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Problem installing android 2.3, 2.2 (mobile gets stuck)

Hi
I have a Xperia X8. When I bought it, the phone had Android 2.1, So I decided to install Froyo 2.2 following all the instructions from this forum. (Unclick, unroot, xrecovery, etc) The installation was success and I was using 2.2 until today.
Well, today I tried to install 2.3 gingerbread using the same way that I used to install 2.2 (In fact I just put the new framework in the phone's SD card and then I installed it using xRecovery)
Ok, It installed successfully and after finish, I reboot the phone (always on xrecovery)... Here is the problem: It rebooted and It shows the typical SE logo for a few seconds, and It reboots again doing the same **** lot of times... I don't know whats wrong...
So I have to do a restore from xRecovery and get back to Android 2.1...
Then, I tried to install 2.2 (thinking that the 2.3 was the problem) and happened the same problem. Its really annoying, and I don't know what more to do... I tried using "Sony Ericsson PC Companion" and nothing happened.
People I hope you can help me, 2.1 really sucks...
Thanks

Look here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12442257#post12442257

dbts25 said:
Look here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12442257#post12442257
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Thanks a lot! Ill check it out

If that doesnt work try to flash with SEUS and make everything from the beginning but try to do them following instructions

solved

Hi all, i have a problem... my phone wont boot when i press power button it just shows the i5800 screen, BUT i can get to download mode but that wont help because i flashed again with odin and it said "passed" but its stuck on i5800 screen. i have tried everything... it all started today when my phone fell from my pocket and the battery flew out. so i think it might be broken or something. if you know what to do please help
EDIT: it seems i can flash eclair but when ever i try to flash ANY custom ROM (POX, indroid, lestatious, kyrillos) it stucks on the i5800 screen...

What ROM you flashed?
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Because i had the same problem... when the flash is very fast mostly something is wrong
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im flashing original eclair fw and then ill try to upgrade it to 2.2 via kies and then ill post it to repair center

liilaaluu said:
Because i had the same problem... when the flash is very fast mostly something is wrong
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this is not the same... it fell out of my pocket and never booted again

super bump please help!

try shaking the phone
keep it near your ears and shake
if you hear some sounds then maybe something is broken
roll back to eclair and try updating via kies-that may help a lot
if updated - take to service center
even if not
take to service center and tell them i never used kies so not on froyo(if they ask)
One more thing
Do this all after some time of no flashing,rooting,anything like that to the phone
let it be as it is for some time
sometimes this really helps(hpnd wid me)

cdesai said:
try shaking the phone
keep it near your ears and shake
if you hear some sounds then maybe something is broken
roll back to eclair and try updating via kies-that may help a lot
if updated - take to service center
even if not
take to service center and tell them i never used kies so not on froyo(if they ask)
One more thing
Do this all after some time of no flashing,rooting,anything like that to the phone
let it be as it is for some time
sometimes this really helps(hpnd wid me)
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i cant update to any froyo ROM... not via odin OR kies...
what will i say to them? sorry i cant install any C-ROM only stock eclair can you fix it? i mean they have to repair it because i pay 4e month so they will repair it no matter what... but still that would sound pretty dump if i go there and say: help me i cant install any C-ROM

Have you tried the usual as in taking the battery out for a minute, wiping data/cache + factory reset? Then trying to install as stock JPM? And have you just waited for several minutes for it to go past the I5800 screen? If it takes a moment for it to gather its bearings after a sudden drop.

PolarSoul said:
Have you tried the usual as in taking the battery out for a minute, wiping data/cache + factory reset? Then trying to install as stock JPM? And have you just waited for several minutes for it to go past the I5800 screen? If it takes a moment for it to gather its bearings after a sudden drop.
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i took battery out for half an hour then i rebooted and i gave 40 minutes time to get past the i5800 screen, havent tried stock jpm, but i have wiped everything.

jazux said:
i took battery out for half an hour then i rebooted and i gave 40 minutes time to get past the i5800 screen, havent tried stock jpm, but i have wiped everything.
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As we Finns would say at this point... Perkele! It is dead, man. One last resort is stock JPM. Maybe you need to risk it and stick in the bootloader aswell...

