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[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahmoudthassan:
Hello people of xda:cowboy:

I am really lost here, about mtd roms and non mtd roms:confused:

so I know that mtd is a partion scheme which is used in ics roms.

but my question is : I am running overcome with overcome kernel but lately I have been thinking to upgrade to ics(aokp rom) or JB(cm10) so can i upgrade without having to restock and if i upgraded to ics can upgrade to JB without restocking??

and if i do a restock would i lose the unlocked bootloader ??

p.s: i got the tab from my friend and he told me that he already installed cm9 but before that he did a restock then he installed overcome

THx for help:D
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Yes, you can upgrade to ics without restocking.

Yes, from ics you can upgrade to JB without restocking.

No, from GB onward no locked boot loader. That us froyo issue.

Edit: he is right.

To return to GB you need restocking.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahmoudthassan:
well thx bro , so what i have got that if i am on overcome and want to update jelly bean or ics i dont need to rstok(it worked i updated to aokp without any problem) bur niw if i want to upgrade jb is it safe??

and if iwanted to go back to overcome is it safe or need a restok

and thx for helping

sorry i am a noob
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raman.sherry:
u can go for jb directly over aokp bt for overcome now u need to restock.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Perhaps we didn't make it clear. Overcome is GB based.

And all GB rom are non-mtd.

From mtd to non-mtd , always requires restock with repartition in Odin.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahmoudthassan:
Thank you guys for helping now I have got it
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagargiet:
plz sorry irrelavant but help i installed cm9 RC1 p1 and found the above problems are they common? or is there any update.zip to fix these so that i can flash it through CWM..

or any better rom with these functioning is available...

if yes, can i directly flash the rom using CWM....by factory rese,clearing cache partirtion,dalvik clear.

and wt abt this mdt/non mdt things...wts "overcome".... in noob terms plz?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Don't know what you are talking about as "above problem".

CM9 RC1 has no update.zip, it is as it is and I heard of no issue.

now. MTD and BML (samsung's partition scheme aka NON-MTD) are partition tables.

That is a specs of how a piece of disk should be sliced up and how to describe the slices.

You only need to know that CM9 and AOKP ROM uses MTD partition while all Gingerbread ROM for our device uses BML (NON-MTD).

When you flash ICS the first time, your partition will be converted to MTD.

To convert back to BML you need to use Odin/Heimdall with stock ROM that has pit file and you need to select to repartition the device.

Overcome ROM is a famous GB ROM modded by Team Overcome.

http://www.teamovercome.net

"Overcome method" of restocking refers to the set of downloads and guide that Team Overcome recommends to people to correctly restock their device.

It is, in my opinion, the best way to ensure you have no problem install ICS.

I am now recommending you to do that and see if you have problem in CM9

So

http://www.teamovercome.net

Read the guide,

Missing pictures can be seen here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20974872

Follow the picture step by step.

missing files at

http://tabfirmware.com/2012/01/romk...e-7-series-v4-1-0-♫-overcome-kernel-v4-0-0-♫/

Please note:

- you want to restock using GB-stock-safe and the Odin included in the package

- you then flash overcome kernel 4.0 tar using Odin

- you don't need to wait for the robotic voice to complete the ext4 conversion, just force reboot to recovery and use the recovery to flash ICS from sdcard.

- you need to flash ICS twice because round one converts to MTD and reboot

- you need to flash gapps after you flash ICS
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagargiet:
Thanks for all the pain u have taken replying me. I faced problems like camera doesn't work at all.force closes. couldn't find external micro SD card So. My question is that if I want to flash any ice from can I directly do it through CWM ie by clearing caches and instlalling from zip.

And can u plz give me the link of cm9rc1 from link which u said u didn't have any prob...and to apply this or any other ics based rom or jb rom what's the procedure.

PS: I donot want to come back to GB (restock) but just wanted a stable ics.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
I am not using CM9 RC1, so no, actually I said "I heard of no issue".

About restocking. I still recommend it.

You already come this far and manage to install CM9 RC1.

Others has no problem but you have.

Maybe restocking will clear the problem.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagargiet:
So u want me to come back to gb..OK I have seen that procedure, but what if wanted to flash other ics roms like aokp. Should I restock and then flash???
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
actually, frankly speaking there should be no need to restock.

I just don't know why you face so much issue with CM9.

