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Samsung working on Emmc brick fix

More info and source credits here, thanks to codeworkx https://plus.google.com/111398485184813224730/posts/21pTYfTsCkB.
ATTENTION:
We've contacted Samsung about the problem where performing a mmc erase could hardbrick your phone (i9100, i9100g, n7000, m250 - MAG4FA, VYL00M, and KYL00M with firmware revision 0x19 // T989 and I727 with fw rev 0x12) if it's having a faulty emmc chip.
Read this thread for more informations about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644364
They're working as hard as possible on a clean solution which will be ready soon.
Please be patient and try to not flash any leaked kernels or kernels based on sources where MMC_CAP_ERASE is present.
This app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27014974&postcount=1 can be used to identify if your phone is affected or not.
CM9 kernels are safe to flash.
Please share!
Update 14:56 CEST:
Patches will be out in form of new official ROMs and also sourcecode releases after testing, which might take some time.
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New Clarifications by Entropy : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28416723&postcount=403 - Must Read.
To check whether your phone has the brick bug, download the Got Brickbug app from Chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704
Also do read the article on xda for more info.: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-diligently-working-towards-hardbrick-fix/

Nice!

That is a really good news after some time.
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Good news!
Looking forward to see how Samsung solve this nightmare
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How many time to fix this Samsung BUG? How maby people need ti brick our 600€? If samsung knows why no first before? Grrrrr...
All hard work its from XDA devs!!!! Thank you devs!!
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Hmmm don't want to get my hopes up
But hmmm ok let's hope saw but how do we know is true ?
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nandihno said:
Hmmm don't want to get my hopes up
But hmmm ok let's hope saw but how do we know is true ?
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Teamhacksung dev codeworkx been in touch with Sammy guys so its genuine news...check link in op
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at least we now have some hope...hopefully...

So to be clear...
Can someone confirm the following is correct please?
I have a N7000 on official (german) ICS, with the dodgy mmc chip. I must have been lucky since ive flashed a bunch of roms (including CM9, back to gingerbread, then official ICS) without issue. Ive also done a few CWM backup and restores... phew!
1. Flashing anything from the phone itself (eg using mobile odin or CWM recovery) is a no-go (assuming it issues the erase command)
2. Flashing from the PC is OK ??? (via desktop ODIN)?
If 2 is untrue, how is sammy gonna issue an update (with the erase capability turned off) without bricking a load of phones during the update process? can they maybe provide a custom app which re-flashes the kernel without doing an erase first?
thanks
George

ripnetuk said:
Can someone confirm the following is correct please?
I have a N7000 on official (german) ICS, with the dodgy mmc chip. I must have been lucky since ive flashed a bunch of roms (including CM9, back to gingerbread, then official ICS) without issue. Ive also done a few CWM backup and restores... phew!
1. Flashing anything from the phone itself (eg using mobile odin or CWM recovery) is a no-go (assuming it issues the erase command)
2. Flashing from the PC is OK ??? (via desktop ODIN)?
If 2 is untrue, how is sammy gonna issue an update (with the erase capability turned off) without bricking a load of phones during the update process? can they maybe provide a custom app which re-flashes the kernel without doing an erase first?
thanks
George
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Flashing is not the problem but wiping is
So if they release a new update then simply don't wipe on your ics but wipe only after you install the new update
If however you want to be extra careful like I am
Flash a gb rom via odin then wipe that then flash said ics update via Odin
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While there have been brickage reports using either PC Odin or CWM, there have been none regarding Odin Mobile Pro. So, when I flashed back GB, I used Odin mobile Pro. Everything went smooth.

//troll mode activated
It's just like Microsoft patching windows vista
//troll mode off

This is a true victory for XDA developers!
My deepest respect for all of you guys :thumbup:!!

