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Link for the Android 2.3.3 GRI54 for the Nexus S 9023

I flashed my Nexus S with CM7 RC 4. Accidentally my original nandroid backup got deleted. I want to flash my device with the factory android 2.3.3 image. Please let me know the link to download the Android 2.3.3 for SNS 9023 GRI54.

You find it on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973534

I have already downloaded the rom files and the odin but the odin don't recognise my NS.
Can you tell me how to do a fastboot flash ?

If you want odin to recognize your nexus you have to install the samsung usb drivers .. You can find them here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929

I have already installed the google drivers but the phone recovery is the clockwork image. I am not able to put the phone to the download mode. I have downloaded the GRI54 image from samfirmware.com. Now I am not able to use it. Is there any other fully cooked image to flash the Nexus S.

I do not have a fastboot image for you ..btw the google drivers are not the same as the samsung drivers ..for odin you will need the samsung ones ...
To go into downloadmode :
turn on you phone, plug your phone into a sb port ( as if you wanted to put something on the phone) then while your phone is still connected to your pc , switch you phone off and keep holding vol up + vol down ..you will see that if you keep holding them phone will go into download mode after you phone is switched off

jaivinder said:
I have already installed the google drivers but the phone recovery is the clockwork image. I am not able to put the phone to the download mode. I have downloaded the GRI54 image from samfirmware.com. Now I am not able to use it. Is there any other fully cooked image to flash the Nexus S.
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You installed the samsung drivers, make sure that your phone is power on,disable the usb debugging, ceheck that microsoft.net framework is installed on your pc. When you connect your phone (on your device manager) you must have "android phone" and below that "nexus s" with out any question symbols.If so then select to update your driver and give the path you installed the samsung drivers (eg c:\program files\samsung ....).
Power off you phone, open Odin and follow the pdf file from samfirmware to load the files (bootloader,pda,modem,csc). Hold your phone from the middle of volume buttons(between vol up and vol down) and immediately connect your phone to your pc with the usb cable .you are going to see the yellow triangle with the android.
Try it

Thanks afilopou, I've managed to enter download mode.
However I've never used Odin before so I'm not sure how to use it.
When I use 'PDA_SOJU_GRI54_TMO_EUR_MR1_SIGNED.tar.md5' for PDA, I get an error and the process stops.
If I start the process without selecting PDA, everything goes smoothly but when I reboot nothing's changed of course...
BTW, my i9023 is from Vodafone Australia (I hope that's got nothing to do with the error). Currently running CM RC4.
Please help.

hamajiro said:
Thanks afilopou, I've managed to enter download mode.
However I've never used Odin before so I'm not sure how to use it.
When I use 'PDA_SOJU_GRI54_TMO_EUR_MR1_SIGNED.tar.md5' for PDA, I get an error and the process stops.
If I start the process without selecting PDA, everything goes smoothly but when I reboot nothing's changed of course...
BTW, my i9023 is from Vodafone Australia (I hope that's got nothing to do with the error). Currently running CM RC4.
Please help.
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What kind of error?on Odin or on your phone?

afilopou said:
What kind of error?on Odin or on your phone?
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On Odin. The error message is in Korean so I don't know what it says, but it says something about the PDA tar. Please see the attached image.
Thanks

If I do it without PDA, I don't get an error...

hamajiro said:
If I do it without PDA, I don't get an error...
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I see you are using a virtual machine and the host is mac .correct?do you have any pc with windows (not on a virtual machine)?Also please check that you have microsoft.net framework installed
Also i did an md5 check sum for the file from samfirmware and the result is 0557b037f56195497718e1dc575b20c9
Can you pls check the I9023_EUR_GRI54_XXKB3?
And the md5 check sum just for the PDA_SOJU_GRI54_TMO_EUR_MR1_SIGNED.tar.md5 is b594e50fd160428826a66f58a15ad522

