Odin won't work on my Win7 or Vista machine(must be me) and I just want to know can I just flash the new froyo in the recovery then re-root? Right now I'm just rooted.
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OK I've looked many places found different answers some do not work and yes I know I can flash all the improved Tom's etc.
Just wondering I rooted with z4root and flashed cwm with Odin then through rom manager and stayed stock otherwise; is there a way to hide or remove cement to get to ota?
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Afaik, you'll have to flash the stock recovery and possibly the stock kernel through Odin. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I fully bricked my vibrant by using 2.3 bootloaders and flashing back to stock 2.1 without flashing eclair/froyo bootloaders first (duh) to update through kies to 2.2. It would not power on at all. I sent it to mobiletechvideos.com in Texas and within a week my vibrant was jtagged and now the wife is using it with no issues at all. The service was only $50.00 and well worth the cost and wait as the vibrant is good as new to flash, flash away! Thanks Josh!
You could've done it by yourself
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joroboyvn said:
You could've done it by yourself
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Riff boxes are like 200 and its still really hard to jtag regardless.
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let me understand:
you flashed 2.1 by clockwork mod? because my last time i flashed 2.1 through odin, without changing the bootloader first.
I flashed through odin to 2.1 then I was using kies to update to 2.2 but I should have flashed 2.2 bootloaders before using kies. I should have fully explained myself...sorry.
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I flashed through odin to 2.1 then I was using kies to update to 2.2 but I should have flashed 2.2 bootloaders before using kies.
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You should have just never used kies
woa... i flashed 2.1 with odin on an older phone that i sold ( it was with cm7). hope the new owner didnt used kies to upgrade o.0 but has been to long and no complain lol
Stay away from kies mini.. Hardbricked me too. Jtag repaired fixed all but now Ive learned my lesson.
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I have a razr m and I want to rom and recovery it.. I am having a hard time putting root on.. I am unlocked I also have the latest ota from Verizon.. I thought about using matts utility to go back to the original sw version be for the ota.. Will that work? Or will I still have the latest Ota? I don't know how to do a custom recovery with out root.. And every root I do try to flash it won't work.. I need help plz.. I want to start running the pacman root and try to get Google wallet installed. Thank you
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I have a razr m and I want to rom and recovery it.. I am having a hard time putting root on.. I am unlocked I also have the latest ota from Verizon.. I thought about using matts utility to go back to the original sw version be for the ota.. Will that work? Or will I still have the latest Ota? I don't know how to do a custom recovery with out root.. And every root I do try to flash it won't work.. I need help plz.. I want to start running the pacman root and try to get Google wallet installed. Thank you
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44263460#post44263460
You can use this & restore your data back when done-the steps are in the op.
If all you need is custom recovery. Rom manager works and will allow you to flash cwmr right from your rooted phone- no pc needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2382561
Basically looking to go back to default factory settings, don't have the stock recovery anymore or a custom one, do not see if there's a official firmware that I can run
Would anyone be able to direct me in the right direction
Thanks
So your recovery is gone? Same thing happened to me before. Unfreeze any apps (if you froze any) take your phone to Best Buy and say Kies broke your phone. They can re-flash your phone which will unroot it and you get your recovery back. Then install the update.
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So your recovery is gone? Same thing happened to me before. Unfreeze any apps (if you froze any) take your phone to Best Buy and say Kies broke your phone. They can re-flash your phone which will unroot it and you get your recovery back. Then install the update.
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Why can't we this kies lol
We have the mf3 tar files you can use though to flash mf3
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Yes use the MF3 files in Odin and if you like root than re root and install Supersu pro to use survival mode and take the OTA Update and it will keep root for you . completely safe
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I don't have access to a computer to root my att S4. Is there any way to do it without a computer?
I only have my note 8 with me.
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No, you'll need a computer for at least part of the process. What firmware ate you on?
I have a deathly slow xp laptop available.
Firmware is i337UCUEMK2
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sparker366 said:
I have a deathly slow xp laptop available.
Firmware is i337UCUEMK2
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Well luckily rooting isn't that system taxing. I rooted mine on a 2006 laptop...slow but worked
Just read this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314494
and use this method to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Call me a moron but I am stuck in download mode after not following the instructions for the recovery. I used goo manager to install twrp. How can I recover from this?
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Call me a moron but I am stuck in download mode after not following the instructions for the recovery. I used goo manager to install twrp. How can I recover from this?
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You can't install a custom recovery if you have mk2 firmware your bootloader is locked and currently the only way to run a custom ROM is to use safe strap. You can try this to unbrick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080 or take it to a best buy with a Samsung experience shop and beg them to flash it.
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Well not sure what steps to do as the phone is in download mode. I see the 4th post in that thread has boot modem and recovery and that seems to be what screwed up flashing twrp. I could try that set of steps and see or can I flash back to the previous firmware and be all good and hope the MK2 ota is pushed to me.
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Well I flashed the stock recovery and boot img and I got my phone back. Will wait to see if twrp gets supported before flashing a custom rom.
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You can't get twrp to work unless someone counteracts sammy's bootloader lockdown--I don't see that happening anytime soon
You need to use SafeStrap as mentioned--read up a lot on it in the General and Q&A sections
You can still flash a fair number of quality roms, but you are limited
You must use SafeStrap's recovery, which if memory serves me, is loosely based on twrp