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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robb13:
Never said you increased your binary when rooting! I said you lost your warranty when rooting! I think you should read first, before being aggresive! I'm just saying what worked for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chasmodo:
You lose warranty when your binary counter shows 1 or more, not when rooting. If your counter is NO, you can always flash back a stock Rom (unroot) and your repair service will never know you have tempered with your phone.

As I said, do some reading before offering advice.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Just i want to add this

Dear, rooting lose warranty, but it is very very easy to regain it by just simply unrooting(flashing a stock ROM is just enough)

while if you raise your counter, really nothing more difficult in note thn to reset it on GB. So i do favor chasmodo's concern.

anyway

@slippage

download this and just start with I have non rootable ROM, i dont think you will have more query after this.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R32SIX:
I play the modern combat 3 and is really annoying that kill me in the game, there is a way to use the sixaxis controller with the smartphone?

I will love it shot like Call of duty in my phone

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withbloodskies:
Its suppose to work with Bluez IME or something in the market. Not sure about Sense, but they said it works with some Sense.
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
on a side note i want to say to anyone having trouble there are some here willing to help and some sending people to google i was sent to google and thought i post the work around i did
[HTC Sensation] ccs16rocks:
You are amazing, thanks!

Ill try it as fast as i can.
[HTC Sensation] zeroprobe:
Thank you, this cured my boot loop.
[HTC Sensation] ecardwell1:
I just posted this over on the ARHD thread. Do you think that this maybe my case? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

About a week ago I SuperCID my phone. I then went to load a ICS ROM. I have not been able to get my phone to do anything but startup into HBOOT and/or Recovery. I either was getting stuck in a boot loop or would get the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" screen. I spent the whole weekend on the forums and still no luck. I was hoping someone could see something that I maybe doing wrong. The one issue that I know is wrong is the Radio version needed for ARHD is 11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M. I tried to use a program called Android Flasher to load the correct radio but I don't think that that occurred. Below is all the information that I can gather.

TMOUSA Sensation 4G

On HBOOT Screen:

Revolutionary

Pyramid PVT SHIP S-Off RL

HBOOT - 1.27.1100

Radio - 11.22.3504.07_M

OpenADSP - V02.6.0.2226.00.0131

eMMC - Boot

Jan 13, 2012 17:33:34

Other specifics:

ARHD 6.51.1.zip ROM

ARHD SuperWipe.zip

4EXT v1.0.0.4 RC1 installed and working properly

PG58IMG is 3.32 for TMOUSA

CID and MID

CID 11111111

MID PG5810000

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If needed, I can upload a copy of the logcat while the phone boots up. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
best best flash firmware 1,17 and then restart

then runn the ruu file

turn phone on fastboot make sure no img files in sd card ruu will see phone and bring you to step 1 in my post

fastboot is 1 step past were firmware installs make sure you have no img on sd card

its the firmware some of our phone just dont want to take it from 2.24-3.32 not sure why if your not getting in rom you can try backing up sd card formate it putting rom on it only rewipe and flash with nothing on it "king said dirty sd card" and try if not follow my steps
[HTC Sensation] ecardwell1:
I will definitely try this tomorrow. Your instructions will work with TMOUSA correct?
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
carrier dont matter when you play with cid

but yeah tmob will work
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
side not if you go to 3.12 and then you can flash the rom you had in before you started to play with update
[HTC Sensation] xdaco:
Sorry dear. I could not get in touch with my pc. Nice that you have solved it. Thanks for sharing..
[HTC Sensation] ecardwell1:
OK dumb question. Will the 1.17 FW load the 1.50.401.1 with it or do I have to get that from somewhere?
[HTC Sensation] ecardwell1:
I know with the RUU that the phone has to be up and running. Is there a way to run the RUU if the phone can only be loaded into HBOOT or recovery?
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
Yeah ruu will run in fastboot make sure you have no IMG files
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
Ok 1.17 is firmware to run ruu will bring you to 1.45 and then settings about phone ota 2x for 1.50 then your good
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
easy breezy
[HTC Sensation] thracky:
Here's where I'm at now. I cannot update to 1.50 because HTC complains of a "Variant System Version" when I try to do the 1.50 OTA. I simply cannot figure out any way around this. My recovery is stock, CID is HTC__001 as you mentioned, and I can't move forward because I can't get this 1.50 installed.
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
did you run the ruu and go to stock and format sdcard once there let phone boot up 100% then settings about phone look check for updates restart then do it again to be 1.50 ??

