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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkirpy22:
Hi,

I've had a look around and can't find a thread that answers my question completely. I just want to gain root access to phone, I have no intention of flashing a custom firmware. My phone is a Galaxy S2 I9100 running Vodafone Australia's stock 4.0.3 ICS.

As I am new to rooting, I have browsed through this page but still have questions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

I want to be able to easily restore my phone to its stock, unrooted state for warranty purposes. I'm not quite sure how to do this, Is there a way to backup my phones kernel as it is now, and be able to flash back to the stock kernel if something were to go wrong?

Also, My kernel version is 3.0.15-I9100TDULP9-CL422302 ..... The key letters being LP9? So then which one of these 2 would I flash? :confused:

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_KPN_LP9-v5.4-CWM5.zip OR

CF-Root-SGS2_DX_SIN_LP9-v5.4-CWM5.zip

Or would either work?

(Yes still going, sorry!) I also saw something called a Binary Flash Counter which counts the amount of times a phone has been modified? Would I be affected by this by just gaining root access? And if so how do I prevent that? (My ultimate aim is to root, but still keep warranty)

Thanks in advance for any help, its really appreciated. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxrb:
To get back to stock look for your firmware in Intratech's thread. It also provides links for kernel only downloads.

From the thread you were referencing:

Yes you will be affected (if rooting with CF-root method) and no, you can't prevent it. However you can reset things. The easiest way to do this is to use TriangleAway from the Play store.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Best thing to do if you want a backup that's as close to stock as possible is to root your phone & then do a Nandroid backup in CWM before doing anything else to the phone (flashing custom roms, other kernels, etc). That will give you a backup that is essentially stock other than the rooted kernel.

If you want to guarantee warranty service, don't mess with your phone (yes, I'm serious). Once you start messing with it, you should lose any expectation of warranty service should the worst happen (rooting your phone/running non stock firmware voids your warranty). Having said that, many people who have rooted their phones and/or run non-stock firmware have been able to get warranty service by going back to stock & resetting the flash counter either with a jig or Triangle Away before sending it in for service. However, this is never a guaranteed, rolled gold 100% certainty.

FXRB is right, before you root your phone, either download your current firmware from Intratech's thread, or use the PC version of Checkfus to download it. This will save you problems if you need to go back to stock in say, 12 mths, and you forget which firmware was originally on the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hispeed10:
Unrooting Sprint Samsung s2 ics 4.0.4 fh13

I rooted my phone but would like to unroot it back to previous or stock. Please help with any information to unroot. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
1. Reset binary counter using Triangle away app.

2. Download Stock firmware for your country/region here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

3. Flash the firmware via Odin.

Done
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
In addition to what Jokesy said, you say you have a Sprint Samsung s2 ics 4.0.4 fh13. The Sprint variant is the Epic 4G Touch, and has a different forum located at http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281.

This forum is for the I9100, which is a GSM phone, and doesn't even work on Sprint's CDMA network.

For your own sake and future sanity, please go to and stay in that forum, and avoid flashing anything from this forum for the I9100.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrcaligula:
I rooted my phone pushing CWM.zip and SU-busybox in recovery mode.

First CWM.zip And then su-busybox in the Clockwork orange mod. Its rooted and no yellow triangle.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] M4chete:
okay, i finally upgraded my WT19i to ICS, but i have a problem my phone was bricked after trying out some custom ROms outhere.. my only solution was to upgrade it to ICS using SUS and everything went good. Now my ROOT from GB was gone, so i use XPERIA ROOT Rev4 but it won't let me continue because it says "rooted device not found."

Please Help me root my phone again. thanks ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] unforgiven1311:
You have to downgrade to GB again, get root and then go back to ICS but keeping the root, just follow this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695514

Don't forget to NOT wipe data when flashing ICS after rooting and running the first command.prompt on GB. I rooted my xmp with that method.

If it helps, don't forget to thank, specially to DragonClawsAreSharp (poster of that tutorial)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] M4chete:
ouch downgrade again.. oh well if thats the only option, i've no choice! :D question, after downgrading back to GB and rooted .58FW can i upgrade it to ICS directly thru SUS or PCC?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ehnvis:
If you have unlocked bootloader there is no need to downgrade. Atleast I didnt do that. Get http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip and copy it to your sdcard. Boot kamarush v3 kernel with the help of fastboot. Get into cwm and flash the zip. Reboot and you have root.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] M4chete:
i have not unlocked my BL yet. but thanks for the link might try this soon.. ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] unforgiven1311:
I haven't tried that way, but the tutorial says that you can update with PCC or SEUS, as long as you don't wipe data/factory reset. You could try I guess, there's nothing to lose but a few minutes :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] M4chete:
Thanks guys i have restored everything and im now on ICS 4.0.4 - rooted! :laugh:

This site rocks! :good:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souleater11:
For Vibrant, which is ics base rom, is much smoother and have better batterylife?