afilopou said:
I see you are using a virtual machine and the host is mac .correct?do you have any pc with windows (not on a virtual machine)?Also please check that you have microsoft.net framework installed
Also i did an md5 check sum for the file from samfirmware and the result is 0557b037f56195497718e1dc575b20c9
Can you pls check the I9023_EUR_GRI54_XXKB3?
And the md5 check sum just for the PDA_SOJU_GRI54_TMO_EUR_MR1_SIGNED.tar.md5 is b594e50fd160428826a66f58a15ad522
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Thank you so much for your help.
I don't have a windows PC, but I'll install Windows 7 to my MBP using bootcamp and see how that goes.
I'll check the md5 check sum as well.
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Forgot to mention. I tried Odin using Win7 (64 bit) on VMware Fusion, and I no longer got the error for PDA. Everything seemed to work but now Windows can't recognise the NS when I connect with USB! I tried to install range of Samsung USB drivers but installation failed.
Hopefully Win7 on bootcamp will work...
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hamajiro said:
Forgot to mention. I tried Odin using Win7 (64 bit) on VMware Fusion, and I no longer got the error for PDA. Everything seemed to work but now Windows can't recognise the NS when I connect with USB! I tried to install range of Samsung USB drivers but installation failed.
Hopefully Win7 on bootcamp will work...
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Looks like that the virtual machine (vm fusion) on macosx generates problems.As far as i remember only parallels worked ok.I have imac as well but i have bootcamp win7 in order to avoid all these problems. Hope to help
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Odin on Win7 Bootcamp worked! Even though I got an error when I was installing the Samsung USB Drivers, Windows started recognising the NS after that.
After using Odin, the only change I can tell from the bootloader is that the 'CARRIER INFO' has changed to 'EUR' from 'XSE'. The bootloader version and baseband version are unchanged. They are still 'I9020XXXKA3' and 'I9020XXXB3'. I thought they were going to change to I9023XXX... but apparently not. Is this normal? I'm confused.
Obviously this rom is for Europe, so my i9023 from Australia probably had a different factory rom. I need to go into a Vodafone store and check but if it's different, it's going to be difficult to find the original rom for Australian i9023...

hamajiro said:
Odin on Win7 Bootcamp worked! Even though I got an error when I was installing the Samsung USB Drivers, Windows started recognising the NS after that.
After using Odin, the only change I can tell from the bootloader is that the 'CARRIER INFO' has changed to 'EUR' from 'XSE'. The bootloader version and baseband version are unchanged. They are still 'I9020XXXKA3' and 'I9020XXXB3'. I thought they were going to change to I9023XXX... but apparently not. Is this normal? I'm confused.
Obviously this rom is for Europe, so my i9023 from Australia probably had a different factory rom. I need to go into a Vodafone store and check but if it's different, it's going to be difficult to find the original rom for Australian i9023...
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Do you remember the initial values?i mean when your phone was with stock rom?
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thanks, really needed this link

afilopou said:
Do you remember the initial values?i mean when your phone was with stock rom?
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No, I don't remember the initial values...
I'll check them at a Vodafone store when I get a chance.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

OK, so I had a chance to go into a local Vodafone Australia store.
The Baseband version under 'About phone' from the settings was I9023XXXKB1.
Under fastbootmode, the bootloader and baseband versions were I9020XXXKA3 and I9020XXXKB1.
However, CARRIER INFO is 'XSE' for Vodafone Australia, where as the CARRIER INFO from the Samfirmware.com ROM is 'EUR'.
Almost back to factory stock condition! Is it possible to change the carrier info? Does anyone know where I can get the stock Australian ROM for Nexus S?

[Q] Help...SGH-I337M....Can not ROOT, Can not see phone in DL mode in ODIN

Hey!
I have a Bell SGH-I337M. First off, my big mistake is I forgot to backup my stock firmware. I would like to return my phone to Stock so I can back it up but I can not.
I originally installed CM10.1 nightly as directed on cyanogenmod.org
Wasn't happy with the nightly, and decided to install Google Play Edition ROM. I like the way it works, except I can not Root or see my phone in ODIN when its in download mode.
So far from what I've read is I can only flash the stock firmware back through ODIN.
When I try to root it with motochopper it always comes up failed.
The version of Google Play Edition Rom is for the GT-I9505G but thats the one that Galaxy4root.com said to use for the Canadian version. I'm thinking this might be the issue for not being able to see the phone in ODIN or be able to root.
*I can see the phone in ODIN when my phone is booted up as normal*
*I had root when I had CM10.1, but its gone now that I have Google Play Edition*
Also, I downloaded I337M/I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_BMC.zip and when I try to use CWM to Install from .ZIP it says:
Can't open /external_sd/I337M/I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_BMC.zip (bad)
I've tried downloading this stock firmware from multiple sites and always get the same message.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Bender

Use chainfire's cf-auto root method.

Sounds silly, but try a different usb plug and or input spot. That was my problem once.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
Use chainfire's cf-auto root method.
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According to this thread: [SGH-I337M] CF-Auto-Root [CANADIAN MODELS ONLY]
It states:
"Check your device model ! Settings -> About device -> Model number. See the third post for exact supported model numbers. If your device is a totally different model, it will not work (may even brick) !"
Since my device is now showing as the GT-I9505G, I'm worried this may brick my phone.

douggiephresh said:
Sounds silly, but try a different usb plug and or input spot. That was my problem once.
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Hi,
Thank you, but I have tried this as well as using my wifes cable from her galaxy s3

benderf1 said:
Hi,
Thank you, but I have tried this as well as using my wifes cable from her galaxy s3
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First, try what beerdroid suggested.
Second, the stock firmware zip you downloaded is only usable in kies. You cannot use it in your recovery.