ok need more info to what you done so far your in Canada do you have xe ???
[HTC Sensation] thracky:
Ran the RUU, let the phone boot up, checked for updates, update fails with the error I mentioned above.

I do not have the XE, just the regular Virgin Sensation. I had Virtuous 3.0.0 on there before but was trying to upgrade to 4.0.0 and got the boot loop after upgrading the firmware.

Would it not be easier just to RUU straight to 1.50?
[HTC Sensation] thracky:
So I decided to run an old'ish ICS Pyramid RUU I had lying around that I *knew* worked previously, RUU_PYRAMID_LE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.06.401.101_Radio_11.59.3504.00U_11.16.3504.16_M_test_231336.

Then I flashed recovery, latest 3.32 firmware, did superwipe & virtuous 4.0.0. Everything works perfect!
[HTC Sensation] craven667:
Well if you don't have a xe the ruu should not have worked hmmmm yeah you can run Thu to 150 but all the ones I downloaded didn't work with bootloops
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Dear All,

I have the following phone:

Model number: GT-I9100G

Android version: 2.3.5

Baseband version: I9100GZCKI1

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7 se.infra@SEP-76#2

Build Number: GINGERBREAD-ZCKI1

This phone is original bought in China Mainland, so, no google sync, no market, no Whatsapp... Even no useful GPS...

I was reading lot of posts and I decided to change my firmware into a european one...

I get the open europe version, download Odin, put in debug mode...

SOFT BRICK! (Now I know perfectly the meaning of this).

PANIC MODE ON!

Cold sweat running my back, ashtray full, 2:30 am... Nothing.

Next morning, after a hard night full of nightmares with my phone, I was searching information how to get it back... so I get the official chinese firmware.

Download again, use Odin, Start... NOTHING!

I was searching a JTAG service center in China when OMG, a clever malasian guy said:

"The secret to the sauce: The correct PIT file should have been included, and "re-partition" option is ticked and the correct PIT file for I9100G is as attached."

**I can't post the link**

(PS: THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!)

uffff! Saved.

As now I have the key to come back to the original status... Let's try other options...

I tried superoneclick: Blocked on step 7

I tried another post here suggesting use the I9100ZNKG5-ownhere-v1.2.4.Odin:Success, but, can't turn on. Stops at the beggining with our yellow triangle friend...

Oh, I've forget to say that I'm in china, so search and download firmwares is an epic task! hotfile, rapidshare and so on are blocked! At least I have a VPN, but I'm sure that not everyone have...

So now, what can I do? Is there any solution to take the chinese firmware out?

I was wondering maybe the .pit file is the solution to use ZNKG5... but I can't find it anywhere.

I have read another post from a Colombian guy (sorry, I don't have the link) that there is method changing the modem in a clockwork orange... really, too complicated to me.

My intention is keep a post with all the files needed to change the firmware if is possible.

You can put here your links and I will upload the files into chinese web storages, because the problem is from phones bought from China, so I guess people will be living in China...
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
I get the open europe version, download Odin, put in debug mode...

SOFT BRICK! (Now I know perfectly the meaning of this).

PANIC MODE ON!

Usual is not flashing G Model firmware but flashing i9100 firmware .

PIT files are dangerous do not use or repartition as that may brick your phone .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
So, can I use any firmware meanwhile is G version?

Maybe I've downloaded the not G one...

Well, try is worthy.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
You need to use i9100g firmware, I9100 stuff will not work.

