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[Q] Having some (basic) questions about i5800L

Hi all,
I've just got my new i5800L, and I've already rooted it with z4root. Here are my qs:
What's all that of XXJPM and all that stuff? Which one should I use for mine? (actual one is I5800LVIJG7 (Eclair)).
Is there any way of doing a nandroid (full copy of the actual rom which can be flashed easily) so if I mess things up or want to get back to Eclair I'd just have to flash it back?
I guess that's all by now. Thank's in advance.

JPM is the latest froyo rom...you cant backup ur whole rom as if nw we dont have any alternative for this...check flashing guide in sticky and see vdos on youtube. ...happy flashing...
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

Thanks..
I've downloaded 2 files (2 diferent versions). One was a zip file with 3 files inside and the other one was a rar file with 4 .tar.md5 files. The zip i don't know how to apply it because odin will only take .tar or md5 files and in the other one I don't know what to do with all the .tar.md5 files. What should I do? :S

moikop said:
Thanks..
I've downloaded 2 files (2 diferent versions). One was a zip file with 3 files inside and the other one was a rar file with 4 .tar.md5 files. The zip i don't know how to apply it because odin will only take .tar or md5 files and in the other one I don't know what to do with all the .tar.md5 files. What should I do? :S
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Take a look at rudolf895 youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/rudolf895
All you need to know is on his Videos
Hope this helps

Thanks, now it's booting (on the samsung screen). I think it worked. But now it's "orangeized" XD. I'll keep looking for the right tar XD
PD: is it ok if it takes a while on the "samsung" (the one with the glow, after the GT-I5800l screen) screen? cause it's past a few minutes and still on that screen and I'm starting to panic XD
EDIT: It's been more that 15 minutes since it's stuck at that screen. What should I do? Please, second day with it and already screw it XD

Flash the JPM firmware...you shud get it as a tar package...a single file...
but sometimes u will have 4 files
1. bootloader
2. pda
3. csc
4. phone
dont ever flash the bootloader file in odin with pda csc n phone tar files...because the risk of bricking goes high...
just flash the 3 remainin files...n when ur fone has booted...just do a hard reset

katkoriaarpan said:
Flash the JPM firmware...you shud get it as a tar package...a single file...
but sometimes u will have 4 files
1. bootloader
2. pda
3. csc
4. phone
dont ever flash the bootloader file in odin with pda csc n phone tar files...because the risk of bricking goes high...
just flash the 3 remainin files...n when ur fone has booted...just do a hard reset
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Great, now it works again! Thank you a lot. And now I finally understand how odin works :-D
which custom rom do you guys recomend?

Don't forget the i5800L is different from the i5800, but the only difference is the 3G antenna frequency. If you install JPM you MIGHT have 3G connection problems, or then again you might not. You MOST LIKELY will see a battery life decrease because of this issue. If you want really badly to have Froyo (android 2.2) you can flash a JPM ROM. If you want your battery to last a couple of days, either wait for an american release of froyo, or keep your Eclair version.
I have a i5800L from VIVO, originally with JG7 as well. When I installed JPF (previous froyo release) I had issues with the 3G network, when I flashed Kyrillos custom JPM ROM i also had problems. When I flashed Lestatious custom JPF ROM I didn't have problems, and when I flashed clean JPM i didn't have problems either.
So really, its a question of luck.. although let me tell you, my battery lasted way way longer on the original JG7 firmware than any other release (including the JK1 Eclair, said to be the best Eclair released before froyo).
Remember though, if flashing separately (not as one package), avoid flashing the BOOT file or BOOTLOADER. Flashing this increases the chance of bricking your phone. Not flashing it decreases the change by 1000000000000 times.

IonAphis said:
You MOST LIKELY will see a battery life decrease because of this issue. If you want really badly to have Froyo (android 2.2) you can flash a JPM ROM. If you want your battery to last a couple of days, either wait for an american release of froyo, or keep your Eclair version.
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Yeah, I can see that. I'm with Kryllos v3.3 and the battery only lasts like about 16 hours :S. I guess I'll go back to I5800LVIJG7 (The one which it came with).
IonAphis said:
Remember though, if flashing separately (not as one package), avoid flashing the BOOT file or BOOTLOADER. Flashing this increases the chance of bricking your phone. Not flashing it decreases the change by 1000000000000 times.
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About that, if I flash the bootloader (with all the others too, of course), and it upgrades ok, then there's no problem, right? I mean, if I try to downgrade again, it'll work fine? (Yes, before I read the comment telling me not to flash the bootloader, I did it and it was successfull. But now I don't know if it'd make it fail when I'll downgrade to I5800LVIJG7 :S)

