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[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Gremaldin:
KDZ can brick your phone permanently. Dont use KDZ unless there is no other option, and using KDZ just to flash baseband is just dumb since there are better and safer methods. KDZ wipes out everything, so there is a high chance to brick, and it can't be fixed other than by going to the service center. This thread by doktornoktor is safer.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149530

Thanks anyway for sharing.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] terratrix:
I think KDZ is quite a safe method, rather than the LGMDP incorrectly backing up your NV2 and losing IMEI etc
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
As you already quoted it, i said that this method is different from Doks.

As for wiping all data completely, so its all brand new and neat, then try to fiddle around with internals and possibly have a bug result from it.

KDZ is what is used to UNBRICK your phone in the first place, so go do some research before posting unnecessary things.

Lastly how about you show some respect and keep your negative and rude comments to yourself, if you dont like this method dont do it, dont abuse people in the process.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
And yep exactly, i personally prefer completely reinstalling something to make it work properly, then doing things dodgy.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] ichigo200:
tried using gingerbreak to root my device but stuck in rooting and exploit ph0ne does not reboot..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
it means your phone is past the firmware update that gingerbreak works on,

as it says in the first post, use kdz and the file in the link to flash your phone to that firmware, and then gingerbreak will work
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Gremaldin:
You guys will only learn when you finally end up with a bricked phone. It has happened to several people, including me. I am not a noob, I have used KDZ before and I know very well how to use it. Most of the time, everything goes smoothly. But even if we follow all instructions to the letter, there is a chance of KDZ bricking our phone for good.

http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus...read-2-3-3-official-firmware.html#post3328455

http://androidforums.com/optimus-on...y-boots-stuck-emergency-mode.html#post3301128

IF you still think KDZ is safe, then go ahead, use it. I don't care if you end up with a bricked phone.

EDIT: The guys at the service center favour LGMPD over KDZ too
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] terratrix:
I have used KDZ more than 2 dozen times -.- Just used it again this morning. I never ended up with a bricked phone mind you. They favour LGMPD since it's more updated, while KDZ is a little old but still very good.

There is a fairly equal share of bricked phones using LGDMPD, eventhough they got it back by using other people's NV2, they need to hope they are lucky to escape the long arm of the law.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Mate your the one who clearly doesnt get it.

And i read your post on androidforums, you even managed to brick your phone installing custom recovery, clearly your phone software is buggy, not kdz, kdz is capable of recovering while in emergency mode as well, but of course there are freak accidents.

EVERYTHING has a WARNING.

Every single Rom, Kernel, Recovery also carry a chance of bricking your phone.

I have used Kdz dozens of times and never had a problem with it, in fact, its what solved my problems in the first place.

And exactly wat terra said, the way LGDMPD works can also cause bricked phoes or taking shortcuts to make things half work.

You have to know what your doing, and follow instructions TO THE WORD, and you should be fine, if your going to skim read then you brick your phone doing the simplest of tasks (such as repeatedly flashing zips without reloading recovery...)

I will always prefer kdz as thats what the firmware comes with originally + i prefer doing clean installs any day.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
Please Help...

Guys please help me. everything was running fine until I decided to switch to stock 2.3.3. I was unaware with this baseband thing. I switched to stock 2.3.3. I did not like it, so decided to roll back to cm7, I did, and here i am with no signal in my phone... I did flash the old baseband, but am still stuck with no signal... am in real trouble, and now if I again switch to stock 2.3.3, then also I dont get a network coverage at all. Please help me buddies :(

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 PM ----------

And yes one more thing, even if I flash back the old stock froyo, via kdz or lgmdp, I cant get the network coverage... the guy at LG service center says there's some problem with the board... but I dont think its the board problem, is there any way to diagnose this issue or am I *ucked?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Hey mate, well no gsm is normally caused by the wrong baseband, so flashing back to the old one should fix the problem, try to re-flash the stock froyo given in the link on first post and see if that works, and if still no coverage then its a hardware problem and Lg should replace it for you, just dont forget to flash back to stock again if you rooted it, then they should fix it within the warranty.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
well, I also think that its a hardware problem now. cause I tried everything, flashing back to old stock froyo, upgrading to stock gingerbread, cm7, baseband patch, but none works. I think that it needs to see LG care now. is anything else u want to advice me? any else trick or somethin?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Well i dont think you wud have changed sim cards wen u upgraded as some phones are locked to particular networks, so ye most likely its a hardware problem, but if your within warranty, dont worry just flash the original firmware, then hand it back in and say one that you just woke up in the morning and tried everything to make it work even factory reset on the phone and nothing works, they should replace it for you =)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Added new baseband information#
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] funkysonic:
]The V20G baseband is the same for all country or not? I've flashed the V20G posted here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149530 Have i any advantage if i flash the original italian baseband? Thanks
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
It doesnt matter which firmware you flash as long as its Gingerbread, different countries vary different apps they give with their firmware, which wont matter when you flash a new ROM anyway.