Are they releasing a fix for brickd phone or a prevention update?

blue_panther9_9 said:
Are they releasing a fix for brickd phone or a prevention update?
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Prevention.
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I really hope this mess will soon be over. Let's hope while they are resolving the brick bug they also take a look at the wakelock thing. Contrary to others I have encountered this problem very rarely (1 time so far). Nonetheless it would be nice to see a solution.
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ICS

Good news but given that we haven't seen ics roll out in all countries, who knows when this will get fixed.
Another thing that bugs me. Is there possibility that Samsung push the solution for this bug and carriers just ignore it and continue with pushing the infected ics?
I guess that all we need is just one good release and everyone can flash it.
Hope to see it soon.
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ripnetuk said:
Can someone confirm the following is correct please?
If 2 is untrue, how is sammy gonna issue an update (with the erase capability turned off) without bricking a load of phones during the update process? can they maybe provide a custom app which re-flashes the kernel without doing an erase first?
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In all probability it might show a message over kies / OTA message asking to connect to kies on the comp .. and provide an update for kies desktop having 0din in it

ashoksoft said:
In all probability it might show a message over kies / OTA message asking to connect to kies on the comp .. and provide an update for kies desktop having 0din in it
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Update 14:56 CEST:
Patches will be out in form of new official ROMs and also sourcecode releases after testing, which might take some time.
Just updated op too

This is great news! Many thanks to entropy and chasmodo and all who've worked on this and sacrificed for us!
Also thanls to those who took it seriously.
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Germany got 4.1.1. tonight for 8010 Wifi!

Picture says it all. Woke up and suddenly had the notification.
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Unfortunately both myself and someone else I know are using the previous 4.1.1 leak, so I can't check right now.. tempted just to reflash to stock as soon as. Thanks!

Hope it'll come soon in uk...!!!
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Was tempted to flash the N8000 & fix, too. But then I said myself just to wait until Christmas. And now I got it on an normal, poor and grey Tuesday morning, when I did expect it the less.
First Impression: All the Butter works and Premium Suite looks just fine.
Good look all others.
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Nothing on Sammobile yet

SamMobile just tweeted it
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Yes thanks here are more details
Today Samsung updated their Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.
The update is only available in Germany at the moment and downloadable through samfirmware.com
If you have the Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi in Germany you will receive a OTA update of 300MB
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC 2012 in Barcelona the Galaxy Note 10.1 uses a 10.1” screen with a quad-core CPU and a 5 megapixel Camera.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi is Samsung’s first tablet with S-PEN features.
FW details:
Android Version: Android 4.1.1
Product code: GT-N8010EAADBT
PDA: N8010XXBLK9

I can confirm, 4.1.1 is out for german unbranded devices.
Looks extremely butterly smooth

Confirming
Got the update this morning, Galay Note 10.1, N8010, 16 GB WiFi, bought in Germany.

any possibility to install it in the UK without much fussing? thanks

Image should be on Sammobile by today, you can flash it manually then - without annoying reboot-fix
Edit: Not downloadable yet but they announced it: just keep checking http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ for "N8010"
Announcement by sammobile: http://www.sammobile.com/2012/12/12/samsung-starts-jelly-bean-updates-galaxy-note-10-1-wi-fi/
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In UK we waited so much. So more days shouldn't be a problem.

If i'm not mistaken for OTA we need original recovery image?
I'm running clockworkmod right now (with reset counter / triangle away) so i guess i won't get the update OTA?
What are the steps to get original recovery back? Normally, on reboot, the tablet would flash it from 'somewhere' with install-recovery.sh right?
So it should be stored in the original rom/flash as well..

I flashed stock ics, I really am curious if I'll get OTA. I can wait a few days, but my patience is limited so I hope it won't take long for my region to get it. What a stupid thing, carrier related firmware for a Wi-Fi only device...
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Don't know the exact steps but to get the OTA you need to be on original Rom and have your Flash Counter reseted (Triangle Away). Tutorial is on this forum somewhere, I may have read it in one of the N8000 4.1.1 OTA Threads.
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Jurolino said:
Don't know the exact steps but to get the OTA you need to be on original Rom and have your Flash Counter reseted (Triangle Away). Tutorial is on this forum somewhere, I may have read it in one of the N8000 4.1.1 OTA Threads.
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To explain a bit more:
- I had two tablets originally. (EU region Netherlands)
- The first one did a small OTA update for some sort of fix package, i don't know what it fixed exactly.
- I rooted the first one, but this one kept flashing back original recovery
- I used to boot into CWM directly after ODIN to get root
- Rebooted one time, got back original recovery (good!)
- Used triangle away to get flash counter reset.
- Had this one rooted, but original recovery and flash counter 0
Then, i got another one.
- This one never got any OTA update no hard i tried.
- I Figured it was already up-to-date, FW version was same as the first tablet.
- I used the same CWM method to get root
- But it never flashed back the recovery to stock by itself. (oh noes!)
- At this point the first tablet is no longer in my possession..
- I checked with ADB, the install-recovery.sh file is also not in the firmware.. (huh?)
I'm assuming for OTA i need the flash counter at zero, and original recovery, as this OTA is flashed by recovery image..
Unless a version comes out i can flash by KIES i'm sorta screwed
(Ps. other than CWM recovery, i'm still on original rom..)