It's not about upgrading or downgrading. When you flash, pratically all the memory on your phone gets erased, which means you can upgrade or downgrade at will with no problems.
The problem is, when you flash a bootloader, and say, for example, you have a power outage, or your computer decides to give more resources to your MSN or winamp you have running on the background (or whatever else), or even there is a problem with your cable connection or a spike in power, or whatever other mishap that can occur, the bootloader might not be able to transfer successfully. If that happens, you won't be able to boot your phone. If you flash everything except the bootloader and something happens, you will be able to at least go back into download mode and reflash the files needed.
Basically the bootloader tells your phone to start. If that gets corrupted, it simply won't. If you avoid flashing this and even if the transfer gets corrupted, you can always do the process again by going into download mode (which is installed along with the bootloader)

Great, thank you so much

moikop said:
Great, thank you so much
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So when you were running on Kyrillos' ROM, did you have any connections problems with the 3G band?? thank you for your answer

fedee13 said:
So when you were running on Kyrillos' ROM, did you have any connections problems with the 3G band?? thank you for your answer
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No, I haven't. I'm now in Kyrillos v5.7 and it goes great (battery consumption, performance, etc)

Remember to backup your IMEI so we may have one less "help my imie is 000000000" thread.
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

moikop said:
No, I haven't. I'm now in Kyrillos v5.7 and it goes great (battery consumption, performance, etc)
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Fantastic! thank you very much Now it's time to learn how to do it haha
dilzo said:
Remember to backup your IMEI so we may have one less "help my imie is 000000000" thread.
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App
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How do i do that??

fedee13 said:
Fantastic! thank you very much Now it's time to learn how to do it haha
How do i do that??
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Go to terminal emulator and type this..
su
dd if=/dev/block/stl4 of=/sdcard/efs.rfs
Wait for few seconds. Then copy efs.rfs from sdcard to pc and keep it safe.

arunmcops said:
Go to terminal emulator and type this..
su
dd if=/dev/block/stl4 of=/sdcard/efs.rfs
Wait for few seconds. Then copy efs.rfs from sdcard to pc and keep it safe.
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I'm sorry but where I find this "terminal emulator", I'm new at this.
Thanks in advance!

fedee13 said:
I'm sorry but where I find this "terminal emulator", I'm new at this.
Thanks in advance!
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Market dude......

[Q] help with three-four things?

I'm about to just flash my phone for the first time. can someone please help me with the following?
i have an i5801 and i want to keep it that way after flashing. so i just need to delete boot.bin and sbl.bin right?
does deleting these two files also ensure that i don't hard brick my phone?
can someone give me a link to download indroid 4.3? (that is the best version of indroid, right?)
what is the ops file? where can i download that from?
and what is this "package" that i need to download?
and last, how do i clear the cache?
btw, these are questions for the steps given in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873645

Mohit12 said:
I'm about to just flash my phone for the first time. can someone please help me with the following?
i have an i5801 and i want to keep it that way after flashing. so i just need to delete boot.bin and sbl.bin right?
does deleting these two files also ensure that i don't hard brick my phone?
can someone give me a link to download indroid 4.3? (that is the best version of indroid, right?)
what is the ops file? where can i download that from?
and what is this "package" that i need to download?
and last, how do i clear the cache?
btw, these are questions for the steps given in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873645
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Firstly flash Indroid 4.1 :
Link To Indroid 4.1 [Part 1]
Link To Indroid 4.1 [Part 2]
Once the download is complete, extract using WinRAR/7Zip. The 'package' is the .tar file you find inside. Flash it as 'One-Package' using Odin.
Here is the link to the OPS File :
OPS File
How to Wipe Cache :
After flashing 4.1, reboot into Recovery by pressing and holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Menu Button + Power Key. The phone will boot into CWM. Scroll down (using the volume keys) and select (using the menu key) the option that says : "Wipe Cache". Ignore error messages (if any). Click on Reboot System.
From what I see, Indroid 4.3 is an update.zip file. Which means, you need to have CWM already installed. After installing 4.1, download 4.3.
Download Link for Indroid 4.3
Now follow these instructions :
rudolf895 said:
Instructions to install the Update.zip:-
Put the Zip file into SD card(dont extract)
Do not re-name the .zip file.
Get into recovery.
Using Volume Keys navigate to "Install zip from sdcard"
Choose zip from sdcard.
Navigate to the file you copied to sd card.
Hit home key when selected
Select yes.
Wait for the update.zip to install and finish
Then hit reboot system 26 now
And your should be done.
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You should have Indroid 4.3 up and running in your device now
I know it sounds tedious. But believe me, it isn't that hard