Ice Cream Zenwich rc1.8.2 or CM 9 rc 1 ?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikka06:
I would say ICZen 1.8.4 :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xenoism:
Zen ^^ Definitely
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldoit01:
^^ listen to those guys up there
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geargamer:
I have downloaded the bios and .bin had it working once by playing with the settings but now freezes while loading(the game starting up). The only reason I bought this was to play metal gear solid on the go. This is my first time doing something like this so I researched and researched everything I could but now I think I have just confused myself more. I'm thinking at this point that I just don't have the settings correct. Someone please help!

Edited: Figured it out. Had to enable spusync, reboot the app and then it worked. I hope all my work will help someone else now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bclark:
To be honest, I haven't found a working version of mgs not has any I've made worked. Ff7 and 8 do though, lol.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raman21raman:
PSX3Droid working like charm...

ey psx4droid working osm wiht my device.. using omega rom...

i m playing wwf smackdown knw ur role.. and it works 100000 times better than ps1 lol
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimusgenesis:
the multirom app does not work as it cant check for app updates and download manifest. why is this happening?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayazm.140895:
Post this question in development thread or general thread! And it's experimental not stable :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ronju Khan:
Hello,

Since yesterday I am facing a new problem on HD2 while updating applications and also to install new applications. After downloading the application from the Google Play Store the application does not installed and give an error saying "Package file invalid". Same error comes while updating an application.

My phone's rom is MIUI.us.ICS-Leo-2.6.15

I would be grateful for help on this issue.

Many thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] powerofthink:
Some of them doesn't support some kernel or some lib in your HD2. And sometimes it needs original rom. I sent you a PM.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] xtrezpasor:
My Flipboard stopped reloading new content so I logged out, and now when I log in it will not load any content and if I try to build a new flipboard it wont work and says try again later... have tried clearing data - any suggestions?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] Nivek91:
Same thing just happen to me with Flipboard and Instagram

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] dLo GSR:
same for me with both of those as well

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] Vicious Von:
Phew!! I thought it was only me.

from my big a$$ phone
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] xtrezpasor:
I emailed then they wrote back, surprisingly quick and said it's down at the moment

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] taeksoo:
Great, thought I was the only one too. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] xtrezpasor:
the actually replied real quick. I was surprised

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps  (US Carriers)] ainen:
These were both down from a huge power outage
[General Questions and Answers] androiddun:
Hi,

I am having Idea ZTE Blade.

I want to update it.

Please give me solution.

Thank you...
[General Questions and Answers] ruscan.calin:
what do you mean by "update"? want to check for update from manufacturer or to flash a custom rom? if you need a custom rom here is everything about ZTE Blade on XDA

in fact you have to flash CWM -this is a special tool that allows to install custom roms then enter this CWM- recovery mode by key-combination when phone starts up and flash new custom rom from sdcard -on the page above you find all about

tell me something: why is named "Idea" -usually this phone is known as ZTE Blade - are you from China/ India this could explain

ok tell me if this helps you !
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] easye55:
I've searched in the forum and couldn't find the answer to this question.

I'm running cyanogenmod 9 from the internal emmc. Like it a lot and really want to keep this as my daily driver. But I want to run stock now and then - the one and only reason is to use the Wired magazine app.

Is there a way to run Stock from the SD card? I currently have CM7 on there, but don't really use it much.

Can this be done? If I missed a post somewhere, pls let me know.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
The question has come up before, but I don't recall anyone actually working on it. Right now most of the devs are working on CM9/the 3.x kernel.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] easye55:
Thanks for the response.

Def looking forward to that cm9 with the 3.x kernel when it is stable enough.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
I'm looking to buy an unlocked my touch where could I go about this at?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
Ebay, you can unlock it your self using terminal. Its super easy.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
So just buy a normal one then unlock it?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
If you don't mind rooting your phone, and doing a little bit of reading. Should save you like $40.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
One more thing is this phone worth it? Becuz I was gunna get the galaxy nexus until it got banned?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] IBtokin:
I would totally sell you mine in mint condition, s-off, rooted and running my favorite lightningfast undeadk9 Rubix Rom... BUT I was planning to replace it with a banned Galaxy Nexus as well...