Try flashing an earlier FroYo version like JP9 and then flash JPM or some other new version.
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PolarSoul said:
As we Finns would say at this point... Perkele! It is dead, man. One last resort is stock JPM. Maybe you need to risk it and stick in the bootloader aswell...
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yeah i have said that today many times i have flashed eclair with bootloader so its not a problem

few poeple has similar issue. when flashed jpf (with bootloader), problem is gone.

hodostamas said:
few poeple has similar issue. when flashed jpf (with bootloader), problem is gone.
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tried flashing jp9 with bootloader and it goes to samsung logo but thats it... but well thats progress too

flash eclari -> try updating with kies -> get stuck and tell them that you got stuck while updating with kies

jazux tell us how u solved :-(

Mr.Gamer said:
jazux tell us how u solved :-(
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the solution was simple i bought a new sd-card and BAM, my phone booted with froyo i dont know what was wrong but my phone just wont boot if theres sd-card inside... maybe its because it fell from my pocket, something broke and now it wont boot with sd inside

stubborn_d0nkey said:
flash eclari -> try updating with kies -> get stuck and tell them that you got stuck while updating with kies
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did that already didnt work but i solved it already so...

Found another way to downgrade back too 2.2 [u8800]

Hello, while I was testing 2.3.5 witch was great except that the mobile network was not woorking at all. So I decided that I needed too downgrade. And when I was browsing the phone I accidentally found this way.
This has not been proofed by anyone else I think.
Disclaimer: I do not take the resposibility for your device.
1. Put the dload on the root of SD-card (I used 138sp4)
2. Then go to storage in preferences. Head too the bottom then choose "upgrade SD-card". The phone blacked out, started up and installed 2.2
3. The phone boots up in recovery because of many errors. I choose wipe data/chache and wipe chache and reboot.
4. The phone rebooted and I am back to 2.2.2 from 2.3.5.
This method keeps the start-boot-picture (does not know if the other sulutions keeps it).
Sorry for my bad grammar on some of the words. I just wrote them down and did not have the time to fix them.

Hmmm...interesting....maybe I should try 2.3.5 even if I have the Atmel screen. :/
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UnknownAX said:
Hmmm...interesting....maybe I should try 2.3.5 even if I have the Atmel screen. :/
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I have atmel screen but I like it because i wear gloves and the screen is so sensitive that it responds thrugh them.

I was forced to downgrade from 3.2.5 to 2.2.2 for the exacly same reason and i tryied that same way you did and i couldnt do it, i got a message saying something like "there are no upgrade firmware inside the SD card". So i used the root & replace boot and recovery files to downgrade what was a sucess. Got the same issues as you with the boot but the "wipe data/chache" from recovery resolved it.

jopamasi said:
I was forced to downgrade from 3.2.5 to 2.2.2 for the exacly same reason and i tryied that same way you did and i couldnt do it, i got a message saying something like "there are no upgrade firmware inside the SD card". So i used the root & replace boot and recovery files to downgrade what was a sucess. Got the same issues as you with the boot but the "wipe data/chache" from recovery resolved it.
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Ok, maybe it does not work for everyone but what 2.2 version did you use. For exampe I used the 138sp4(international (the last(I think) 2.2.2 from Huawei))

areedw said:
Ok, maybe it does not work for everyone but what 2.2 version did you use. For exampe I used the 138sp4(international (the last(I think) 2.2.2 from Huawei))
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The version i used was/is U8800V100R001C00B138SP04, so as far i can see it's the same as yours correct me if i'm wrong. But as far i could read about good/bad reports for 3.2.5 and all the different problems different people having version and same phones making me belive what's possible for one's arent for others.

areedw said:
I have atmel screen but I like it because i wear gloves and the screen is so sensitive that it responds thrugh them.
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THROUGH gloves? Omg xD
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that's very good!! thanks for info!

downgrade issue
hi, y just tried to upgrade my u8800 to 2.3 using the update from huawei but since the gps and de wifi didnt work I tried to downgrade back to 2.2, I dont really know if what I did was the right thing to do but I just copied the 2.2 dload folder to my sd card and tried to reinstall by presing the vol+vol-power keys and it seemed to work just fine, after it completed I just started the phone and it never woke up again it just vibrates a bit but nothing....does anyone know how can i fix it??it wont let me do anything the computer wont recognice it and there is no image at all....anyone please help me!!!

fermon797 said:
I just started the phone and it never woke up again it just vibrates a bit but nothing....does anyone know how can i fix it??it wont let me do anything the computer wont recognice it and there is no image at all....anyone please help me!!!
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The decision to distort the battery. Insert, connect the USB to the phone (on the other end connected to a computer), press and hold keys + - food, and wait a few seconds, as soon as you see a red flashing light, unplug the data cable, you can start sewn.