Asure said:
If i'm not mistaken for OTA we need original recovery image?
I'm running clockworkmod right now (with reset counter / triangle away) so i guess i won't get the update OTA?
What are the steps to get original recovery back? Normally, on reboot, the tablet would flash it from 'somewhere' with install-recovery.sh right?
So it should be stored in the original rom/flash as well..
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It is not advisable to flash the OTA but instead flash the complete firmware as it may not work if you flash OTA for someother region.
You use ODIN to flash the full firmware, which will be what you will get to download at samfirware.
You will need to root the device again

Yeah and where will we get a full firmware? From the terribly slow sammobile mirrors -.-
They were much faster a year ago. Now they have slowed to a crawl and all the while the firmwares become ever bigger

This is bull Samsung! The us 8013 has not seen anything yet!

Remember how long it took from the n8000 dbt fw until the other regions got it? I hope it will not be the same with the n8010 and 8013, I mean I hope it will go faster.
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[Q] sluggish out of the box performance

Hello TPT community,
I Just got this tablet mainly because of the included digitizer and was wondering if anyone could give me a guideline on how to speed things up for this tablet. The tablet came with honeycomb 3.1 included and I am finding it pretty sluggish and unresponsive in general tasks. I went into settings to do a software update but it seems there is no 4.0 update available. There doesn't seem to be a toggle for pen only input in the settings either. Is the normal process for flashing a new Rom to root, then install CWM, and flash Roms?

I'm kind of a n00b here, but that is the right process in general.
For you, there should be a 4.0 update, but you might have to try a few times. After you are running ICS (4.0) you can root and load Koshu's JB rom.

Aren't there problems with rooting ICS?
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Absolutely no problms rooting ics
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Okay well I went into settings, about tablet, system updates, check for updates. It always says "your system is up to date" even though I know I'm on 3.1
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Lets see if we can figure out why it won't update. In settings -> about tablet, what is listed for model number, android version, and kernel version?
Edit:
Found this - http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPa...ystem-updates-OTAs-not-installing/ta-p/713571
It might help... I'm also searching for a manual download for ota3 or ota 3.5 from lenovo that you can load in recovery.
Edit 2:
Sorry, I need more coffee...
Is this a wifi only tablet or a 3g tablet? What region is it?

I attached the info in a picture. I dont know how to find out what region or wifi/3g it is though. I don't have a sim to test it. I got it from here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7473177&CatId=6845

It is wifi only, also found this interesting thread - http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-slate-tablets/thinkpad-1839-update/td-p/975085
Apparently the Tiger Direct refurb is a custom SKU and is SUPPOSEDLY not upgradeable... tho I would think there are ways around that. At least now I know what we are working with here.

da_reeseboy said:
It is wifi only, also found this interesting thread - http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-slate-tablets/thinkpad-1839-update/td-p/975085
Apparently the Tiger Direct refurb is a custom SKU and is SUPPOSEDLY not upgradeable... tho I would think there are ways around that. At least now I know what we are working with here.
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So any ideas on how to update to ICS? The ROM in android development section says it requires me to have ICS first.

Unfortunately no... sorry. I'm still a n00b with android devices. Maybe someone with a little more knowledge will chime in now that we know what we are dealing with.