Now to root you can flash this kernel, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369977

There is a custom rom for the i9100g, let me just find it and I will come back and link

Edit: rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374135

You can also check http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ for stock unmodified roms, but make sure you use one for i9100g, that g is important, it's almost a totally different phone than the international version, only the name and screen are the same.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Veyka, Any Kernel is OK?

I mean, they are:

XXLA1

JPKK1

DZKL3

But my phone is chinese (GZCKI1)
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
To be honest I don't know that much about the i9100g, download your stock firmware, from sammobile or elsewhere, (I tried looking but the results where mostly in Chinese which I don't speak, sorry) so if the version you flash does not work you can jump back

Here is more info; http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2068824/all

Also Google for checkfus as it should allow you to download the firmwares from Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] Odia:
FFS, G model has a different CPU do not use any NONE G firmware.

Chinese model has different signed boots which will reject any firmware which is NOT for the Chinese version.

Double Trouble :p

Take it back, go to a black market and buy the international version ;)

or just enjoy the phone as it was meant to be.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
But we are speaking about software right?

I mean, must be a way to change the boot right or something right?

And hope I could turn it back, but too late... And I'm sure that more people should be in the same situation.
[Galaxy S II General] Odia:
You could use JTAG and change the boots to the normal G version instead of the Chinese G boots.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Hey! I have the market on my phone! and Whatsapp!

As soon as I can link webs I will put all of the information!!!

Yujuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

It's like have a new phone!
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Ok, I can paste links.

I will upload the files and share them next week.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Ok!

As promised here are the files and guide about how to change your chinese i9100g into a "civilizated" phone:

STEP 0 (SECURITY COPY)

Make a security copy of your contacts, pictures, movies.... This process will delete EVERYTHING from your phone.

STEP 1 (ODIN)

Get Odin from below link and open it

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677120037/Odin3-v1.85.zip

STEP 2 (ROOT)

Download below link and root your phone with Odin.

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677118927/I9100G_ZCKH4_KERNEL_ROOT.tar

There are several guides on this forum about how to do but moreless is:

Take out the connection wire if you have it

Turn off your phone

Put it into download state (volume down+home+power)

Press volume up to confirm the download state

Turn on Odin

Connect the phone to the computer

on PDA use the KERNEL ROOT file that you have just downloaded

re-partition must be UNchecked

START

STEP 3 (ROM)

Download the link below and do the same procedure as above but in the PDA put the file you just have downloaded.

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677117442/I9100G_ZCKI1_MIC_03.tar

STEP 4 (WIFI & Yellow triangle on start up)

Download below link and same as before (Put this file on PDA and START).

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677119517/i9100G_ZCKI1_KERNEL.tar

Your phone will be in chinese as when you bought it. Just change the language.

ENJOY!!!

Oh, in case of failure or just "in case"...

Original firmware:

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677126677/I9100GZCKI1_I9100GZCKI1_I9100GOZHKI1.tar.md5

.Pit file to make it owrks:

http://www.wupload.com/file/2677120247/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Oh, now the problem is how to get a good GPS available in China, because google navigator can't work...

Suggestions are accepted!
[Galaxy S II General] AndyTang:
Google navigation not work is normal , because only work in europe or usa , asia and hong kong can't use it :p
[Galaxy S II General] Odia:
http://c.autonavi.com/club/update/index.jsp?companyname=samsung
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Google Nav doesn't work here in Taiwan either. C'mon guys, get rid of the evil Zhongunhai cabal!
[Galaxy S II General] xethor:
lolwut?!

you can't see this text because I have hided it using the wonderful powers of bad english grammar.
[Galaxy S II General] Odia:
BTW I now have a real solution to do CHN <> EUR without JTAG, lets see which box is now the first to add it :p If nothing happens by the time I am off vacation I will release it :D
[Galaxy S II General] PhilipppW:
Oh please please please become my personal hero and share your wisdom with the world! I can't wait to finally get rid of all the chinese BS on my phone!