DUDE! THANKS A GAZILLION!
REALLY appreciate it. *pushes thanks button*

oh ya, about the boot.bin and sbl.bin
do i delete them to retain my i5801 boot screen? or to make sure my phone doesn't get hard bricked? or both?
so if i delete them, there is NO WAY how i can ruin my phone?
sorry for being so cautious but it's my first time flashing, and i kind of lost my bill. so my phone is out of warranty. and if it does get hard bricked, that'll be bloody expensive.
thanks for the earlier post though.

Mohit12 said:
oh ya, about the boot.bin and sbl.bin
do i delete them to retain my i5801 boot screen? or to make sure my phone doesn't get hard bricked? or both?
so if i delete them, there is NO WAY how i can ruin my phone?
sorry for being so cautious but it's my first time flashing, and i kind of lost my bill. so my phone is out of warranty. and if it does get hard bricked, that'll be bloody expensive.
thanks for the earlier post though.
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Yes. If you delete boot.bin and sbl.bin, you will retain your I5801 bootscreen and you ll not get your phone hardbricked. You can manually delete them or stock firmwares without boot.bin and sbl.bin are available here in XDA. Check the development section.

k, thanks. last question : according to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873645
in step 4, it says :
"4) Check protect ops checkbox (Don’t check this if you are flashing I5801 with I5800 firmware for the first time.)"
i'm using an i5801, and i want to flash InDroid. but is InDroid i5800 or i5801 firmware? so should i check the box or no?
answer this and i'll be able to FINALLY flash my phone.
like i said, sorry to be so cautious over even petty details but if something goes wrong, i'm screwed because i lost my bill so i'm pretty much out of warranty (also, because i rooted my phone, so the bill doesn't matter).

Mohit12 said:
k, thanks. last question : according to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873645
in step 4, it says :
"4) Check protect ops checkbox (Don’t check this if you are flashing I5801 with I5800 firmware for the first time.)"
i'm using an i5801, and i want to flash InDroid. but is InDroid i5800 or i5801 firmware? so should i check the box or no?
answer this and i'll be able to FINALLY flash my phone.
like i said, sorry to be so cautious over even petty details but if something goes wrong, i'm screwed because i lost my bill so i'm pretty much out of warranty (also, because i rooted my phone, so the bill doesn't matter).
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Yes, check this box

It is possible to flash indroid ddjp4 rom...!?

Raunak44 said:
It is possible to flash indroid ddjp4 rom...!?
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Its based on the updated firmware for India (DDJP4). Swype and Camera bugs fixed.
And yes, you can definitely flash it!

Okay, dude. sorry to bring up this post again but i had (yet another) internet-not-working-days. Anyway, i downloaded the two Indroid 4.1 parts and they're 001 and 002 files. WinRAR says it might be broken or damaged, or it doesn't recognise it. Also, I can't seem to download the 4.3 update. Is there any other site where it is hosted?
And I currently use DDJP2, but everywhere on the forum people use JPM or now DDJP4. I can flash Indroid, or any custom ROM no matter what stock firmware i'm using right? Or does that also matter?

Mohit12 said:
Okay, dude. sorry to bring up this post again but i had (yet another) internet-not-working-days. Anyway, i downloaded the two Indroid 4.1 parts and they're 001 and 002 files. WinRAR says it might be broken or damaged, or it doesn't recognise it. Also, I can't seem to download the 4.3 update. Is there any other site where it is hosted?
And I currently use DDJP2, but everywhere on the forum people use JPM or now DDJP4. I can flash Indroid, or any custom ROM no matter what stock firmware i'm using right? Or does that also matter?
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No problemo.
Download HJSplit and use it to join the split archives (InDroid 4.1 CWM Clean.7z.001 and InDroid 4.1 CWM Clean.7z.002).
Or, try this Torrent Link. Might be slow, but its bound to work!
And yes, you can flash whichever ROM you wan't. Hell, I didn't even know which firmware I was on the first time I flashed a Custom ROM!
Incase you just can't download the InDroid package, move on to Kyrillos' ROM. Its equally good.
Good luck

