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Hi everyone, this is my first post. I am one of those who waited patiently for 2.2 that I decided to finally root today. I followed all the instructions to root from the sticky here. The process went without a hitch and I flashed the jk6 stock from Team Whiskey from the development section.
I really enjoyed the 2.2 experience while it lasted until I flashed the JL5+voodoo kernel from supercurio's thread. I was under the impression that you could flash different kernels over the old ones. It went through the process of partitioning to ext4. Once it was done, I went to settings and about phone to see if there was JL5 anywhere and it wasn't. It still showed JK6. So I panicked. I disabled voodoo through clockwork recovery and went to the process of reverting back to rfs which I believed. I used odin to flash back to jfd. I know, I didn't restore the backup from clockwork because I wanted to start over( I still have those backups on my external sd card). To my knowledge, the flashing to jfd would completely wipe the data, replace the baseband, kernel, recovery and os.
I then used samsung kies mini to update to JI6. Everything went ok so I decided to root again. Instead of loading the update.zip to internal sdcard. I decided to use tga_gunnman once click root. That process went great until went it rebooted, the clockwork recovery screen popped up to my amazement. It seemed that there were still original files since the first time I rooted. I checked my files on my vibrant to find that I still had original files such as the clockwork back up, titamium back up, and even voodoo. I thought the flashing would completely remove all the data and files. So I panicked again. At this point, I don't know what I did that now I can't get to my log in screen and the screen I get is a picture of a phone, an exclamation, and a computer on my phone. I tried using odin again through download mode to go back to stock but under the message box on odin, it stops at cache.rfs. It has been stuck there for a long time and nothing is happening. I can't even get into recovery mode either.
Now I am not even sure if I properly disabled voodoo or deleted it which I thought the flashing back to jfd would do. I don't know if my partition is still rfs or ext4. I can't use my phone at all. Did I completely brick my phone? How do I fix the mess I got myself into? I really do appreciate anyone's help. I apologize for the length of this post. I wanted to be detailed as possible. Thank you.
EDIT: Spoke too soon. I used a different version of odin and now im back to stock jfd, but the original files are still there including the voodoo folder. I thought it wipes all the data. Also how do I know that the data partition is originally rfs and not ext4? I want to make sure before I root again. Thanks.
Can you get to recovery and restore your backup you created? I just read where you said you can not get in to recovery. What method are you using to try to access recovery?
well if you are back to stock, but just the folder is lingering around, cant you just reformat your sd card?
settings>sd card phone storage>format.
I did a back up using clockwork. I originally was trying to do to the recovery mode by pressing the vol keys and power and that didn't work. I actually got it back to stock jfd by using a different version of odin. My problem now is that I still have some original files on my phone including the voodoo folder. My understanding of flashing was that it wipes everything from your phone. I am not sure if i still have root access even after flashing back to stock jfd. Also if my partition is back to rfs or still stuck at ext4. I am a little confused here. I am afraid if i root again that the original files and folders from my first root will interfere with the new root method.
so If I format the internal sd card, will it completely erase all traces from my first root?
neotoky said:
I did a back up using clockwork. I originally was trying to do to the recovery mode by pressing the vol keys and power and that didn't work. I actually got it back to stock jfd by using a different version of odin. My problem now is that I still have some original files on my phone including the voodoo folder. My understanding of flashing was that it wipes everything from your phone. I am not sure if i still have root access even after flashing back to stock jfd. Also if my partition is back to rfs or still stuck at ext4. I am a little confused here. I am afraid if i root again that the original files and folders from my first root will interfere with the new root method.
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When you flash a new rom, or back to stock, it does not (usually) wipe the contents of your sd cards (internal or external). And if you are successfully running stock 2.1, you can rest assured you're back to rfs - so if that voodoo folder is making you nervous you can just delete it (it's only relevant if you have voodoo enabled). You're fine to re-root with whatever method you prefer.
Sounds like the soft-brick you experienced was purely from odin hanging on you, and that icon you saw has become a frequent visitor on my phone since I routinely have odin hanging issues (hence my avatar). I've found that v1.3 treats me the best, but sounds like whatever version you updated to worked, so there's no reason to deviate.