Yeah, try AOKP by Stimpz0r. I am using it myself.

Place the aokp build #40 and gapps in external sd.

Do the three wipes, (data, cache, dalvik).

Then flash aokp, then gapps.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagargiet:
So how ur experience

Btw can u give me the link??? Of aokp stable build
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
Very stable.

For me everything works.

Go to

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1523174

look for the DOWNLOADS section
[Transformer TF300T General] 10010110:
Did the your_path thing and it didn't work. :(
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
Could you describe just a bit more which part you're having trouble with and what happened?
[Transformer TF300T General] 10010110:
I added ;<your_path> at the end of the path and it did not change anything in the CMD window after imputing adb, when nothing happened before.

I'm sure it's something that I did not do that went wrong.
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
The your path thing was just a descriptor. You need to replace that with the location of your adb.exe file so it would look like ;c:\program files\ ... and so on. I gave a sample path of where mine is but it could vary between systems.
[Transformer TF300T General] 10010110:
Well if my previous answer doesn't prove I've never rooted anything...

Where do you DL the adb file from?
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
Couple Choices

OK, I will assume you do not have the android development kit installed, so you still have a couple of choices here:

ADB comes with the archive I directed you to download, so if you download it and run the EXE, you'll find ADB inside the newly created folder I mentioned, so using this method, you would add... ;C:\tabletroot

ADB also comes with the ASUS sync software found on the ASUS website. If you have / will download and install this software, the ADB file will be located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS Sync or it might be in C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Sync just depends on the type of system you have. I have a 64-bit OS, so I have a Program Files and a Program Files (x86) folder (the x86 is for 32-bit programs) - in this situation, you would want to add ;C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS Sync or ;C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Sync

Remember if you go with option one, download the archive I provided and run it before you add / test to your path variable, because that's what puts ADB in place. Once you have that all done, just go run the BAT file - after you connect your tablet and can see it on your PC as a media device that is :)
[Transformer TF300T General] HandicapFailure:
Clarification

So using this method do we need the blob files or was that just for downgrading, and since we don't need to downgrade using this method, everything that we need is in that self extracting exe file? I'm not interested to unlock bootloader -for now-...just want a few tweaks and to install a few root apps

Sorry, I only have experience rooting a couple HTC devices and they were both 1 touch and rooted.
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
I hear you, and they are legit questions. This is for rooting only. This procedure doesn't unlock your bootloader, which is why i used it. All you need is in the archive.
[Transformer TF300T General] HandicapFailure:
Another question, do you have to put the tablet into any special mode in order for the batch file to work? If I remember correctly, the phones just had to be on, plugged in via usb (duh) and the batch files did the rest. The batch file has the 120 second pause, but it seems like it does the first part with -

1. waiting for device to be detected

2. daemon not started

3. daemon started successfully

then it just sits there, and its been longer than 2 minutes...what am I missing?
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
Only mode i know of is to put it in media mode mentioned above. Also I've read to turn off asus sync found in the sync section of settings.
[Transformer TF300T General] 10010110:
Either unknown sources, or USB debugging might need to be on.
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
Ah yes forgot those. I'd do both :) thankya.
[Transformer TF300T General] rickc3k:
FYI the batch file does not work with windows xp, I searched and seems timeout is not supported. Sucks having an old OS..

I ran the commands manually and the root worked, so thanks anyway!
[Transformer TF300T General] funnel71:
Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the tip.
[Galaxy S II General] harshadura:
*** Just to clear up things: This guide is targeted for i9100G version of S2 and should successfully work fine.

And not for i9100 international version of S2 <-- So trying this guide on a i9100 may brick your device ***

How to ROOT Galaxy S2 i9100G via Zip

Download : Root_S2_i9100G.zip

Place it on the root of SD card.

Then goto Recovery mode by holding <Home+Power+Vol Up>

Select the Zip.

Install it.

Reboot

ClockWorkMod for Galaxy S2 i9100G

Download : CWM_S2_i9100G.zip

Place it on the root of SD card.

Then goto Recovery mode by holding <Home+Power+Vol Up>

Select the Zip.

Install it

Now you will see the CWM recovery instead of Default Samsung Recovery mode

How to flash ROMS for Galaxy S2 I9100G via ODIN

Download ODIN > Odin3-v1.85.zip

Download Galaxy i9100G compatible PIT File > omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit

Download Odin3-v1.85.zip > Open It!