V20 updates all have new firmware as far as I am aware
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] funkysonic:
So the v20g firmwere is the same for all country?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
that particular one is european i think, different countries tend to have different Letters after v20. It doesnt matter as all you need is the baseband updated, which is THE SAME in all countries
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] iamrajeev:
Damn got bootloop :|

Flashed via kzd 3 time still same :|
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Try holding volume down and home button, as if your trying to access the recovery.

I had a custom bootloader at the start and then the default turned on after i did the above, and then loaded into the flashed stock lg firmware
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Updated with a new link to latest recoveries, thanks Jaani
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] omidreza:
help

i updated my firmware to 2.3.3 and now my phone is stuck on the android logo...what should i do?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Yep as i mentioned on the first post, if that happens and it normally does if you flash from say cyanogenmod or other custom roms not based on Lg framework, as kdz installs the system folder, leaving the userdata untouched ( it also wipes recovery). This would also happen if say you try to flash a Rom based on LG zip file, over a cyanogenmod, using recovery.

All you do to fix it, is when you boot it up, hold down volume down and menu button, and your phone will reset to system defaults (Lg doesnt have a recovery, just wipe user data function) and all other stuff will get wiped that wasnt part of the LG update. Your phone should boot now.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] omidreza:
yes it's done...thanks
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
No worries, glad to help
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Updated Links*
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] headers.chennai:
A friends LG Optimus One P500 was rooted using gingerbreak apk. Installed TB and data backed to sd card..

Some mess up while playing with TB and now phone boots but screen is blank.. locksceen comes on and when unlocked, goes into blank mode..

can receive calls, but cant make any as screen is blank::confused:

He basically wanted the bloatware out!!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] vinaybaboo:
Looks like you deleted the launcher too. Press the search key after unlocking and check if the Google search is opening. If it is opening, just Google some launcher name like (go launcher apk). Download and install. Good luck:)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] deniso177:
Pressing search key doesnt work, as that has something to do with the launcher (I had the same problem with my girlfriends phone). The best thing to do is reflash A ROm if your friend installed custom Recovery, but if he hasnt use KDZ to reflash the stock ROM.

This is the only way, if your friend did not install a custom recovery, and there is no way to install one now without a launcher =(.

This thread has everything you need to use kdz and root afterwards, so use it. And in the future tell your friend to not delete lghome.apk, and if he does make sure he has another launcher installed, and if he doesnt have a custom recovery, get one asap after he fixes his phone
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] vinaybaboo:
I don't think that search key is associated with the launcher. It worked for me.

Who knows, maybe you are right ;)

Trying does not cost you nothing. So, keep on trying. :thumbup::beer::thumbup:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] FetalVivisection:
Simply put: Yes, it works. As long as you do it word for word. I can post pics of the end-result, if you wish. As for the proper ICS Rom; I found that the 4.0.4 by Kang worked perfectly. (AOKP) It's been my daily rom since the update. So far, I haven't had any issues with getting 3G or anything like that. As with all roms, you may find a glitch here or there, but it WORKS! :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] yunggreezybee:
JellyBean?

im already running jellybean, can i still do this now?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] blueneel:
update?

first i was on 2.2.2. and then i rooted the phone and then i indstalled a custom rom of 2.3.4 and then i installed cm10 4.1.2. the problem is der is no

network on my device due to old beseband and i want to update it .... so should i directly update it or any other process is required???

thenks in advance
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shinobisoft:
Stay away from kdz if at all possible. Its bricked a bunch of devices. Sounds like you need an old baseband patch. Search Rasheds CM10 thread or his discussion thread for oldbb_fix or oldbb_patch. I've peraonally attached it to a dozen or more posts.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yamaki123:
we have known that Arc (LT15i) could be overclocked to 1.9Ghz by using DoomKernel; now, i just wonder how much the Arc-S (LT18i) could be overclocked ?

anybody did the job ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShyamSasi:
You can flash DoomKernel and Overclock with it. Xperia Arc can go up to 1.9Ghz but I would assume Arc s can go further you can test it though.
[Captivate General] RussianBear:
Spotted this deal on craigslist. Comes with a car and home charger for $95 obo. looks clean in the pics. Might be stolen though, so I'm not sure if it's worth it.

What's your take, guys?