Download OCLF from the market and you will find out if you are currently rooted still.
There are a few misconceptions on what the wipe is.
/sdcard and external SD card are user accessible areas of the phone, and when it states that the ROM wipes your phone it does not touch these (there was only one incarnation of TW ROM's that inadvertently formated the entire filesystem for some users).
If you must format the phone to its complete stock form in ODIN you can use re-partition check box - the results are still mixed if it formats the entire FS or not, but most probably it will for you. So all your pictures, etc. should be backed up no matter what.
I appreciate the help guys. Thanks very much. The version of odin I used originally was v1.00 and the one I used to fix the problem was v1.70. My question now is did I properly flash the JL5 kernel over the JK6 even though when I checked the information on my phone it still stated as JK6? Also how do you properly reflash to a different kernel as well as modems? Do you overwrite the kernel or do you have to go back to stock before trying a new one? Thanks.
neotoky said:
I appreciate the help guys. Thanks very much. The version of odin I used originally was v1.00 and the one I used to fix the problem was v1.70. My question now is did I properly flash the JL5 kernel over the JK6 even though when I checked the information on my phone it still stated as JK6? Also how do you properly reflash to a different kernel as well as modems? Do you overwrite the kernel or do you have to go back to stock before trying a new one? Thanks.
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I'm not sure why you would flash the JL5 kernel. Does it have any added benefit over the JK6? If you want, you can flash the JL5 MODEM through clockwork using the JL5_modem.zip file posted in many threads.
You should not have to go back to a stock kernel before trying a new one, but if you flash a Voodoo kernel that converts your system to ext4, then you must convert it back to RFS before flashing another kernel. An easy way to be postively sure that you are in RFS is by getting "Terminal Emulator" from market, and type "su" press enter, and then "mount" and press enter. If you see rfs next to data, dbdata, datadata, and system, then you know your system is converted back to RFS. Otherwise, in Voodoo mode it will read ext4 next to those.
Also, if you are really paranoid about getting a fresh start, you can mount your internal SD on your computer and just delete everything on there. Don't worry, all the important Android system files will be restored upon each reboot. All the other crap on there will be erased.
borked up the fascinate whilst trying to update to the devs 2.2.
i know exactly what i did wrong. i was running voodoo5, and i clicked to disable lag fix, but i forgot to restart to let it *actually* disable before trying to load the new stuff. STUPID!
when that happened, it hung on samsung screen, then after battery pull all the phone will do is boot loop.. samsung screen, then goes to robot and screen says says "wiping cache, data, ect.." and then back to samsung screen to reboot and reboot.
i have literally 30 tabs open with articles from here and other forums, nothing seems to be working. here is what i have tried.
1. tried booting back to red cwm and playing with the lagfix (enable and disable again) to see if it would work, no go. i ended up losing red cwm - had to ODIN red back.. i cant get green to flash.
2. tried flashing DL09 both the full package and each individual part via ODIN
3. tried flashing the stocki500system.md5 (from the board) and kernel via ODIN, and nothing.. same boot loop. everything i have flashed via ODIN still gives me a boot loop..
4. tried to connect via ADB but it wont let me access the phone.. NOTE: i just downloaded ADB as a last resort and know nothing about it..
the only thing i can seem to do is get to red cwm. i have several backups in the restore section, but none of them seem to work - either i get a "no file found" even though i can see the file(s), or i get an error after it does load that says ".android_secure.img not found. skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure"
any ideas?
Okay follow these steps. Make sure you follow them step by step. Even though you have the lagfix installed this removed it for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
Place the PIT file where it belongs. Then ODIN the system, kernel, and recovery in that order. Don't restart the process every time. Just ODIN them one after another.
thank you very much for taking a moment to answer. i did follow that thread, however
i managed to get the stocki500 recovery but the other files (recovery, PIT) are all 404 not found errors.
ive tried that stock md5 and it still boot loops. i actually have that tab open from when i tried that route..
any other ideas and thanks again
Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.
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Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
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downloading now.. thanks for the point to this file.. i hadnt found that one yet
no problem. it should work out good.
mailaliasgar said:
I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.