Tnks!!
Igory0k said:
The decision to distort the battery. Insert, connect the USB to the phone (on the other end connected to a computer), press and hold keys + - food, and wait a few seconds, as soon as you see a red flashing light, unplug the data cable, you can start sewn.
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Tnks!! im gonna try that but after doing that what should i do?? do i have to install 2.2 again??if so do i have to do this procedure with the sd card connected?? and also which rom would you recommend?? thank you so much for your answer!!!

fermon797 said:
Tnks!! im gonna try that but after doing that what should i do?? do i have to install 2.2 again??if so do i have to do this procedure with the sd card connected?? and also which rom would you recommend?? thank you so much for your answer!!!
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Downgrade from 2.3.5 back to 2.2.2
U8800 V100R001C00B138SP04 (Overseas General) Android 2.2.2 from here

areedw said:
Hello, while I was testing 2.3.5 witch was great except that the mobile network was not woorking at all. So I decided that I needed too downgrade. And when I was browsing the phone I accidentally found this way.
This has not been proofed by anyone else I think.
Disclaimer: I do not take the resposibility for your device.
1. Put the dload on the root of SD-card (I used 138sp4)
2. Then go to storage in preferences. Head too the bottom then choose "upgrade SD-card". The phone blacked out, started up and installed 2.2
3. The phone boots up in recovery because of many errors. I choose wipe data/chache and wipe chache and reboot.
4. The phone rebooted and I am back to 2.2.2 from 2.3.5.
This method keeps the start-boot-picture (does not know if the other sulutions keeps it).
Sorry for my bad grammar on some of the words. I just wrote them down and did not have the time to fix them.
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Yes its working great but if u have custom rom installed remember to factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik in recovery before downgrade, if u will not do this phone will stay at unpacking screen forever.

Bricked Nexus S , got only recovery...

Hi
I got Nexus S that currently is bricked for a couple of month now :-(....
the phone is I9020T (US phone).
I have a recovery image "recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img"
But i cannot access the SDCARD whats so ever ..... to put the ROM, i also tried with ODIN in the past ( now i dont rememer...) and it fail as well it seems that when trying to flash the system it got stuck.
The current status of the phone is:
1.It can be boot into boootloader.
2.it can be boot into fastboot.
3.It can be boot into download mode.
But thats it... , when i try to power it regular it just stop in the blackscreen with Google name on it and the lock at the down and stop there.
What can i do ?
Thanks in advance.

Assuming you can get adb to work you should be able to flash the image to the phone straight from a pc. However that's the most help I can offer as I rarely use adb.
Actually just found this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nexus_S:_Full_Update_Guide
Read it and modify to your needs, NOTE the part "Installing the ClockworkMod Recovery Image" as I think you could follow that but use your stock image instead.

In CWM did u try to /mount USB storage?
Then put some rom on it, then flash it.

I did try ...
kvaju said:
In CWM did u try to /mount USB storage?
Then put some rom on it, then flash it.
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Thanks for the quick reply..
When i try to mount USB storage from the recovery i get the following error:
"Unable to write to ums lunfile ( No such file or directory)"
What i am doing wrong ?
Thank,
Tomcat383

Try to lock and unlock your boot loader via adb. Maybe try flashing original stock rom. The nexus s is hard to brick. I thought I bricked mine but turned out to be a hardware issue that was fixed by Samsung under my warranty.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

smoka206 said:
Try to lock and unlock your boot loader via adb. Maybe try flashing original stock rom. The nexus s is hard to brick. I thought I bricked mine but turned out to be a hardware issue that was fixed by Samsung under my warranty.
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What do you mean Lock -->Unlock via ADB ?
And how can i flash the original stock rom with my problem ? ( BTW do you have a link for my Stock ROM ? ,I9020T I9020XXJK1 bootloader...)
Thanks

if you have recovery than u dont have a brick

Ok ...
b1337 said:
if you have recovery than u dont have a brick
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But this is all I got I cannot flash the phone so I can boot it to any rom ... So maybe it's not a brick but in my case there isn't any diffrence ...
I tried with several ways and still didn't found the problem ..
I cannot mount the USB at all I cannot flash it via ODIN ..
Am I missing somthing ??

Do you have the right drivers installed? Also, is it the right recovery? Like for the i9020t, not the nexus s 4g (I made that mistake, me stupid! )
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

tomcat383 said:
What do you mean Lock -->Unlock via ADB ?
And how can i flash the original stock rom with my problem ? ( BTW do you have a link for my Stock ROM ? ,I9020T I9020XXJK1 bootloader...)
Thanks
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He means to reboot into bootloader (not recovery), then lock the bootloader with "fastboot oem lock", then re-unlock it with "fastboot oem unlock".
There's sticky threads all over the boards with stock roms, radios, and bootloaders.

Sounds like a bad flash storage. It happens often on these phones. Nothing you can do but to send it to Samsung for warranty. They'll do it free of charge.
Unless you're missing something simple...