You can root your tablet and go straight to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2. It's fast and cool! The only little bug is with wifi!
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troemer said:
You can root your tablet and go straight to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2. It's fast and cool! The only little bug is with wifi!
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A wifi bug is pretty big. The only connectivity mine has is wifi
I tried to install the adb drivers so I can root it but it says the driver has been tampered with so I can't install. I am on windows 8
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@troemer: Not sure if you noticed it or not, but in Koshu's cm10 thread it says:
Requirements
This build uses the Lenovo ICS kernel, you need to upgrade to stock ICS first (Make sure you keep root!)
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This is why he is trying to get the ICS update.

Daedalus_ said:
A wifi bug is pretty big. The only connectivity mine has is wifi
I tried to install the adb drivers so I can root it but it says the driver has been tampered with so I can't install. I am on windows 8
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The wifi bug actually isn't that big, just set wifi to always on like suggested. As far as the tampered drivers error, you will probably have to : a) search for a way to install unsigned drivers on win8
or b) use a winxp/win7 pc.
Be careful tho... flashing after having stock ICS is needed for a reason.

Flashing what?

Daedalus_ said:
Flashing what?
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Based on this:
Daedalus_ said:
A wifi bug is pretty big. The only connectivity mine has is wifi
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I was worried you were gonna try to just jump straight to JB.

Hey there,
well one way is to try flashing the upgrade directly but like da_reeseboy already mentioned, there is a high possibility that it will fail. Only other way would be to flash the bootloader directly (that most likely the part, that keeps the JB kernel from booting on non ICS kernels) but there is a high bricking chance and eventually the firmware for some of the hardware needs to be updated, too, to work properly.

It looks like there's hope - this guy has the same weird software version as you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37487649&postcount=6. He used the directions in that thread to upgrade to ICS.
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Full thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37487649#post37487649

Koshu said:
Hey there,
well one way is to try flashing the upgrade directly but like da_reeseboy already mentioned, there is a high possibility that it will fail. Only other way would be to flash the bootloader directly (that most likely the part, that keeps the JB kernel from booting on non ICS kernels) but there is a high bricking chance and eventually the firmware for some of the hardware needs to be updated, too, to work properly.
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Just trying to think outside the box (noob style), what if he:
1. Installed CWM
2. Restored a clean 0075 nandroid from someone here on xda
3. Restored stock recovery
4. Checked for OTA to ICS
In my mind the software version is what is holding him back from updates, so I'm thinking that restoring an 0075 nandroid will put him in a position to get the update correctly... but I am still new to this so I could be WAY off.

da_reeseboy said:
Just trying to think outside the box (noob style), what if he:
1. Installed CWM
2. Restored a clean 0075 nandroid from someone here on xda
3. Restored stock recovery
4. Checked for OTA to ICS
In my mind the software version is what is holding him back from updates, so I'm thinking that restoring an 0075 nandroid will put him in a position to get the update correctly... but I am still new to this so I could be WAY off.
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Thanks for still helping! Do I need a special CWM? I just root and install CWM from the market? Honeycomb is really annoying because some apps I use are only for newer androids such as Hulu plus.

[Q] Flash player won't work since 4.3

I have the latest flash apk installed, flash settings shows up in my drawer, I have uninstalled and reinstalled, but still no luck getting flash to work with any browser (boat, firefox, dolphin beta). It runs fine on my Nexus 7 (2013). I even tried fix permissions on a lark. Running stock rooted image 4.3. Anybody have any suggestions on what to try?

Sharkeyd said:
I have the latest flash apk installed, flash settings shows up in my drawer, I have uninstalled and reinstalled, but still no luck getting flash to work with any browser (boat, firefox, dolphin beta). It runs fine on my Nexus 7 (2013). I even tried fix permissions on a lark. Running stock rooted image 4.3. Anybody have any suggestions on what to try?
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11.1.115.69 works nice here with aosp-browser and firefox (sine update from august the 6th brfore firefox was crashing). Stock 4.3 from factory image. Sometimes when reading of this different experience with 4.3 I can't stand the feeling factory image, ota and flashable zip all have slightly different issue...

