yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
No.

To downgrade, you needs kernel image (for 4.0.4) at least.

Also, needs self backup of /persist partition to enable WiFi.

It will work tentatively as above, if you want to completely downgrade, needs backup image of boot chain / bootloader / baseband on 4.0.4.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgoode2006:
thanks. i was just trying to help my gf get root and get rid of the damn blue screen on 4.1.2.

One more question. All i need to do is install the 4.1.2 image to get root correct? Will it delete anything (for example, Apps, Contacts)?

Thanks for your help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
where can we get the img files. im still bricked and need the files to see if i can get it booted up. thanks for any help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgoode2006:
if you're meaning the image i quoted, the link is on page 7 or 8 of this thread.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
it needs to be a .tar.md5.smd.gz.tgz file it would not show in odin for me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vermillion1:
I can confirm this same process works on my OTA-updated 4.1.2 MA3 phone, and I was able to install and boot the CWM recovery image.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgoode2006:
you extract the .tar from the zip folder that you download in that link
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
im bricked i need boot.img system.img the hole thing lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vermillion1:
Do you still only have QPST working on your phone and not odin? Do you know if there are instructions somewhere for building the kind of image you need to restore your phone? I looked at QPST briefly but I couldn't really make heads or tales of its capabilities with my phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
i can get odin 1.85 to see the phone.

i have been trying to make it in to a tar ball on windows 7. not really sure how yet.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] His Alone:
Help?

I just got my strat ii. I've never rooted a device before. Following vermillion's instructions I got the tar file, installed odin, changed the usb settings in my phone, figured out the drivers etc so odin acknowledges my phone. I then began the process. Great for about awhile but then my phone turns on in the middle and interrupts the process. It's happened twice.

File analaysis

Setup connection

Initialization

Firmware update start

System.img.ext4

Nand write start

Rqt close

Res ok

Removed

Remain port... 0

<osm> all threads completed (succeed 1 failed 0)

It also changes to PASS! With numbers (time?) 11:44

Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong?

His Alone ><>
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RodimusConvoy:
Do you have active service with Verizon? I wonder if they're actually "fighting" you in this manner.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
You will not lose anything, unless you fail.

---------- Post added at 03:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 AM ----------

It seems like you have successful.

What's actually problem with you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] His Alone:
My problem is I am inexeprienced :^p :^) You are correct, I was successful but didn't know that when I posted. Thanks for replying.

His Alone ><>
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgoode2006:
mms not recieving

ive searched and cant find anything.

ever since ive rooted my strato 2 i cant recieve pictures.

it says i have a new message like it came in but theres never anything there.

PLEASE help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
oostah, sounds like you need all the partitions, ie sbl1, sbl2, tz, etc take a look at a tarball for another samsung phone to get the list, then dump them out from another rooted strat with dd. If you go to /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name you should be able to figure out which partition numbers correspond to the names you need. Dump them out and then give them the appropriate names when you create your tarball. (Odin uses the names to figure out where to flash things) Odin needs either .tar or .tar.md5. To make a tar.md5, create your tarball and then md5sum it >> back to the same file. Also try a newer version of Odin, we use 3.07 on the Relay.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
thanks for the help i will see what i can do
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
Have you guys gotten any of the root tether apps working? I cant seem to get them to work, and I'd rather not give verizon any more money
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] His Alone:
I successfully rooted my phone and I did so after installing the jelly bean update through verizon. I was having some problems installing backed up setting from my sd card, my phone froze and then would only work (and not freeze after booting) if I had both the sd card and sim card removed from the phone. Someone else was trying to be helpful and "solved" the problem by doing a factory reset. So now I've got a rooted phone without the updated versoin of android. Is there any way to get the update back without unrooting? My understanding s no. If I'm correct then can someone instruct me on how to unroot my phone? Any help would be much appreciated.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If you're willing to be brave and try something (and I know it is difficult for you because you don't have a true way to unbrick right now) dropbox your framework-res.apk and pm me the link and I will apply a tethering patch known to work on other Samsung phones.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
Cannot wait to try this. Obtaining root after JB update by means of flashing provided system image from prev. thread via Odin then going for the whole 9 yards, almost. Any help I could offer with a custom ROM just PM me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
I cannot get the commands to run either with an ADB shell or with Terminal Emulator. Says cannot read or find specified file ie the downloads in this case. Where do I place the downloaded files? Or what am I doing incorrectly? I am rooted on JB just can't get these commands to take lol.

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.

---------- Post added at 08:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 PM ----------

Thank you for using Better Terminal Emulator Pro

/ $ su

# dd if=I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5

dd: can't open 'I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img': No such file or directory

# dd if=I415LJ2_aboot_p5 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5

dd: can't open 'I415LJ2_aboot_p5': No such file or directory

# dd if=I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5

dd: can't open 'I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img': No such file or directory

#

Any help here?