Hope to hear from you soon, enjoy ur holiday!
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Would flashing .pit file do any good? I bored of this censorship everywhere.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Odia, is there any better Navigator? Because Samsung official one really sucks! It's quite bad and sometimes drive in opposite way! (Last time I get lost coming back from the airport because of this navigator...)

PhillipppW, with the solution that I have posted my phone is like an european one, without chinese software and able to install whatever you need from the market.

And Chewee, what do you mean? I can't get your point. If you want to free your phone just do the previously podted steps. As I said above, my phone is the same as the europeans ones.
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
What i mean is that for now i can flash any chinese ROM (and root) without any probleme, but if i want to switch to another country ROM i get a bricked s2.

There seems to be a censorship somewhere.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Yeah, Odia explained before the reason regarding that explanation.

But the point is, why do you want to change to another firmware if you can use your phone as any other country one?

I mean, android market, whatsapp, youtube, facebook....

Oh, if you want to jump into the green garden, you can try with Express VPN. It haves it's own app on the market and works quite well.

I have it on my computer,phone and ipad and I'm really satisfied with it. The problem is that you need to pay 60$/year, but by my side is worthy enough (if you think that 0.17$/day you will have free internet!)
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Yes, which brings me back to my original question: would flashing the .pit file solve the problem.

The point is having a more international and flexible phone. I ofen have the feeling the chinese rom blocks some apps to get installed. I asked Samsung about it but they wouldnt answer the question (which make me think i'm right).

The chinese version can not be used as any other country one. On the other country ones, you have an option to select what country you want to use. In the chinese, you only got china.

Edit:

Oh, my bad, seems i skipped a couple messages when reading the thread. I'll se what is Odia's new solution when he comes back.

Unkim: what is this ROM (I9100G_ZCKI1_MIC_03)? I can not download it from your link, but the Z in the reference tells me it is still a chinese ROM. What does MIC 03 stand for?
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
By the way, i want to check if there really is a probleme installing apps du to the chinese firmware, or if it is similar on all G version.

For example, are you guys able to install the following apps:

-google googles

-france 24

-parallele kingdom

-geobeagle

-life is crime

-zombies run

-entropy

Could you guys tell what apps you have difficulties installing on you device and what version it is?
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Seems there is a newer version of that ROM: I9100G_ZCKI1_MIC_06

Appearently it contains an auto root. I'll post a link after trying it. But first i need to find out how to make a heavy backup, i don't want to loose all the tweaking and apps i got.
[Galaxy S II General] kldoc:
Google goggles not working, i badly miss that app, need it to translate from chinese to english, i tried international G apk, but it refuses to install ...
[Galaxy S II General] PhilipppW:
Hey Unkim! Thanks for the help, but could you upload these files somewhere else? Wupload is requesting your username and password to be able to download the files.. Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Unkim, could you try out these apps and tell us if it works with the new ROM.

Thx
[Galaxy S II General] kldoc:
Can't wait for you to be back from vacations, i have been looking for a while to definitively get rid of chinese bootloader, and no solutions apart from using jtag so far ...
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Sorry for my late reply!

I don't know if that apps works in the new ROM, and google googles won't work in any kind of ROM (at least mosd of them) meanwhile you are in China mainland.

But, at least I can use google play,whatsapp, install facebook and install VPN software.

Also, I can warrant you that you won't have problems installing apps meanwhile you can find them on the android market or download the .apk

The only problem that I have is that some apps make my phone restart (Accu weather specialy and QQ).

Regards!
[Galaxy S II General] welshbloke70:
If you're using vpn software already would market enabler work to help install some apps?

I guess some Google apps might install but then not have any data access or service in China.
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
I actually managed to get Google Play to work without installing this ROM (and having to wipeout all my data).

Here's the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25928410#post25928410
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
There are two problems using Google Goggles:

1) It will not install on my device

2) (after getting the V1 of Google Goggles, the only version that will install), you don't get access to google's network (because you're in China)

But if i manage to work out the 1st problem, it will already a big improvement.