Thank you!
[Captivate General] bulletproof1013:
Yeah. It sounds nice
[Captivate General] enaybee:
from price point its a good deal as long as you could make sure ... everything works.

from xda point of view I guess this phone is among the few that got most attention from devs so there is a lot of custom FW available for this little phone.

out of curiosity ... why do you want to buy an older device?

I am sure you have your reasons ... but anyways ... just asking :)
[Captivate General] RussianBear:
It's for my lady :) she played with a galaxy s 4g in a t-mobile store and liked it. she still has a nokia 5800 lol haven't heard back from the person, so... found a galaxy s 4g for $75 lol waiting to hear back as well.
[Captivate General] Lawful123:
Xda gave the phone gingerbread but that is where it ends. No cm7 no miui. Truthfully, this phone is not getting the support.

Good news is that this phone is a great phone and at that price is worth it.
[Captivate General] RussianBear:
thank you, guys! haven't heard back from the people... oh well, was good talking to you all :)
[Captivate General] contradude:
My girlfriend was running cm7 nightlies. It runs really well, pulls home fast data on i9000 roms. As long as you go custom rom, it's a pretty good phone
[Captivate General] RussianBear:
we have a thread in the sensation sub-forum about gs2 and a lot of people didn't want to get it because of the quality issues with their vibrants and galaxie's. is it really that bad?
[Captivate General] lyrad12:
try to get the ime of the phone and call att and ask them to verify the ime if someone just reported if it was stolen or lost.. I did that before I buy a cheap phone from craigslist.. just to be cautious
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewelt1:
does anybody no where i could download xloud for oddies muiu rom ...:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wello168:
just google it buddy, but i'm sure that i did saw it some where in this XDA forum.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewelt1:
yeah tried,only got it for wolfs roms and tried flashin in xrec but dont work my be someone will release soon thanks for yer help anyways
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
hello every one

does flashing to an official rom void galaxy s ii warranty? im returning my device due some hardware problems (turn over does not work and auto-rotate is slow) and i have read that galaxy s ii has a flash counter,

so does this void my warranty if i used odin to flash the official rom?

at the same time, i have never flashed a custom rom and if i have never rooted my device?

thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rembrandtlnx:
to flash a custom rom you need odin/heimdall. Odin/heimdall raise the flash counter.

This void the warranty.

Kies update is the only way to keep the counter to zero
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
i hope not so :(

thanks anyway
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rembrandtlnx:
well, you can buy a usb jig and reset the counter :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hololight:
If you've never flashed a custom rom or even rooted your phone, why do you wqnt to flash anything? From what you said you are in a factory state already... just do a system restore and then return the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephraim:
As far as my experience, flashing official rom wont raise your counter. I flashed xxki3 perviously on my phone but the counter remains 0.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Flashing stock Samsung rom does not raise the counter.

Flashing root or a custom rom raises the counter and voids warranty .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
thanks alot, thats what i thought too, it should not void warranty as far as i am using samsung-made rom

thanks alot im soo happy :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
thanks, and yeah, it does not, i was afraid becuase i read the flash counter

thread

thanks agine :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
that was my opinion, but when i read the thread about flash counter

i got stunned so i had to check out

thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rembrandtlnx:
Well then im sorry for the wrong answer, i learned something new here :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
its ok

after all, we are here to learn from each other ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
So is a usb jig some kind of file you flash? Or is it an actual usb device of some sort?

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkelfa2:
no it is not a file, its a small device (looks like mini usb flash memory)

they often use it to reset the phone after a brick (when the phone stop working

because of playing with roms incorrectly... etc)

also they use it to reset the flash counter that count how mant times u install custom roms to re-tain the warranty, but now they found ''flash counter" counter in the galaxy s ii, so the jig want re-tain your warranty.

hope this answers some of your questions.

:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foeitog:
SGS II Warranty - As per Samsung South Africa

Hi guys,

Maybe a little late response but I am in South Africa and I flashed my SII with official international version of ICS.

Now has yellow triangle at boot. I did some research and found out all about the flash counter and custom ROM. The number of Doomsayers on the interwebs got me worried, so I called SAMSUNG SA tech support and blindly asked the question.

I was told:

1) Yes custom ROM and Rooted / unsecured Kernel VOIDS warranty.

2) Even if it was official ICS ROM but not released for South Africa, when phone goes in for repair, warranty will be void.

3) If I flash original Stock Kernel and use KIES to flash current official android version 2.3.x then warranty is NO LONGER VOID.

4) I am waiting for technical to get back to me regarding the importance, if any, of the flash counter flag and if it needs to be 'RESET' before sending hadset in for repair.