[GUIDE] How to use Odin for GT-I9070

Odin is the saviour tool for all Samsung devices. The method for flashing by Odin differs from device to device.
This thread will give step by step instructions on how to flash a stock rom from Odin on the GT-I9070/p :
A. Download Odin tools from here : http://d-h.st/3zJ
Pass : shaaan
B. Download the stock rom from www.samfirmware.com
Setting up Odin :
1. Make sure you have installed the necessary drivers for this device. The drivers can be installed from within KIES or seperately. (I will upload the drivers shortly).
2. Run Odin as administrator.
3. Setting up the files is divided in two types depending on the firmware type :
a. If the firmware is a multi package file, put the files in the corresponding sections.
ie. CSC file in CSC section, PDA file in PDA section.
b. If the firmware is a single package, add the single file in the PDA section.
4. Now that Odin is setup, put the phone in download mode. To do that, power off the phone and press 'home+power+volume down' buttons together. Keep the buttons pressed till Download mide appears.
5. Now that Odin and the phone are setup, connect the phone to the device. Odin will detect the device and show something like 'com port (1)'
6. Flash the device.
7. The flash will take 5 minutes for a full flash on average.
8. When the flashing is complete, DO NOT remove the device until Odin shows ' PASS '.
9. The device will reboot. Remove the device, go to recovery mode and do a factory/data reset.
That's it. Happy flashing peeps..!!

Awesome guide mate - messing around with our device without Odin is risky !

This should be sticky. A lot of people is asking how to revert to original FW, or similiar questions that is connected to reverting. And it is almost at the end of forum, and thay cant see it.

I pmed the mods to do it. But they won't budge..
Please pm them..

Nice guide!!!
And adding images would be a nice option.
And plz add a point which tells which buttons to press like
"Re-Partition" ,"Auto Reboot","F.Reset Time" ,"Flash Lock"......
Sent from my GT-I9070 using xda premium

Very good guide,good work !
It may be better if you add some images

atishey23 said:
Nice guide!!!
And adding images would be a nice option.
And plz add a point which tells which buttons to press like
"Re-Partition" ,"Auto Reboot","F.Reset Time" ,"Flash Lock"......
Sent from my GT-I9070 using xda premium
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From what I was able to find in other guides it is ONLY 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time' to be checked.
All others to be unchecked.
There are some posts not to bother with that .pit file that is inside Odin .zip file.
Odin package from sammobile got 2 .pit files for 8GB - GT-I9070_EUR_XX_8G and GT-I9070_EUR_XX_8G_20111220_KL6 and one for 16GB
(at least paired with XEO region XXLD1) not only that one we got in link form 1st post.
I was also able to find some info that if you use .pit check also 'Re-Partition'.
Now I am curious about if It would be good idea for me to actually Re-Partition my phone - bought it used (not new) and my PC detects only 4GB of internal SD. Will it increase custom binary counter? (so far it is at 0 and I would rather keep it that way)
Is it going to fix that issue so I will be able to use all 8GB (minus system partition)?
If so how to use it and what .pit file to take?
.pit only, re-partition only and run it once, then single-package as PDA with reboot and F. Reset on another flash run?
Or maybe all at once?
BTW you guys ROCK.
Rooted SGS i9000 2 years ago with this forum and now I am very close to do it again with SGSA.

th3cr0w said:
From what I was able to find in other guides it is ONLY 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time' to be checked.
All others to be unchecked.
There are some posts not to bother with that .pit file that is inside Odin .zip file.
Odin package from sammobile got 2 .pit files for 8GB - GT-I9070_EUR_XX_8G and GT-I9070_EUR_XX_8G_20111220_KL6 and one for 16GB
(at least paired with XEO region XXLD1) not only that one we got in link form 1st post.
I was also able to find some info that if you use .pit check also 'Re-Partition'.
Now I am curious about if It would be good idea for me to actually Re-Partition my phone - bought it used (not new) and my PC detects only 4GB of internal SD. Will it increase custom binary counter? (so far it is at 0 and I would rather keep it that way)
Is it going to fix that issue so I will be able to use all 8GB (minus system partition)?
If so how to use it and what .pit file to take?
.pit only, re-partition only and run it once, then single-package as PDA with reboot and F. Reset on another flash run?
Or maybe all at once?
BTW you guys ROCK.
Rooted SGS i9000 2 years ago with this forum and now I am very close to do it again with SGSA.
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It is normal to have 4GB on internall SD. The rest of it goes to system partition, application partition and RAM I think...

