a lot for your help!
brgds Andreas

we decided to change provider - now everything is working again. my wife can call all numbers!
i decided to upgrade the rooted phone again to the latest firmware, but i think i don´t did it right...
actually i wanted to do it on the phone, but the updater just said that there was an error and i should try it again. then i decided to do the upgrade via pc companion. it worked, but now i have a unrooted phone...
first question: what was my failure?
second question: when in a few weeks the official ics will be released - can i root my phone after the upgrade? or is this not possible with ics? basically i want to stay with the original firmware and just remove the bloatware.
thank´s a lot for your help!
brgds Andreas

Galaxy s5 Backup puts me on bootloop [NEED FILES INSIDE]

Hello so I flashed a rom and it decided to put me in a bootloop after trying everything couldnt fix it and i really didnt want to lose a chance of getting my pictures back etc so i made a backup even though i had a bootloop so i then restored and flashed rom again and was fresh again, Then tried restoring to the backup and went to a bootloop again which i expected is there any way to get my files back really need the pictures sentimental value..
Im sorry if whatever i said or did is not smart I checked everywhere but couldnt find a direct solution so wanted to try here. Thanks in advance!

if you changed bootloader & Modem then try stock bootloader & Modem.

[HELP] Back-up from Kies 3 failed

Hello people, I'm kinda new to this big domain.
What I did: I installed latesc CM 13 version, rooted my phone.
What hapenned: My Kernel 3 doesn't recognyze my device anymore and I made the whole phone back-up on him.
I really need to make him detect my phone again! (my phone it's an GT-I505, international version).
If someone could help me I'd be fully grateful!!!
EDIT: Oh, and if there's any way to back-up the phone wihout Kies 3, only using saved files (considering you guys know where program saves it) and adding them in my phone, would be amazing too !! I really need my phone contacts and apps back haha, waiting !!

don't use Kies (Kies 3 isn't for your phone as far as I understand it) you have a custom rom, so use the custom recovery you flashed it with to back it up. although is there any point backing up a rom that's not working correctly ?
I'd say it's better to find a new rom and clean flash it via recovery