I will post again as soon as I get feedback.

PS: I also have Motorola Razr Driod. Two concerns are that Motorola has none of the warranty issues of Samsung, and why is samsung so helpfull? They ask device serial no: they are getting the phone slammed... :eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
4) I am waiting for technical to get back to me regarding the importance, if any, of the flash counter flag and if it needs to be 'RESET' before sending hadset in for repair.

Samsung have stated the obvious in regards to service personnel and warranty repairs .

Root look for root apps

Custom rom

Custom rom counter and Samsung altered the firmware after learning of the jig workaround .

All void warranty .

Fact is some service personnel have turned a blind eye to some infringements but there are enough reports on XDA of warranty refusals not to take the chance .

The Samsung letter is widely available on the web .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnwiredDroid:
You can use a USB JIG to Reset Binary Counter of your phone. If you have kernel 2.3.6 and above you can install the old bootloader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strawberrys18:
My Girlfriend washed and dryed my Blackberry 8530 boost phone, .. I have a HTC Evo 4g shift being shipped to me with a bad ESN and I wanted to flash the evo to boost .. I do have a boost phone number and was gonna use the Blackberry as the donor.. Am I screwed ? is thier anyway to get the info I need from my dead blackberry ? PLEASE , PLEASE help me :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flexgrip:
I may be wrong, as I am not an expert on this, but from the tutorials I read, you have to get a lot of info from the donor phone via qpst or the blackberry equivalent. So unless it turns on, or you have that info already I don't think it will work. But someone else might know more.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strawberrys18:
Oh I see....I hope there is another way to get the info or I'm gonna have to buy a new phone i guess.. Thanks for responce.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dom18:
Well hello everyone, iv been on the forums for a while, not posting much but reading alot! iv used the great vault of information here to root my G2 and have loved it ever since...but along came the SGS2

Now I really want this phone as iv had mine for while, my biggest and I mean HUGE problem is no physical keyboard. as a texting maniac I push 10k a month or more, so much I can type without looking at my keyboard.

Everything about the SGS2 is an upgrade from my phone except the keyboard.

Will the 4.52inch screen help me with the on screen or should I wait for a dual core with qwerty?

I also program and develop custom kernels, and other misc things,

thanks to luckyduck I have the dump file from the SGS2, but no phone for testing or finding exploits

biggest question, losing my keyboard is the SGS2 worth it?? thanks guys
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
I wait for a dual core with qwerty

theres already a MT4G slide
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
Yes i had a Mytouch 3g slide, G2, Mytouch 4g and I can save the bigger the phone the easier it is to type. I personally find the virtual keyboard better now. The best keyboard of choice would be swiftkey X my favorite. I pretty much only press space and type whole conversations with people.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dom18:
Such is true, but I dont like the MyTouch lineup never have :rolleyes:

Thanks though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dom18:
Thanks for the help, I did see swiftkey X but havnt used it before, is it really that easy?

I also beta test the latest Swype all the time on my G2 and I love it when I have to use the on screen. im slowly on my way to buying this :cool:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mziol:
I also faced this dilemma back when I switched from an E71 to touch phones. Swype is awesome once you get the hang of it, very fast. I find myself using the Swype keyboard meanwhile switching to the Samsung one every now and then.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
The newest swype update is better and its only getting better, u dont even have to press space anymore when typing its so nice..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
SwiftKey x keyboard reads your facebook, sms, rss, twitter, and gmail account google chats included. It learns the way you type. I like it there are other keyboards out there which are more customizable then swift key. I had a g2 and first thing I noticed I hardly ever used the hardware keyboard. It took some time to get use to only virtual keyboard but eventually you will be used to it. I advise you to try out different keyboards one will be to your liking. I was a hardware keyboard only guy. You can always return it if you don't like it. In the end. It's all personal preferences.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dom18:
Well I have always been a physical keyboard person so it will be a big adjustment for me, trying the on screen on my 3.7inch G2 didnt work so well, but I really think that the 4.52 on the SGS2 will really help and of course ill have swype and maybe try the swiftkey X aswell.

I really hope if I go down and buy it, I dont get plagued by the Vertical Line issue thats come up now.

Thanks for the input guys i'm really leaning towards the SGS2 now, if CM is confirmed for development on this, I know a few on the team then im totally Sold and will start my programming up to make it the best!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AndroidNoober:
g2 is the best phone i ever had!! I moved to gs2 and I Love it!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] glava34:
Is there a way to change back to stock notification bar, or to change it in any aspect? An update.zip maybe? :/
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] raja4sure:
Try installing stock Theme....according to your Base.

U will get the required Notification bar....