Of course all the app's you find in the android market will install. I checks the compatibility with your phone, country, operating system... Actually they block so many apps that if there you could find an app not working on your device, it would really be a shame.

What do you mean they get your phone restart? How do you know it is these apps and not another one?

---------- Post added at 04:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:22 PM ----------

One more thing about the market app.

I also use 1Mobile Market. A great alternative to google's market, and you don't get any restrictions.

Most of the apps you can't find in google's marlet will be available in 1Mobile market. But sometimes you will not be able to install it (cf the apps i mentioned previously in this thread)
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
According to the blocked apps, with the ROM I'm using I can install (and use) them, meanwhile they don't use a blocked address.

I mean:

Facebook & Youtube: Can install but can't use without VPN.

Whatsapp, Viber, Kakaotalk: Can install and use.

Google maps: Can install and use, but won't show your location.

Gmail: install and use

.... (must to check 1 by 1 the operativity in China).

And I guess is that app because use to use a lot of CPU, but could be any other... sometimes camera and calculator give me little problems, but have other ones make it worthy for me.
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
I just tryed installing Facebook, no problem (didn't use it because of no vpn)

Whatsapp and Google maps ain't got any problem for me. Strange you can't get your location...

If Accu Weather and QQ are bothering you, you can freeze theme or uninstall them using some root access apps (my personal favorite is ROM Toolbox). I didn't had any problem with these apps but uninstalled them anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] smirnon:
im in china, but then maybe because my phone was bought from singapore.. i can do all the above exactly, except my maps would show my location also... using stock singapore rom..
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
Smirnon, the objetive of this post is to be able to work as a Singapure bought phone (or any other country) with a phone bought in China, because here we have many problems to install some apps.
[Galaxy S II General] smirnon:
oh i see, actually you could try using a foreign sim card to get some apps.. i wanted to get draw something for some time, and couldn't download it until i had the idea from a friend to put my singapore sim card inside... worked like a charm
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
The best way to unlock the country restriction of the market is to get Market Unlocker. It acts as if you changed your sim card, but you dont need to restart nor open your phone.

But bigger problem on chinese phone os that we originally dont even get the market. I heard there were other countries that had the same issue (somewhere in middle eastl, dont remember exactly which one).

Actually, every country has its own app restriction on the market. I tried France, UK, US and others. Each time i had different apps availlable or unavaillable.
[Galaxy S II General] Unkim:
so that's why I installed that ROM... Market included.

But for example, with the original ROM I've tried to install whatsapp and kakao talk but was impossible to receive the confirmation code.

Oh, And I also have a foreign SIM, but was useless too.
[Galaxy S II General] kldoc:
Odia, don't forget us ^^

Lots of chinese phone are really waiting for a solution, hope you can release the method you found soon :)
[Galaxy S II General] Jiangyi:
I also own a Chinese S2, and since I live in Canada now, I really would like to flash a Western firmware onto it instead. Odia, I look forward to your solution.
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Check this out: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661637

I dont have time to try this out, but it seems promessing.
[Galaxy S II General] kldoc:
bootloader isn't replaced, means we can't easily update that way, and seems a bit dirty in the end .. Will rather wait for Odia to release the solution he told us he found.
[Galaxy S II General] giba85:
Update

Hello Friends,

I live in Brazil and i have a chinese sgs II.

A Long time ago I installed a chinese open rom with the usual features (app store, etc etc)

Baseband version: I9100ZCKG4

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100-ownhere-2.6.35.7-update1git@gameapp #13

Build number: GINGERBREAD.ZNKG5.ownhereSGS2.v1.2.4

As others i would like to install a Western version on my sgs2.

I saw a comment that maybe ODIA has a method to change the phone into a western phone, I couldn't find the thread in the forum.

Does anyone knows what method should i use to be free to choose any ROM?

Thanks a lot guys.
[Galaxy S II General] chewee133:
Hi,

I remember a couple months ago Odia saying he found the .pit file and it could solve our problem. But i dont think he actally posted the file.

If you found out anything, keep us posted. ;)