I went back to full factory image with no root, got flash working then manually rooted. Everything works now.
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Sharkeyd said:
I went back to full factory image with no root, got flash working then manually rooted. Everything works now.
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Incredible!!! I was using, after updating to 4.3 the Flash 11.111.29 and for a few days it worked fine, both with Firefox and aosp-browser. Then stopped suddendly!!!
Now I've downloaded the 11.115.69 as you suggested but in the fullscreen it crashes both firefox and aosp. Does it work in full screen to you??

Yeah works great in full screen. I prefer boat browser, just make sure to enable flash in settings. How did you achieve root? Did you flash a prerooted image, or stock then rooted that?
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Sharkeyd said:
Yeah works great in full screen. I prefer boat browser, just make sure to enable flash in settings. How did you achieve root? Did you flash a prerooted image, or stock then rooted that?
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My device is stock and then rooted, does it make difference???
To me makes crashes or lagging, both firefox and aosp. Which browser do you use?? Are you runnibg 4.3???
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Dodazza said:
My device is stock and then rooted, does it make difference???
To me makes crashes or lagging, both firefox and aosp. Which browser do you use?? Are you runnibg 4.3???
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Yes I'm on 4.3. I had read about flash and issues with prerooted images, so I hoped that was your problem. I use boat browser, like I said before just make sure you allow flash in the settings. If you still can't get it to work, I recommend going back to unrooted stock and starting over. First download flash player, then flash the latest superuser. That's what got me fixed.
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Easiest way to 4.4.2?

I'm wanting to update my gf's M to 4.4.2 and am wondering the easiest way to go about it. It's currently rooted and running a custom ROM, but she doesn't care about any of that. Could I just download the sbf and used RSD Lite to flash it? Or would I need to flash an earlier build and then take the OTA? I'm not worried about keeping root or an unlocked bootloader, but would there be any way to keep her Candy Crush data (that's the only thing on the phone that means anything to her)?

Yea just grab 4.4.2 KitKat and flash it with rsd. . then flash SuperSU or use towelroot to get root back
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Awesome! Any chance at saving her game data? I was going to try Helium, but I remember that Moto broke it.

stick1300 said:
Awesome! Any chance at saving her game data? I was going to try Helium, but I remember that Moto broke it.
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Titanium Backup attempts to recover/restore app data. It works on about 75% of apps I try, but some lose their data.

ezknives said:
Yea just grab 4.4.2 Kitkat and flash it with rsd. then flash towel root to get root back
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Will this work if I already have an unlocked bootloader (from the exploit in Jelly Bean)?

thad137 said:
Will this work if I already have an unlocked bootloader (from the exploit in Jelly Bean)?
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Sure will. You will lose root but not the unlocked bootloader.
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You can edit the .xml file so that it doesn't wipe userdata, and that should let her phone keep all its settings, apps, data, etc. It'd definitely be smart to also back that stuff up with TB as well, though. If you do edit the .xml that RSD Lite uses to flash, make sure to use something like Notepad++, and not just Windows Notepad. I think you also have to edit out the getvar line if you're flashing over a non-stock ROM. If you've done the NV edit with RadioComm, supposedly you can also delete the modemst1 and modemst2 lines, and you shouldn't have to redo the GSM hack.

Is there a way a person could flash just the bootloader in RSD instead of wiping my custom rom?

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Is there a way a person could flash just the bootloader in RSD instead of wiping my custom rom?
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I've seen some reports that you can do the boot.img file, but it softbricks most devices. I'd suggest just backing up your stuff and flashing stock and then go back to your ROM. Or just leave it, unless its CM11.
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thad137 said:
Is there a way a person could flash just the bootloader in RSD instead of wiping my custom rom?
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I believe the answer would be no... I think your asking if you could go from the jb bootloader to the kk one or vise versa via rsd by only flashing the boot loader and keep your current ROM... if that's the case no as the Roms (not sure how it all works) have become dependent on which boot loader you have... So the ROM your on probably will not function if you could flash just the boot loader... Like as I'm on kk I can't use PAC man as it needs the jb boot loader or whatever... And if your on jb (last I checked) you can't use the newer builds of kitstalk... So your best bet would be stay as you are or flash the whole thing IMHO...but I may be wrong
Edit... That's the second time we have started a reply at the same time @xKroniK13x you get it out faster tho....