shut_down said:
It is normal to have 4GB on internal SD. The rest of it goes to system partition, application partition and RAM I think...
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googled a bit more and found it out too :crying:
BTW - both of those 8GB .pit files are identical (according to 'comp' tool in windows) so there is no reason to use re-partition - other than sth went totally wrong and you are trying to recover from brick or sth serious as this .pit file is already on your device.
Just flashed unbranded stock for XEO region - original one was branded.
NOTE to anyone who is still thinking about safety of this method:
After initial reboot - when it was reconfiguring in recovery mode - or however you will call it (just before odin should say 'pass' - still in that little font screen) windows started to reinstall usb drivers - odin log in bottom corner said 'disconnected' and even then my newly flashed ROM is working as it should. I would rather keep it connected till Odin confirms all went as intended but in case of similar issue - do not get heart attack

odin is used for flashing stock roms only???

Kulwinder Singh said:
odin is used for flashing stock roms only???
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nope it can also be used to flash custom Roms and kernels though flashing custom kernels via odin will increase your bin counter !

Hello guys...
How are you? I´m new on the i9070 threads!!! I´ve had others phones before, like SG2, xperia sola, live with walkman... so, i need the password to descompress odin... i search on thread but i don´t found it...
SORRY I found the password... shaaan

Of what I understand, can I test an unlimited number of stock firmware and the binary counter remain 0?
If I flash an unbranded firmware can I use SIM cards from other providers?
Now my phone is branded and I can not use SIM cards from other providers.
Thanks.

Kulwinder Singh said:
odin is used for flashing stock roms only???
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Read please, sir!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985199
:laugh:

Someone help me? LINK

Hi i have downloaded the russian jelly bean 4.1.2 package but when i tries to flash it using odin3 v1.83 it shows me "The Parameter is incorrect" why???

sonimayurp said:
Hi i have downloaded the russian jelly bean 4.1.2 package but when i tries to flash it using odin3 v1.83 it shows me "The Parameter is incorrect" why???
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Try to remove .md5 from filename.

shut_down said:
Try to remove .md5 from filename.
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Hmm it worked thx..

Flash JB
Hi, I want to flash Jelly Bean , do i need to use the pit file , or just select one package and then select the rom??
Edit : flashed

This version of Odin does not work when flashing JB to my device.
I successfully used Odin3v3.07 from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086965
Please update this guide. I spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out what was wrong.
Thanks

Need Recovery

Just used Z4Root and gained root access and now need a recovery. Where can I get Clockwork or any recovery for that matter?

it's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310641 (attached to the first post)

sebciu said:
it's here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310641 (attached to the first post)
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Thanks but now the phone is caught in a bootloop. How do I get to recovery from it?

dericb11 said:
Thanks but now the phone is caught in a bootloop. How do I get to recovery from it?
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Look for the SBF of the firmware version you had here: http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2
Copy and search the MD5 here to download: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_milestone2/list.php
Follow instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032372&highlight=recover
If you are not sure, tell me which android version you had and from which operator (o retail) it was.
If you are not sure about the last, tell me your country and keyboard type.
Good luck.

Lean946 said:
Look for the SBF of the firmware version you had here: http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2
Copy and search the MD5 here to download: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_milestone2/list.php
Follow instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032372&highlight=recover
If you are not sure, tell me which android version you had and from which operator (o retail) it was.
If you are not sure about the last, tell me your country and keyboard type.
Good luck.
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Not sure on the country. It is a Qwerty Keyboard and has 2.2 on it. The FCC ID: IHDP56KC2 and Model: CE0168

dericb11 said:
Not sure on the country. It is a Qwerty Keyboard and has 2.2 on it. The FCC ID: IHDP56KC2 and Model: CE0168
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You are not sure of the country you are in?
Anyways... if you are in Europe, try this one: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...XMILE20RTGB_P040_A013_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.gz
America: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...8_A004_M003_HWp2a_WIG145890_Service1FF.sbf.gz
Good luck.