jd1639 said:
First, try what beerdroid suggested.
Second, the stock firmware zip you downloaded is only usable in kies. You cannot use it in your recovery.
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Ok, thanks I will try this.........but can I use CF-AUTO Root with out using ODIN because like I said, when my phone is in download mode there is nothing in the com window in ODIN

jd1639 said:
First, try what beerdroid suggested.
Second, the stock firmware zip you downloaded is only usable in kies. You cannot use it in your recovery.
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jd1639 !! you mentioned Kies and it lit a light bulb in my head..............since I was running the Google Play Edition I9505 version, I realized that the samsung drivers that were installed on my computer were still for the SGH-I337M. I uninstalled Kies and reinstalled, and it installed the I9505 drivers. I was then able to see my phone in ODIN mode!!!
I have been working at this for a month now off and on, and I just couldn't figure it out.........Thanks so much for your help!
Stock firmware is back on my phone!

benderf1 said:
jd1639 !! you mentioned Kies and it lit a light bulb in my head..............since I was running the Google Play Edition I9505 version, I realized that the samsung drivers that were installed on my computer were still for the SGH-I337M. I uninstalled Kies and reinstalled, and it installed the I9505 drivers. I was then able to see my phone in ODIN mode!!!
I have been working at this for a month now off and on, and I just couldn't figure it out.........Thanks so much for your help!
Stock firmware is back on my phone!
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Glad to hear it helped. Good luck to you!

stuck in odin mode after failed root

Can someone please help me. I attempted to root my wifes i9505 (already done my own with no issues). It failed during flashing cf-root (CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5)
I had no choice but to reboot the phone and now it's stuck in odin mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using

tim132 said:
mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using
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Mate, I have 3 (THREE) sammy's galaxy phones [connection cables], I had two wife and, to be honest, form all of that, only one wrks without problems

spamtrash said:
Mate, I have 3 (THREE) sammy's galaxy phones [connection cables], I had two wife and, to be honest, form all of that, only one wrks without problems
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thanks a lot.

re: try this.
tim132 said:
Can someone please help me. I attempted to root my wifes i9505 (already done my own with no issues). It failed during flashing cf-root (CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5)
I had no choice but to reboot the phone and now it's stuck in odin mode - Firmware upgrade encountered an issue! Kies won't connect to the phone for the recovery either? What should I do, please help!!!
EDIT: Doesn't matter, tried a different usb lead and re-tried the process and it's working now. Very strange, could have only been the lead I was using
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Download the cf-auto-root again, just in case it was a bad download.
Then power off the phone then power it back on into download mode
and close Odin, re-open odin and place the cf-auto root.tar file into
the PDA slot in Odin.
Then plug usb cable into the computer and phone and be sure that the [COM:xx] lights up & start odin.
Chances are good it will flash without errors.
Good luck!
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Yeah thanks. I've flashed my phones ever since having the s2 and never had a problem as I research properly before doing anything.
I used the same downloaded cf-root for my own phone so knew that wasn't the problem. I obviously used a different lead for flashing my own phone.
Once I used the same lead on my wifes phone it worked fine. Just had to put the phone back into download mode and run through the odin process again.
I guess if that hadn't have worked I would have to flash a new rom using odin. Wouldn't have been ideal, I hadn't backed up any data - I needed to root before I got full functionality with titanium backup.
Anyway all worked out fine in the end. Hopefully, this post will help someone the future.
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Unable to connect via USB to computer?

Okay, so I'm trying to plug my Verizon Note 3 into my laptop in order to transfer some photos and videos. However, there's no "USB Connected" notification that shows up on the phone, and the computer only recognizes "Samsung Android," and the drivers for it fail to install. The phone DOES charge, though.
My phone is rooted, so I unrooted by reinstalling the NC4 kitkat build via Odin. This didn't change anything. I've looked everywhere, and people keep saying "Go to storage settings and set to MTP only," but I don't see that setting...anywhere.
Since I rooted my phone, I have all the Samsung USB drivers, and I even have Kies installed. Turning off USB Debugging does nothing.
Is there any way to fix this?