I tried Samsung without luck....
obsanity said:
Sounds like a bad flash storage. It happens often on these phones. Nothing you can do but to send it to Samsung for warranty. They'll do it free of charge.
Unless you're missing something simple...
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This is what i think...
But my phone is already out of order for a few month and i got it from over seas and i tried to contact Samsung (UK). but they didn't want to assist.
And they told me to contact US the country that i bought it.
How can i be sure its an HW issue ?
Thanks for the help.
Tomcat383

i got the same problem... after flashing the rom i got stuck at the google image but thank god to nandroid back up and after updating to official image.. now everything working fine

How can I use the same way you did ?
cool_yking said:
i got the same problem... after flashing the rom i got stuck at the google image but thank god to nandroid back up and after updating to official image.. now everything working fine
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Do you think it's possible for me to use the same procedure , I don't have any backup unfurtenetaly ..
Thanks,
Tom

Personally, I'd try reflashing the recovery as a first step. re-download it from cwm just in case of some weird corruption or something, grab the latest one and double or triple check whether you get the right one for your phone
Flash it, using fastboot, straight from the PC to the phone. Try the recovery again, see if that helps. If you still can't mount anything then, you've definitely got a hardware problem :/
If it does mount, use adb to push over a fresh ROM or a stock ROM and flash it after a full wipe (/system, /data, /cache, /boot and a factory reset)..
Good luck!

Been there try that ...
Erythnul said:
Personally, I'd try reflashing the recovery as a first step. re-download it from cwm just in case of some weird corruption or something, grab the latest one and double or triple check whether you get the right one for your phone
Flash it, using fastboot, straight from the PC to the phone. Try the recovery again, see if that helps. If you still can't mount anything then, you've definitely got a hardware problem :/
If it does mount, use adb to push over a fresh ROM or a stock ROM and flash it after a full wipe (/system, /data, /cache, /boot and a factory reset)..
Good luck!
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Thanks for the info , but I allready tried this option a few times without any luck ...
So I think it's a HW issue , so my phone is dead ?
Thanks,
Ram

tomcat383 said:
Thanks for the info , but I allready tried this option a few times without any luck ...
So I think it's a HW issue , so my phone is dead ?
Thanks,
Ram
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When my phone did this I was able to mount it after a few battery pulls. So try doing the procedure to mount USB storage and if it fails pull the battery again. I'd say give it about 100 tries. If it doesn't work it most likely will never mount. However if at one point it will, load and flash a rom. The only problem you will face is again after rebooting you'll have to keep trying to the same way to get pass the Google logo.
I know it sounds strange but this was my situation and that's how I got by until they replaced the unit for me.

obsanity said:
When my phone did this I was able to mount it after a few battery pulls. So try doing the procedure to mount USB storage and if it fails pull the battery again. I'd say give it about 100 tries. If it doesn't work it most likely will never mount. However if at one point it will, load and flash a rom. The only problem you will face is again after rebooting you'll have to keep trying to the same way to get pass the Google logo.
I know it sounds strange but this was my situation and that's how I got by until they replaced the unit for me.
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OK , thanks i will try this .
By the way did you get the same error as mine when you tried to mount the USB ?
Thanks,
Tom

Nothing worked....
Well i tried everything from here and still nothing work ....
I also tried Lock\Unlock and after going back to Lock when i try to unlock again i see the Unlock choose screen but when i try to choose unlock the phone is stuck on this screen forever...
Is there something left for me to do ????
Thanks,
Tom

tomcat383 said:
Well i tried everything from here and still nothing work ....
I also tried Lock\Unlock and after going back to Lock when i try to unlock again i see the Unlock choose screen but when i try to choose unlock the phone is stuck on this screen forever...
Is there something left for me to do ????
Thanks,
Tom
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you could always try beating it with a hammer

Updated to ICS -- Slightly Laggy Help

I have updated to ICS via OTA.
Now, if i open keypad to dial it first shows grey screen for 2seconds and then the numbers appears... Same with contacts.
I also got couple of times black screen as if phone frooze.
Once, even i got scrambled green images on screen which got corrected by pressing Home button multiple times.
Apart from this, Phone seems to be running fine.
So, how can i myself solve this problem now OR Do i have to go to Samsung service centre and let them reinstall ICS?
PS:
I am using Indian official ICS Baseband Ver. LP4 & Build Number LP8.
I have never rooted and was on Stock GB before the urgrade.
I fear if i try to fix this ICS problem myself i will run into bricking problem.
UPDATE
See post 7 & 13 Below