Lean946 said:
You are not sure of the country you are in?
Anyways... if you are in Europe, try this one: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...XMILE20RTGB_P040_A013_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.gz
America: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...8_A004_M003_HWp2a_WIG145890_Service1FF.sbf.gz
Good luck.
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SBF is not working. The start button does nothing and show device either. So just found out RSDLite does not work on every PC.

dericb11 said:
SBF is not working. The start button does nothing and show device either. So just found out RSDLite does not work on every PC.
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i think you should flash stock GB rom, for example this one: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umt...LE2GBQWRTGB_P016_A006_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.gz
rather than stock FROYO
if you live in europe, doesn't really matter if you flash british, french or italian rom, my MS2 was purchased in italy but i flashed british rom and it works fine.
perhaps you have similar problem to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369926
if you have any power problems try this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10163846
they worked for me

dericb11 said:
SBF is not working. The start button does nothing and show device either. So just found out RSDLite does not work on every PC.
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Try renaming the SBF to something more simple (like froyo.sbf) and put it in the root of the drive (C:\)
Also, this may be a silly question, but, did you unzip it? The sbf comes compressed as a .sbf.gz file, unzippable with 7zip or WinRAR (or similar).
Did you boot successfuly into bootloader mode? (The black screen with weird text)
Good luck

Lean946 said:
Try renaming the SBF to something more simple (like froyo.sbf) and put it in the root of the drive (C:\)
Also, this may be a silly question, but, did you unzip it? The sbf comes compressed as a .sbf.gz file, unzippable with 7zip or WinRAR (or similar).
Did you boot successfuly into bootloader mode? (The black screen with weird text)
Good luck
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Yes I unzipped. And have got to bootloader and stock recovery. Stock recovery wipe doesn't stop bootloop. Do you mean place SBF in root of PC drive?

dericb11 said:
Yes I unzipped. And have got to bootloader and stock recovery. Stock recovery wipe doesn't stop bootloop. Do you mean place SBF in root of PC drive?
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Exactly. Then load it in RSD Lite and try again.
Sometimes RSD doesn't like long file paths.

Problem after firmware flash

Hey there people from XDA Forums,
I kind of figure I messed my S4 (I9505) up. I tried to flash a DBT-firmware (branding free for Germany) on a phone I got from Switzerland including a netlock. After Odin started I got a write error and now the phone tells me there was an issue please ask Kies about recovery mode. But Kies doesn't recognice my Phone at all. Is there any chance i can get a new working firmware onto it?
greetings

SirHanni said:
Hey there people from XDA Forums,
I kind of figure I messed my S4 (I9505) up. I tried to flash a DBT-firmware (branding free for Germany) on a phone I got from Switzerland including a netlock. After Odin started I got a write error and now the phone tells me there was an issue please ask Kies about recovery mode. But Kies doesn't recognice my Phone at all. Is there any chance i can get a new working firmware onto it?
greetings
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Hi mate
This is an extract from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Odin troubleshooting: If Odin accidentally gives you "fail" try the following:
- Repeat procedure.
- Make sure that all actions of Kies are disabled from task manager.
- Change usb port.
- Try another usb cable (make sure it is the original).
- Try another Odin version.
- Uninstall and re-install driver.
- Use pit file.
- Try another computer.
Flashing firmware from other country should not be a problem , download file again

Where do I find a correct pit file? When flashing PIT is it always nessecary to check repartition in odin?

SirHanni said:
Where do I find a correct pit file? When flashing PIT is it always nessecary to check repartition in odin?
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Hi
In your case it would be :
File Type: zip I9505_pit file.zip - [Click for QR Code] (1.2 KB, 43344 views)
Is on the thread i posted before , you only check repartition when you use a PIT file , any other case you do not

finally I managed to flash a new recovery and where able to restart the phone. As it seems the problem was my Computer. through the old notebook from my wife it went quite flawless. Now i am back to my original problems. I am on a branded rom with a sim lock and dont like both of it
will it work to just flash the complete firmware from my region? will it overwrite the netlock or where is it located?
Thanks for your help so far

SirHanni said:
finally I managed to flash a new recovery and where able to restart the phone. As it seems the problem was my Computer. through the old notebook from my wife it went quite flawless. Now i am back to my original problems. I am on a branded rom with a sim lock and dont like both of it
will it work to just flash the complete firmware from my region? will it overwrite the netlock or where is it located?
Thanks for your help so far
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Hi,
Glad you manage it to work.
Flashing a new firmware will not network unlock you phone , use to be possible to do it using this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
not anymore as far as i know , you will need an unlock code.

yeah, tried this one allready, but after key input I dont get a new menu. I guess this method is not working for newer austrian firmwares

SirHanni said:
yeah, tried this one allready, but after key input I dont get a new menu. I guess this method is not working for newer austrian firmwares
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No, i think the only way is with a unlock key..........

got myself a key and everything works fine now! thanks a lot for the help and inspiration.

SirHanni said:
got myself a key and everything works fine now! thanks a lot for the help and inspiration.
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Any time mate..that is why we are here for