F- Apple. They were scared of the 349.00 price tag for an unlocked premium no-contract Android world phone biting into their marketshare.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
I'm just so confused idk what phone to get anymore haha
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
I would wait. Simple as that. If you want a QWERTY phone, this is a nice one. But we have a few roms and its a good. We have what we need, and nothing we don't. If you a flashaholic, buy a GNEX off NewEgg. Or buy.com. **** Apple, they can't stop you from getting a nice phone. :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
Newegg will still sell them? :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
They should. Apple just blocked the sales of ones from Google, you should be able too. Worse comes to worse, you can't check out. Try all your trusted sites. Newegg, Buy.Com, O.Co, Amazon, Ebay. Cowboom. Etc, etc.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] silverton:
How much are you looking to spend? I'd like $250 for it, but open to a reasonable offer. Mine is S-OFF and rooted running the latest Miktouch. The phone is only three weeks old and has a screen protector from day one, and I'd even include my 16GB sdcard if you wanted it. PM me if you're interested.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Appogee:
Still available GNEX:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16875176322
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dmarmstr:
It still seems to be available from the play store to buy from Google. When does the ban start?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
not sure
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] AgentCherryColla:
http://tinyurl.com/7z69ew8
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] topdawg661:
:D good news for once.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Firehead:
Would it at all be possible to go back to stock kernel without having to flash an .FTF? It would lose the unlocked bootloader if I were to flash an .FTF, right? CDMA, so it's a pain to unlock it again. (Would I have to pay again? Hrm...)

Edit:

Or is it unlocked forever, regardless of what I do, once it's unlocked?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddybud:
Once you unlock, it's unlocked until you choose to relock when using flashtool.

You may use flashtool and an SE .ftf firmware to "un-flash" back to stock kernel.

While at the same time keeping the unlock state.

As you will only relock your phone when you press the relock button before you start flashing.

So NO Worries; just flash it. And also, to save time, you can choose to flash only the kernel when using the tool.:eek:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fareeed:
If you unlocked your bootloader via a paid testpoint method then it cannot be relocked, regardless of whether you flash an FTF via fashtool.

To my understanding it is possible to extract the just the kenel.sin from an FTF file and flash it via fastboot or flashtool.

I will look it up for you then let you know.

Edit: Stock Kernels can be flashed, with the command: fastboot flash boot kernel.sin

Make sure you place the kernel.sin in the fastboot directory of your AndroidSDK
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidd86:
Please help for my case...

I have tried some zip files which instructed to be install zip via CWM...

i have install zip via CWM with no error... but it has nothing change on my files!

My firmware is LT15i_4.1.B.0.431, rooted with locked bootloader

CWM5 install via flashtool 0.8.6...

Expert... please advise~ :confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidd86:
problem solved by using CWM auto-installer...

problem solved by using CWM auto-installer... :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barakaz:
as a noob, i need to know what is specification of FXP127- CM9.0 ??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Did you happen to look at the website where they list the changes? Go here.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barakaz:
i saw this of course but what is so special about this rom ??? i heard a lot abt it :confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Well, it's based off the pure Vanilla Google experience. Plus CyanogenMod tends to get updated more frequently. Sony and other manufacturers take a longer time in releasing updates.

It's one of the most popular custom ROMs out there due to its stability, flexibility, development cycle and its team of developers.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barakaz:
thanks for your help i appreciate it
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
No worries. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] RedDeadDorito:
Is this the thing that's exclusive to 4.1? I have an APK but when I try to install it on my phone it just says "Application not installed"

I'm on the HTC Evo V on VM btw.

Scratch that, it's Velvet.apk
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
It's probably trying to install as a system file and the permissions are not ser right
[HTC EVO 3D] RedDeadDorito:
Ohhh, so would I have to drop it in the system files of my phone that have all the system apps?
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
Post it up for us to play with it please
[HTC EVO 3D] RedDeadDorito:
Velvet.apk is the voice search one (The one on Android 4.1).

Google Ears is just like Shazaam or Sound Hound.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetbinodray:
Till now we all know that Android 4.1 Jellybeans is in slot now. Even SDK is out. Sources are not on-line though. But I believe it will be very soon.

Now it's a big question whether LG P500 can hold Jellybeans or not? As fas as information on net concern Yes we can see JellyBeans on our beloved LG P500 As drivers are almost same so it wont be a big problem to port it in our phone. With only 5-6 major changes JB is almost same as ICS. Some new features are there in JB like Google NOW, Off-line voice text is very cool about JB.

So in short we will see JB as soon as they release source codes.