ADD PIT File (omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit) into ODIN > PIT.

Add Your ROM into ODIN > PDA

Turn Off your Phone first

Then goto Download mode by holding <Home+Power+Vol down>

Continue step of the Phone Screen.

Plug in the USB cable > You will notice ODIN recognize it by Yellow filled square .

Click "Start" of ODIN.

...... keep watching and praying for few mins! (hopefully 1-2mins)

... and voila! you just flashed your phone into a new ROM!

Enjoy!

Dont forget to Press THANKS button If this post helped you. :)

HTH

- Harsha
[Galaxy S II General] ICS_XD:
we having it already dnt make wasteful thread :@

mod shuld close it
[Galaxy S II General] harshadura:
I have hosted those files again, anyway doesnt matter if its unnecessary close it.
[Galaxy S II General] ICS_XD:
we are tasting jelly n now u r telling us how to root lol

+1 no thanks :D
[Galaxy S II General] manddar:
Dear Harsha, Your efforts are really welcomed, however there are very detailed thread on how to Root GS2 (rather any ICS device).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746794
[Galaxy S II General] Opiquaq:
It may be posted elsewhere, but to a noob like me coming across this info seems real helpful, so thanks for your effort. My galaxy S2 is bricked and i'm trying to recover data - will this wipe my data do you know? Perhaps I could save my data via clockwork mod before I flash it with ODIN (if the flashing wipes data that is)? Thanks again
[Galaxy S II General] aaron_my:
It is very useful to me coz it's for i9100g..

All i see from the link above is only for i9100
[Galaxy S II General] mike102871:
When I try to flash the zips in stock recovery , I get a signature failure.
[Galaxy S II General] msadek122:
Please help

I put this file omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit and clicked start with out Adding The ROM into ODIN > PDA

then the phone turned off and i've tried to opent it in many ways volume up or down + ok+ power and many put no response
[Galaxy S II General] dozzademiranda:
My mobile doesnt works anymore

What happen with my mobile after I put this file omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit and clicked start with out Adding The ROM into ODIN > PDA

then the phone turned off and i've tried to opent it in many ways volume up or down + ok+ power and many put no response

It can turn It on!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] pemati:
I done cwm by this guide and it showing version 6.0.1.5 but 6.0.1.2 just got released... How come?
[Galaxy S II General] Quarmzz:
Hello, my device is GT-1900P, locked by Orange. Which of the files will work for it?
[Galaxy S II General] fakhersidhu:
Thanks for the tut......
[Galaxy S II General] ghadap:
Well, can't say this thread is useless.. I still afraid to root+cwm my device, just because red about brickbug+clockworkmod..

Maybe this tut summarize everything.. :)

Sent from my Thoughts using Telepathy :banghead:
[Galaxy S II General] segreta:
Hi, just starting out with rooting my phone so need a bit of help. When I try to use this root file on my i9100g with stock rom, ics 4.0.4, I get a E: Signature Verification Failed.

How do I get past this to install CWM Recovery?

Also, can I use this CWM to install other roms such as CM10

Can this be done though just CWM rather than go through Odin
[Galaxy S II General] slashragnarok:
Is this method permanent. What I mean is will this method make CWM the default recovery? Or will I get the same old stock 3e recovery and have to install zip every time I want CWM?
[Galaxy S II General] endritx:
Endritxx

-I have the same problem to can send me a little help PLEASE ???:(
[Galaxy S II General] cosmote:
Great guide
[Galaxy S II General] saeed.hussain1:
stop hating

i am a beginner and flashing my Galaxy S2 for first time..this post helped me indeed...then why are tending him to remove the post..?
[Galaxy S II General] beruth:
I too have had the same problem, how could you solve it?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] dwurkx:
Thanks man that bricked my phone ;) Just before Christmas too. Think it was the PIT file. Only way to fix now is USB-Jig which I'll have to wait for after Christmas.
[Galaxy S II General] Ez-Unit:
This manual is absolutely ****. How I can turn on the phone? Thanks god I have iPhone.

My brother just tried to change H3G ROM to SEB and finally SGS2 was bricked. I'm not sure or JIG can unbrick this phone? I think Android is absolutely **** because people can't easy use another ROM. So where is Android freedom?
[Galaxy S II General] erwinvr:
i can use this zip with all the s2 ??