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i soft bricked doing that with a corrupt file before.. however that time i was able to restore using my backup.
this time, every time i try a method, it kicks me back to boot loop. if the file that im downloading now doesnt work, i will have to try and figure out ADB as a last resort..
thanks much for the help!
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no problem. it should work out good.
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problem
thank you for all your help
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problem
thank you for all your help
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So this worked for you? You just re-rooted as normal?
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Thank you all for your help. i applied all the info i got here, and one of them worked it finally took the ODIN flash to stock and i recovered into FROYO from there.
seriously thank you all.. its great that the community is so supportive
I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?
Joe T said:
I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?
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i followed all the hints i got, and i think that the one i got about formatting helped me get out of the boot loop from hell.. it finally took my flash from ODIN, it wouldn't until i did the format(s)..
mind you i am NOT an expert, however from what i read and talked about offline, voodoo is still resident on your phone but disabled (check to see if you have the voodoo file still on your card).. if DL30 is running fine, you are ok..
from what i have read, yes.. the new cwm is required in order to get it to mesh properly with 2.2 leak.. i havent had any issues and i loaded that as well.. from one of the posts i read, if you are a serial flasher, then you need to make sure that not only you download the new cwm zip, but also should have deleted the entire clockworkmod folder from your card for best results..
I love this threadd.... I did the same damn thingg...
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You guys are not alone. I'm just glad the peeps that know what's going on have the patience to put up with us.
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adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.
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adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.
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It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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godihatework said:
It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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ABSOLUTELY!! I have those on my computer at all times, adrynalynes d101 brought me back a few times.
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unrooted, fully bloated (for now) Fascinate
My brother and I both have a Vibrant. He broke his so I loaned him mine for a week. While he had mine (which I've upgraded to 2.2), he installed Android 2.1 Voodoo 4 on it. Little to say, after rebooting, the phone wasn't booting past the boot screen.
I've now followed some instructions from the forum, and have reflashed my phone with Eugene's non-bricking ROM through Odin. The phone boots up just fine now. However, I am trying to install ROM Manager on the phone, so I can reflash my recovery ROM (non Voodoo) - and the Android market tells me it can't install the app due to not having enough free space - though I have over 1GB.
I am guessing this is because the internal disk is still setup in the Voodoo file system, and just enough space was repartitioned for the OS to go back on.
Can anyone help me restore my phone?
EDIT: I've also tried flashing a different recovery ROM through ODIN (with repartition), which also wouldn't let me get past the bootup screen.
I'm taking a wild guess here, I seriously don't know, but did you click repartition in Odin? I think that's would work, but like I said, I'm not completely sure.
I didn't repartition for the Eugene rom fix (as per the instruction I read), but did when I tried to load another version ontop of that.
I was in the Voodoo chatroom, and was able to get some help. It sounds like I need to download a stock ROM and then reset my file partition to get rid of the EXT4 partition, and reset it all to the default.
I have Eugene's "non bricking" rom, but I don't think that's what I need. Can anyone point me in the right direction of what I need and how to do this?
Just search for the stock Odin images and flash back. They should be in a sticky. I would repartition as well.
I am trying to find a stock version I can ODIN flash. Do you know where I can get one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I've gone through ODIN, done a reflash to the stock firmware, and repartitioned the phone as well.
Now, when I boot the phone up, I get the T-Mobile screen and the Galaxy S screen, and then the phone goes black (with no lights on) and doesn't go any further. My phone has been sitting on the desk like this for 20 minutes now.
I am wondering if this is like when moving to Voodoo, it takes a while to change the format to EXT4, is the phone having to go back to the default?
I 1am into the same problem with the old voodoo. What you'll need to do is flash back to stock via odin. Ur apps memory will be real low. Flash an old 2.1 voodoo. Let it do its thing once booted put a disable voodoo file into the folder and reboot. It will be ok after that. Hope that makes sense.
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this thread might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
fatboy547 said:
I 1am into the same problem with the old voodoo. What you'll need to do is flash back to stock via odin. Ur apps memory will be real low. Flash an old 2.1 voodoo. Let it do its thing once booted put a disable voodoo file into the folder and reboot. It will be ok after that. Hope that makes sense.