I need to use a standard usb cable rather than the note 3 cable for mine to work.
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I had the same problem with no solution, i ended up uninstalling Towel Root and then doing a factory restore to get back the USB connection capability on my phone.

darkcompgeek said:
Okay, so I'm trying to plug my Verizon Note 3 into my laptop in order to transfer some photos and videos. However, there's no "USB Connected" notification that shows up on the phone, and the computer only recognizes "Samsung Android," and the drivers for it fail to install. The phone DOES charge, though.
My phone is rooted, so I unrooted by reinstalling the NC4 kitkat build via Odin. This didn't change anything. I've looked everywhere, and people keep saying "Go to storage settings and set to MTP only," but I don't see that setting...anywhere.
Since I rooted my phone, I have all the Samsung USB drivers, and I even have Kies installed. Turning off USB Debugging does nothing.
Is there any way to fix this?
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Did you get the latest drivers from the Samsung website? I only ask because when I went to install a rom for the first time Odin wouldn't recognize my phone in download mode but did while I was booted up normally. Come to find out the drivers I was using that was linked on the page where I got instructions how to root and rom were old. I went onto the Samsung website and downloaded the latest drivers and all was well. Give it a shot.

rebdogg said:
Did you get the latest drivers from the Samsung website? I only ask because when I went to install a rom for the first time Odin wouldn't recognize my phone in download mode but did while I was booted up normally. Come to find out the drivers I was using that was linked on the page where I got instructions how to root and rom were old. I went onto the Samsung website and downloaded the latest drivers and all was well. Give it a shot.
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Yeah, I've tried the USB drivers from Samsung's website. I also tried installing Kies. AFAIK, Kies automatically installs the latest drivers for Samsung devices, but when I plugged my phone into my computer, Kies wouldn't even recognize it. The new 4.4.4 update didn't fix the problem. Thanks for the suggestion though.

same prob here, also my camera is not working did u fix the problem? i test 3 different usb cables whit no luck! heeeelp please!
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laserbiz said:
I had the same problem with no solution, i ended up uninstalling Towel Root and then doing a factory restore to get back the USB connection capability on my phone.
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hello, did this work for you? also is your camera working? thanks! how did you unroot? my phone isnt working in download mode either no recognizing

azteka88 said:
same prob here, also my camera is not working did u fix the problem? i test 3 different usb cables whit no luck! heeeelp please!
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hello, did this work for you? also is your camera working? thanks! how did you unroot? my phone isnt working in download mode either no recognizing
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yes this worked for me... no problems with my camera... works fine, even got updated to 4.4.4 by verizon

laserbiz said:
yes this worked for me... no problems with my camera... works fine, even got updated to 4.4.4 by verizon
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My problem is that i cant use usb to update and im not in the us to OTA update from verizon any other solution?

Kies won't let me use 'Firmware upgrade and initialization

Hellow everyone, I have a problem with kies, I wanted to install a Stock Marshmellow Firmware and I wanted to make sure that if something goes wrong I can just use the emergency recovery from kies, but I get an error says that The Device does support Firmware upgrade and initialization, I have looked everywhere and couldn't find any answers,
I got a Note 4 N910F
Hope you guys can help me.

P.S
The phone is brand new so I never flashed it or rooted it.

itschrisybaby6 said:
P.S
The phone is brand new so I never flashed it or rooted it.
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Try a factory reset, and try Kies on a different computer. If that doesn't work, and it's really brand new, take it back and get it exchanged or a refund.

You got an error says that The Device does support Firmware upgrade and initialization... ? Or "does not support"?
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Did you run the Kies from Windows 7? If yes, make sure you have started the Kies with Admin privilege, please.

James_Watson said:
You got an error says that The Device does support Firmware upgrade and initialization... ? Or "does not support"?
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Did you run the Kies from Windows 7? If yes, make sure you have started the Kies with Admin privilege, please.
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I get "Does not support Firmware upgrade and initialization"
I got windows 10 with UAC disabled.
And I don't own another PC

itschrisybaby6 said:
I get "Does not support Firmware upgrade and initialization"
I got windows 10 with UAC disabled.
And I don't own another PC
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Try uninstalling Kies and Samsung drivers and reinstall. Try another USB cable and a different USB port. Try Samsung SmartSwitch. Failing all this, if it's a brand new phone, I would recommend going back to the seller and getting a refund/replacement.

Kinsman-UK said:
Try uninstalling Kies and Samsung drivers and reinstall. Try another USB cable and a different USB port. Try Samsung SmartSwitch. Failing all this, if it's a brand new phone, I would recommend going back to the seller and getting a refund/replacement.
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I will try all of those steps, worst case scenerio I will demand another phone,
I got it from a store I know, so shouldn't be any problems.
Thanks a bunch appreciate the help.

itschrisybaby6 said:
I will try all of those steps, worst case scenerio I will demand another phone,
I got it from a store I know, so shouldn't be any problems.
Thanks a bunch appreciate the help.
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1. Enter Download mode by pressing VOL DOWN + HOME + POWER buttons.
2. On PC download ODIN 3.10 and your default firmware from samfirmware or other sources.
3. Open Odin press PDA button and select your firmware downloaded before and click START.
4. Let it flash the stock rom and then you have a brand new working device.

I am planning to flash the stock Marshmellow that way, I have 5.0.1 currently, but I wanted to make sure i got a way back if something goes wrong, that is why i want either SmartSwitch or Kies to properly work.
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