Please i think this method ill be more safer, but theres not a restricction in kernel version?? i can use this zip with all the s2 ??

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] 4I-I:
I just bricked a friends phone using the odin method!!! I should have read the last page!! I rly hope the jig will work!

Is there no other solution to this?

Edit: is warranty broken now if i came from stock unrooted rom?
[Galaxy S II General] beruth:
+1

I'm also waiting usb-jig :crying:
[Galaxy S II General] Coertmans:
+1 waiting till tomorrow for my jig

Think it's better that the odin way will be deleted from first post as al lot of people have a sgs2 with brick now...

GT-I9001 4.1.2 JB by Invendor
[Galaxy S II General] itay9001:
What the hell, with so many brocked their phones i think its better to close this Thread..
[Galaxy S II General] 4I-I:
Anyone Hand luck using the jig?
[Galaxy S II General] semooz:
thnxxxxxxxxxxxx

thnxxxxxxxxxxxx for the info ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbacks:
Hi, I am having I think a brick here. After flashing omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit with odin, the phone is dead. It flashed with odin with no errors but cannot power on afterwards. Also tried recovery mode method but failed. It doesn't even power on when plugged into computer.

What is wrong here and is there a way around it?

:(:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] 4I-I:
I tried the jig but it was no use! Is it completely bricked now? :/
[Galaxy S II General] 4I-I:
Is there a fix or why is there nobody active in this thread?
[Galaxy S II General] beruth:
I'am waiting usb-jig. Does anyone know what we can do?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] AhLoui:
I bricked mine too...

...and have sent it for repair.

The report says the mainboard was damaged, they have replaced it. I claimed guarantee and so far nobody rejected the guarantee. I'm expecting the phone back tomorrow or the day after.

But there is one difference: I know what I have done wrong :mad:

I flashed the i9100G file onto a i9100, so I'm not surprised that it didn't work ;)
[Galaxy S II General] shishircoolin:
guys plz do some search before trying anything...never should you flash the pit file in odin!:mad:
[Galaxy S II General] nakadm:
Used the guide to root, worked fine.

Then used to install CWM. Worked fine,

- Reboot phone OK

- Reboot to recovery, goes back to Samsung e3

- Have to flash CWM to go back to it, no problem

- Do backup of stock ROM, no problem, gets saved on phone's memory

- Do a wipe, factory reset from CWM, stays on formatting data for a while, phone turns off

bricked!
[Galaxy S II General] lixboi:
Thanks very much :D
[Galaxy S II General] shishircoolin:
try flashing the firmware again via odin.:)
[Galaxy S II General] nakadm:
Phone won't turn on anymore. Tried JIG also, no go. Seem to have hit the Galaxy S2 Brick Bug on Stock Kernel....did not know it existed!

I have rooted, and flashed roms on all my android phones, (And I've had them all almost) First time I lose one!
[Galaxy S II General] shishircoolin:
That's strange! well you can check if the battery charge is zero or the last option maybe to go to a Samsung service center.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] DrTweak86:
This post is terrible bricks all phones, my phone is now bricked and i need to know a way to recover it without having to go and get it repaired. Anybody out there who can help it would be much appreciated, i read the USB jig will not help so does anyone know of any other way or is it worth trying the jig?
[Galaxy S II General] bkjugg:
if you use it on i9100 without G of you will brick your phone

sent from i9100 using tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] jessietwf:
can't power on

HI Harsha,

after using step guide to flash the phone, now the phone totally can't power on, Kindly advice

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] 4I-I:
Maybe the op should write a warning in the first page to stop ppl bricking their phones!
[Galaxy S II General] Ez-Unit:
USB JIG will not help in this case...
[Galaxy S II General] jasjk:
thanks

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] beruth:
:crying:

true. It does not work in this case.
[Galaxy S II General] kiario:
sht,sht,sht...I just bricked my new S2...new,new...5 hours

Solutions ?

PLEASE HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Ez-Unit:
If it has a warranty, go to the service center and you will get a new phone. If not - go to the repair shop or something like that and they will fix your phone. It is not very cheap, but anyway better than nothing :).

Something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs JTAG service :).
[Galaxy S II General] kiario:
Nice video,thanks.:good:

But Im afraid that I dont have a service center like this in my country...