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Thanks fatboy, but I can't even flash back to stock. The phone won't boot up.
I have a (TMO) Vibrant & Rooted with super one click. Installed ROM Manager/Flashed CWM. Made a backup & Have been trying to install multiple ROMs.
I have had no luck. When I boot into Recovery it shows options of :
Reboot now
Reinstall Packages
Then delete/clear options.
I have clicked reinstall and it just keeps going back to the same screen after loading about 1/4 of the way. SO after trying about 6x in a row. I reboot and read some more. No luck. Am I missing glaring step or what? Also the bottom reads : a problem with verification signature. My phone reboot fine? I put the ROM my internal & external SD cards trying it both ways. Any help would be great.
Be gentle.
Sounds like you need to get the 2e recovery. Check the Bible for modified recovery
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How do i install the 3e recovery? its not doing anything different. I have on my internal sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
follow EVERY step
the problem is the 3e recovery. You can follow the above link as a guide.
I personally prefer to odin to jfd (2.1)... it has the 2e recovery. You can then root and flash very easily. Check that link and my signature. Either way should work.
The bottom line is, you WILL be having to ODIN back at some point during your flashing career; and the sooner you do it, the better off you are. I would flash back to stock 2.1 with ODIN and root from there. Trust me..
I don't know about odin, I haven't had to yet do that after rooting, flashing bionix 1.3.1 then going to bi-winning 3 then back to bionix. However, I do know I had the same p.i.t.a. process to get CWM to work. I will tell you though, once you get it working, it stays working, so you only have to go thru the whole process once.
I've been there, and i can tell you it's frustrating, but the reward is worth it.
Well, I used 3e Recovery & it installed no problem...then I tried to flash AOSP No Frills and it was installing......Became stuck in Boot Loop with Vibrant screen & Red ??Glitch?? screen. Tried to restore. no luck. Pulled Battery & phone froze on non-moving circular pattern.
Flashed Odin with battery pulled then installed battery with volume buttons held in. I flashed it after getting the downloading screen. After about 5 tries it work. im back at stock eclair 2.1update1.
So you guys are say i should keep 2.1 / reinstall rom manager/titanium/supermanager/ make a backup then try and flash a rom.
use 2e instead of 3e recovery?
I was a little nervous at first, but XDA forums came to the rescue. I just kept reading and followed instructions from past posts. Thanks to everyone.
Well i followed the NOOB GUIDE & used manual management to install ROM. So far so good...let it set in for 10 minutes. I flashed Trigger 3.2 Final . I think messing up the first time helped me learn more & become less nervous. Waiting.....finally..Working great! Thanks again to all the XDA resources.
Alright I'm now going to ask.
Been searching for two days and am ready to take a hammer to this thing.
Posted already in stock rooted thread:
Really having problems here.
Downloaded both (on PC) Odexed and DeOdexed no data tar.rar's and the md5s matched..
Extracted the tar.md5 and attempted to use in Oding and get md5 mismatch and it won't flash either file.
I've downloaded so many times in the past day in a half it's silley
Just trying to get a completely stock system so I can clear up all the issues I've been having with all the ROMs and seem unable to do so.
Anyone have a working PC Odin'able tar.md5 of stock (rooted or not I don't care I can fix that) MF9?
Dying here.
Tried Stock Rooted Deodexed (no data wipe) zip and it won't get past yellow Sprint screen now. :/ arrr
SOOO f&cking pissed.
Edit.
Looks like I'm able to start Odin the Odexed full .tar.
Hopefully I'll have a working phone again and stick with my personal tweaking just adding mods (from great the great devs and contributors) instead of whole ROMs for now.
I'll update if this finishes well.
Well not going well - still stuck at yellow Sprint boot screen (going on 5 minutes now) after reboot. And phone is hotter than hell.
WELL. CAN'T GET PAST YELLOW SPRINT SCREEN!!
I can get into download mode I Odin'd Stock tar and it completed but still no boot. FUUUUUU .....
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I have no stock recovery I can get into.
I can ONLY get into download mode and even then when I flash any available ROM I can't get past yellow sprint screen.