ezknives said:
I believe the answer would be no... I think your asking if you could go from the jb bootloader to the kk one or vise versa via rsd by only flashing the boot loader and keep your current ROM... if that's the case no as the Roms (not sure how it all works) have become dependent on which boot loader you have... So the ROM your on probably will not function if you could flash just the boot loader... Like as I'm on kk I can't use PAC man as it needs the jb boot loader or whatever... And if your on jb (last I checked) you can't use the newer builds of kitstalk... So your best bet would be stay as you are or flash the whole thing IMHO...but I may be wrong
Edit... That's the second time we have started a reply at the same time @xKroniK13x you get it out faster tho....
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At least we post similar responses! ?
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xKroniK13x said:
I've seen some reports that you can do the boot.img file, but it softbricks most devices. I'd suggest just backing up your stuff and flashing stock and then go back to your ROM. Or just leave it, unless its CM11.
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ezknives said:
I believe the answer would be no... I think your asking if you could go from the jb bootloader to the kk one or vise versa via rsd by only flashing the boot loader and keep your current ROM... if that's the case no as the Roms (not sure how it all works) have become dependent on which boot loader you have... So the ROM your on probably will not function if you could flash just the boot loader... Like as I'm on kk I can't use PAC man as it needs the jb boot loader or whatever... And if your on jb (last I checked) you can't use the newer builds of kitstalk... So your best bet would be stay as you are or flash the whole thing IMHO...but I may be wrong
Edit... That's the second time we have started a reply at the same time @xKroniK13x you get it out faster tho....
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Thanks I'll just go ahead and go through the entire process of flashing everything for the new version of Paranoid Android.
UPDATE: I manually flashed everything but "system" and "recovery" and then flashed dhacker's recovery from here ( loki.rombitch . com/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img ) then I flashed the Paranoid Android update and everything is working.

thad137 said:
Thanks I'll just go ahead and go through the entire process of flashing everything for the new version of Paranoid Android.
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Paranoid has a 3.4 kernel ROM? How did I miss that?!

xKroniK13x said:
Paranoid has a 3.4 kernel ROM? How did I miss that?!
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heres a link..http://www.drdevs.com/devs/?dir=cj360/Aospa

xKroniK13x said:
Paranoid has a 3.4 kernel ROM? How did I miss that?!
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I'm still new, so I can't link it, but... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696606
(second post) (I think he meant 07-02-2014)

5318008 said:
You can edit the .xml file so that it doesn't wipe userdata, and that should let her phone keep all its settings, apps, data, etc. It'd definitely be smart to also back that stuff up with TB as well, though. If you do edit the .xml that RSD Lite uses to flash, make sure to use something like Notepad++, and not just Windows Notepad. I think you also have to edit out the getvar line if you're flashing over a non-stock ROM. If you've done the NV edit with RadioComm, supposedly you can also delete the modemst1 and modemst2 lines, and you shouldn't have to redo the GSM hack.
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Yeah, I read about this in another thread and it worked fine. She's now on stock 4.42 and has her treasured Candy Crush data.
Now, if I could just get her wifi working again. I've done so much reading about the issue lying in the /persist (and/or /prima) folder, but, even after trying multiple "clean" copies of it and fixing permissions and everything else people have suggested, I can't get it working again.

I wish I could help there but I don't have any useful info to offer. I've heard a number of complaints about the WiFi on KK on the Razr M, so I don't think it's just you. I heard they're testing another KK update, maybe it'll fix it when it rolls out. I did notice that the time I tried flashing the KK radio onto my stock JB, it totally broke my WiFi and I had to flash back.

5318008 said:
I wish I could help there but I don't have any useful info to offer. I've heard a number of complaints about the WiFi on KK on the Razr M, so I don't think it's just you. I heard they're testing another KK update, maybe it'll fix it when it rolls out. I did notice that the time I tried flashing the KK radio onto my stock JB, it totally broke my WiFi and I had to flash back.
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It stopped working when she was still on JB. I had hoped updating would fix it, but no such luck. The only way I managed to get it working in the past was by reflashing the ROM that was on the phone, but it stopped working again after a few weeks.