It´s nice to know it has a solution...

Now I´m trying to buy a second hand one,with broken LCD and change the mainboard...probably will work.
[Galaxy S II General] javabiker:
NoRecovery Mode after flashing with ZedoMax

I was hoping your guide would solve the problems I'm having with my S2. But I cannot get into RC. Is there another way?
[Galaxy S II General] harshadura:
oops! dont you see this guide is for "G" not international version of S2, pls read, read and read before doing these kinds of flashing stuff :cowboy: once one of my phones (HTC HD2) got bricked > forever after flashing an irrelevant kernel :crying: JTAGed and still couldnt able to recover.

Jz to clear up things: This guide is targeted for i9100G version of S2 and should successfully work fine.
[Galaxy S II General] dmuk:
I attempted this using Odin and Windows 8. It fails as below. Any advice?

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9100XWLSY_I9100BVLS4_I9100ORALS8_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/006> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/006> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S II General] dmuk:
Phone is now completely bricked after following this guide. Phone doesn't even turn on?! :crying:

Definitely time for a new phone now...
[Galaxy S II General] Hovac:
Hi, I just bough Samsung Galaxy S2 M250S, Could somebody instruct me how to install CWM Recovery, please... ?

Thanks in advanced
[Galaxy S II General] Chemical47:
This is very useful bro.I'm going to root my new Galaxy S2:good:
[Galaxy S II General] MikeLibbey:
hi will this work for Bell Galaxy S2 9100M
[Galaxy S II General] mrperfect1201:
Thanks!:good:
[Galaxy S II General] parcour:
brick

This fully bricked my already semi-bricked GT-i9100g.
[Galaxy S II General] july3rd:
How can i update CWM ? Can anyone post the latest version of CWM for S2 9100G please??
[Galaxy S II General] alvster:
This is gonna help me alot since im very new to s2. Just one thing, i can apply this steps to GB, ICS, and JellyBean??????
[Galaxy S II General] iwant2:
I tried on JB. Got error. My one I9100GDXLS2.
[Galaxy S II General] alvster:
What r u trying to flash? Root? Cwm?
[Galaxy S II General] iwant2:
Root.
[Galaxy S II General] vijaysimhahr:
Thanks, really helped.
[Galaxy S II General] iwant2:
Can I flash custom rom ( cyanogenmod 11 for i9100G found here ) using this method (How to flash ROMS for Galaxy S2 I9100G via ODIN) ?
[Galaxy S II General] walttheboss:
I have just bought two I9100G Hong Kong version phones.

Can I flash any stock 4.1.2 Roms? Or do I need to flash a HongKong version?

Yes worked fine.
[Galaxy S II General] F3N!X:
Thanks

Thanks for this clear guide.
[Galaxy S II General] haleemfp:
Phone Not Switch ON

bro, please tell me what you have done.. i also face the same problem

haleemfp@gmail.com
[Galaxy S II General] markdashark:
Dear sirs

please assist. i have a s2 running 4.1.2 xwlsw. i have successfully flashed siyah b4 and b5 using both odin 1.85 and 3.07.

the device boots up with the warning triangle, then the siyah yin yang logo. superuser and cwm are installed but when i run root checker, it says no root access and the superuser app will not update the binary.

i really need a stock root that will run sixaxis app.

thanks.

yup wrong thread and resolved anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] NOOBHEADFORLIFE:
NEED HELP

i tried installing the cwm recovery and it kinda works . meaning every time i want to use the cwm recovery mode , i keep getting the default one / android recovery mod and not the cwm . SO CAN ANYBODY PLS TELL ME HOW TO GO ABOUT FIXING THIS SMALL
[Galaxy S II General] pobunjenik:
I have the exact same situation. The phone always boots it's default recovery.
[Galaxy S II General] NOOBHEADFORLIFE:
i fix mine using flashifly , here is the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349847 . its a pretty cool app so you should check it out and see if it works for you ! GOOD LUCK :good:
[Galaxy S II General] pobunjenik:
Thanks man, but I solved my problem by using Blazing_Kernel_v16_CWM6_MOD.
[Galaxy S II General] dhiraj_007:
I have already root samsung galaxy s2 I9100 and want install new rom but recovery has been lost.

The problem occurs when play store and services stopped working unfortunately, I have tried everything if anybody has solution plz help me...