I've been at this for almost two days (12 hours yesterday and another 6 today)
ANYONE have any ideas?
Still nothing:
Wasn't able to get into recovery so:
Created a .tar.md5 of twrp 2.5.0.2 from the recovery image.
Flashed that via PC Odin and got into recovery.
But That still leaves me in a bind.
Flashed Stock MF9 kernel.zip and see what happens.
NOPE still stuck at Sprint screen.
Going to keep on f'n with it...
F it. After installing stock recovery and factory resetting a few times the thing is still jacked up.
WiFi will not stay connected and the phone is useless to me.
Worst experience I've personally ever had with a device
leaderbuilder said:
Alright I'm now going to ask.
Been searching for two days and am ready to take a hammer to this thing.
Posted already in stock rooted thread:
Really having problems here.
Downloaded both (on PC) Odexed and DeOdexed no data tar.rar's and the md5s matched..
Extracted the tar.md5 and attempted to use in Oding and get md5 mismatch and it won't flash either file.
I've downloaded so many times in the past day in a half it's silley
Just trying to get a completely stock system so I can clear up all the issues I've been having with all the ROMs and seem unable to do so.
Anyone have a working PC Odin'able tar.md5 of stock (rooted or not I don't care I can fix that) MF9?
Dying here.
Tried Stock Rooted Deodexed (no data wipe) zip and it won't get past yellow Sprint screen now. :/ arrr
SOOO f&cking pissed.
Edit.
Looks like I'm able to start Odin the Odexed full .tar.
Hopefully I'll have a working phone again and stick with my personal tweaking just adding mods (from great the great devs and contributors) instead of whole ROMs for now.
I'll update if this finishes well.
Well not going well - still stuck at yellow Sprint boot screen (going on 5 minutes now) after reboot. And phone is hotter than hell.
WELL. CAN'T GET PAST YELLOW SPRINT SCREEN!!
I can get into download mode I Odin'd Stock tar and it completed but still no boot. FUUUUUU .....
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I have no stock recovery I can get into.
I can ONLY get into download mode and even then when I flash any available ROM I can't get past yellow sprint screen.
I've been at this for almost two days (12 hours yesterday and another 6 today)
ANYONE have any ideas?
Still nothing:
Wasn't able to get into recovery so:
Created a .tar.md5 of twrp 2.5.0.2 from the recovery image.
Flashed that via PC Odin and got into recovery.
But That still leaves me in a bind.
Flashed Stock MF9 kernel.zip and see what happens.
NOPE still stuck at Sprint screen.
Going to keep on f'n with it...
F it. After installing stock recovery and factory resetting a few times the thing is still jacked up.
WiFi will not stay connected and the phone is useless to me.
Worst experience I've personally ever had with a device
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First off go back to stock MF9 which will be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
You can use odin for it.
Then go to stock recovery (volume up + power button) and do a factory reset.
After let it boot and settle down. Once you have pass initial screen. Go turn it off and odin the tar files from which you downloaded. If your using 3.07 of odin then let it run even if it says odin not responding. If your using 1.85 make sure you delete .md5 extension (if you want the deodex version and your using 3.07 also delete .md5 extension appearently it will give you md5 error.) Once thats done you will boot up and will be rooted.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
First off go back to stock MF9 which will be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
You can use odin for it.
Then go to stock recovery (volume up + power button) and do a factory reset.
After let it boot and settle down. Once you have pass initial screen. Go turn it off and odin the tar files from which you downloaded. If your using 3.07 of odin then let it run even if it says odin not responding. If your using 1.85 make sure you delete .md5 extension (if you want the deodex version and your using 3.07 also delete .md5 extension appearently it will give you md5 error.) Once thats done you will boot up and will be rooted.
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I waited for for over 3.5 hours for that to download.
But by that time I'd already said F it.
I appear to have two lemons instead of phones.
Both are packed up with call tags/RMA's.
When I get my refund(s) for the phones I might be back.
At least I know have every possible zip, tar, tar.md5. .img and other file I could possibly need ready.
I posted some more info that may help others with regards to phone setups, and WiFi problems here.