I had this issue but after i wired data using code *2767*3855# everything worked smoothly.
You can try this at your own risk as it might brick if yor device has emmc bug. I have already done it over 15 times and no issue
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

olivespin said:
I have updated to ICS via OTA.
Now, if i open keypad to dial it first shows grey screen for 2seconds and then the numbers appears... Same with contacts.
I also got couple of times black screen as if phone frooze.
Once, even i got scrambled green images on screen which got corrected by pressing Home button multiple times.
Apart from this, Phone seems to be running fine.
So, how can i myself solve this problem now OR Do i have to go to Samsung service centre and let them reinstall ICS?
PS:
I am using Indian official ICS Baseband Ver. LP4 & Build Number LP8.
I have never rooted and was on Stock GB before the urgrade.
I fear if i try to fix this ICS problem myself i will run into bricking problem.
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I rooted my Note after about two days so not sure if this will work on non-root....
Reboot into recovery (Power+Vol Up + Home) then clear cache and clear Dalvik cache. Reboot then see if lag continues. Clearing caches and reboot seems to get rid of lags and gives phone a new life

Today again phone got frooze on homescreen for 5mins and got back to life again after pressing Home key numerous times
So yes, something is wrong with this ICS update.
Plz provide a solution and also mention if tht solution can lead to bricking bug..

BUMP.

I had exactly the same problems while updating Gb to ICS using OTA update. Anywhow, I never got to fix this. I would try following steps:
Clean the cache of your ICS installations/apps using any Cache-cleaning tool on the Play Store
Reboot your phone like 2-3 times (sometimes this seems to fix some problems with your kernel/rom since they have to settle down.
Update all your apps to their latest versions, since most apps have fixes for ICS installations, and might slow your phone a bit down in some way
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When you still would have problems with your ICS installations I would recommend installing a custom rom over your stock ICS installation. This did the trick for me eventually.. But depends on if you would like to have a stock or custom ICS rom.

HELP
I tried the above suggestion and done Factory Format via *2767*3855#.
Now, after entering code the device havent rebooted for the next 15mins, so i pressed the power key to reboot manually and then i got the message format failed or sumthing similar which i dont seem 2 recall.
Now, all my Smemo data & camera images is wiped... but phone numbers and messages intact.
and the originally mentioned problem is still there..... So wht is my solution now ?
I want to delete every old system files & Clean-install ICS - So Is it via kies?
Dont know much abt all this so a detailed help would be highly appreciated.

olivespin said:
I have updated to ICS via OTA.
Now, if i open keypad to dial it first shows grey screen for 2seconds and then the numbers appears... Same with contacts.
I also got couple of times black screen as if phone frooze.
Once, even i got scrambled green images on screen which got corrected by pressing Home button multiple times.
Apart from this, Phone seems to be running fine.
So, how can i myself solve this problem now OR Do i have to go to Samsung service centre and let them reinstall ICS?
PS:
I am using Indian official ICS Baseband Ver. LP4 & Build Number LP8.
I have never rooted and was on Stock GB before the urgrade.
I fear if i try to fix this ICS problem myself i will run into bricking problem.
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Facing the EXACTLY the same problem man.. Feel i have done a mistake by upgrading to ics
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

androidlover1 said:
Facing the EXACTLY the same problem man.. Feel i have done a mistake by upgrading to ics
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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Somebody give us proper solution to this.. HELP!
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Flash gingerbread again with odin, then do a factory reset... then upgrade to ics again using odin...

I dont want to go to GB again..... All i want is fresh clean install of ICS on my phone... So how to do tht ? (i dont wana play with my phones warrenty)

You can use pc odin to flash stock ics, not recommended though as you're on ics kernel now. Best to follow previous poster, fladh gb stock kernel first.
please hit thanks if i helped

SpyderTracks said:
You can use pc odin to flash stock ics, not recommended though as you're on ics kernel now. Best to follow previous poster, fladh gb stock kernel first.
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If i use odin to flag GB first, will i loose my phones warrenty? (And i dont even knw how 2 use it)
Second, can i go 2 samsung service centre and let them delete all old files and install fresh copy of ICS? If i do, will i run a chance of bricking..... Coz i dont want to run into parts replacements and repairs problem...
What is the best solution now.

olivespin said:
If i use odin to flag GB first, will i loose my phones warrenty? (And i dont even knw how 2 use it)
Second, can i go 2 samsung service centre and let them delete all old files and install fresh copy of ICS? If i do, will i run a chance of bricking..... Coz i dont want to run into parts replacements and repairs problem...
What is the best solution now.
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Since you did nothing wrong that could void your warranty, and you don't know too much about fixing it yourself, save yourself the hassle and let a Service center take cre of it for you .