If you find anything interesting you guys can post here so that we can have faith that LG P500 will have JB.

Happy Hacking.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sumansur2008:
JB on P500

Of course me and every O1 owner will more than glad to see Jelly Bean to be ported to it.We have stable ICS on our device and if JB is ported then our device will become the most worthy phone of all.

"COME ON DEVS"!!!:good:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DieGo316:
Hope we can see Jelly Bean in our device, hope devs can do it as they ported ICS :laugh:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] seriousia:
Sources should be out by mid July according to Google.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] divanikus:
I think that without sources no one could tell you if it is possible or not. Let's wait for sources to be available.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bharadwajex:
Woots, that would be brilliant.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] kssood:
So many devices already got it ported .
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sweetbinodray:
I do not think porting will help in case of P500. So many things will be broken. We have only CM9 libs and binaries so it won't help that much. But build from sources will be a great option.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
I think google now and offline voice will be in the next gapps, which I am sure will work on ICS

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Somyab:
Oops spelling mistake "chances"
[Optimus One, P500, V General] watusi:
check this link.....

someone ported to 01...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739561

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1745869
[Optimus One, P500, V General] RockR172:
Its not a port!! Just some jelly bean goodies n transitions!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
1st one is a guide, and a really good one for actual devs, 2nd is goodies

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ThaDFazz:
+1 for JB on p500. Can't believe this low-mid range phone rocks ICS. JB is gonna be a long shot. It's already tough getting libs, courtesy QUALCOMM.

Sent from my AOKP p500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] LastStandingDroid:
as something in my signature lol, was forced to lol

---------- Post added at 06:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 PM ----------

Jelly Bean will be smoother on LG P500, Just saying,

Our Port is already smoother than ICS

and nothing is working except GSM/Data :laugh:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
:O:O you did a port? Have ypu tried a game, to see if performance is cooler?

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] LastStandingDroid:
No but tried jelly bean on SGS II And without drivers and everything its butter smooth, even faster than stock ics :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] seriousia:
Does the drivers from ics work on jelly bean ?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] -DarkKnight-:
i don't care about jb

i just want a project butter port

---------- Post added at 10:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 PM ----------

+1 for goodies :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vlt96:
Me 2, butter is what I care about... butter+goodies+JB gapps on ICS= actual JB on O1 (without android 4.1 of course)

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] recreation012:
Any news regarding source release?:fingers-crossed:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] -DarkKnight-:
Last piece : change build prop to say Android 4.1
[Optimus One, P500, V General] optimuschile:
so? anything yet?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DieGo316:
Sources released 5 days ago, devs have a life you know
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Arjen:
A live? Devs? No way!!!! :cyclops:

It only looks like it, but every spare minute they are working on it :eek:
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
Nice do u think this can help me with my sleep of death? Im having that bug ... its not that bad but i guess if this would help me with that

Enviado desde mi A100 usando XDA Premium HD app
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] illego:
So that's where Eugene went. He was a godsend when he was developing for the vibrant. His stuff is always top notch. Will try this out and let you know.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Honestly I don't know, I've never had SoD on my Acer so I didn't even know it was much of a problem. You could try it, but I don't think it'll do much to help that issue. For me I've found turning off wifi when I plug it in for the night helps with SoD issues on my other devices. And in developer options check keep awake. That usually helps.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Yeah he's been hammering out kernels for us since we got ICS and source on the 11th, busting ass and making some awesome kernels!

Edit: I mean he's been there longer then that, just he's been working on kernels lately lol

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
Where i found that, setting-> then what?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Settings, all the way at the bottom by about tablet, developer options, then third down, stay awake.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Deshabilitado:
Thank you man u really rocks! I hope u still with us helping noobs like me
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Lol I'm just not taking on anymore projects, I'll still be around the forum :cool:

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] gertjanad:
The install method true CWM gives me:

E: Error in /sdcard/clockworkmod/CPU_Sleeper-A100.zip (status 0)

Installation aborted.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
No clue what that means. I'll check it out maybe I missed something.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Theonew:
That error is usually caused by a bad download.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Thanks for that, never seen it or heard of it before. Either way I'm going to go back over it and double check, and add a /system/etc version for use with script manager. Same basic flash, just not in init.d. While I'm at it, I'm thinking of making a flasher for SU, for those having issues with SU and busybox.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] wildrat58:
I've got it installed using script manager. How do I know it's running/working?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] linuxsociety:
Try: busybox ps l |grep nameofscript

You will need busybox and grep binaries in your rom, neither are provided with stock but both should be if you are using cm9/10.