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
what is it you are trying to do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
I am attempting to flash the JB bootloader back to ICS LJ2 so I can flash the recovery. No matter where I place the downloaded files it always says "no such file or directory". Smh.

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilr00y:
your I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img is not in the current directory. try an absolute path ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
I think I know the problem. The bootloader was updated viaa OTA. But I flashed via Odin the system.img file to gain root access...is that where I goofed?

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oostah:
i rooted mine after the update with the rooted system from a few pages back. had no troubles. but if you are flashing an img file try putting it in your /platform-tools folder then run your commands. thats the only way i have had luck with it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
ex:

C:> adb push I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img /sdcard/
C:> adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
C:> adb shell
$ su
# cd /sdcard
# dd if=I415LJ2_aboot_p5.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
# dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
# mount -o rw,remount /system /system
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.org

That's all.

The way to extract recovery.img from cwm.tar.md5, please check yourself.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
I made firmware packages for complete update/downgrade without OTA or ODIN.

(including system / kernel / baseband / bootchain except recovery and bootloader)

thanks to vermillion1 that provided MA3 firmware image.

To use, select "install zip from sdcard" on custom recovery.

It was rooted but SuperSU is not pre-installed. Install at Google Play if necessary.

I415VRBMA3 (Android 4.1.2):

https://mega.co.nz/#!DEQmGDhS!UD8sSQ329X-4q00FzKp-xjQ5e0QbKonAoUP9OdkkmYg

I415VRALJ2 (Android 4.0.4):

https://mega.co.nz/#!aF4lSAgQ!dz-HM2ofnRiYZGtP3yEq4xzZ1gpTLrizgHTDA4GdFmI

Note: It will not boot with 4.1.2 userdata. Please wipe data partition when downgrading.

For more research, I want Verizon genuine OTA update file.

But I can not download it because outside the US.

Can someone pull out OTA file? (maybe it exists on /cache, just before updating)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dislodge112:
play store not working after root [SOLVED]

i have the samsung stratosphere 2 with the jellybean update, successfully rooted from the file posted earlier (using odin 3.07 on a windows xp virtual machine through virtualbox on my mac). all my files and settings stayed the same, everything seemed to work, but now i have root (woo!).

note that if google play stops working after rooting, as it did for me, if you clear the cache on the play store and clear the cache on the google services app and reboot, it should start connecting again.

apps i uninstalled using titanium backup with no adverse effects: lets golf, plants vs zombies, slacker, mediahub, allshare, voicemail, nfl mobile, s voice, quickoffice, amazon appstore, audible, and google play music.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
Ty for the code on installing custom recovery. Derp I suppose navigating the commands to where the files actually r located WOULD help. Worked like a charm. Much appreciated.

The only thing simple is the belief in simplicity.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
So far rooted with Clockwork Recovery on JB. Root apps include a swap file RAM expander up to 2.2 GB VM. Runs like a beauty any further dev work just PM me and I will collaborate. Happy modding all!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
What are you using to do that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi guys i really appreciate all your efforts at creating root access for this awesome phone. I am very new to rooting and flashing android phones. Unfortunately i believe i made a big mistake and bricked my phone. I noticed someone else bricked their phone a few threads up but did not provide much information on whether he got it back up and running or not.

This is what i did. I simply downloaded the system_rooted.tar form another forum from but it's the same link provided by vermillion1. I then downloaded Odin and installed all drivers and adb worked fine , so i was set to do the flash.

I followed all instructions by by booting to download mode, checked PDA and selected the tar file from the unzipped folder and the process started.

The process completed successfully with a PASS and the device turned of to reboot. However the device did not startup. It boots and hangs after showing the samsung logo and playing the boot sound.

I am pleading with you guys to tell me what my options are to getting the phone back up and running with or without rooting. I wouldn't mind if it means still using ICS instead of JB which i tried to get with the flash.

My origional os is ICS and from verizon but unlocked to use any GSM network in my country. I did not do any OTA updated to JB.

In download mode my screen says

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I415

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:NO

CURRENT BINARY : Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Does this mean my bootloader was locked when i tried to flash. If yes how do i unlock it. I want to root it to either ICS or JB.

Thanks in advance and hoping anxiously to hear what you have to say to me as i rely on this phone so much.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Try clearing data in recovery mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi great news i finally fixed it by downloading the I415_LJ2_system_rooted and simply flashed it with Odin 3.07 as a PDA. My phone has finally come back to life and it is rooted which is super awesome.

I still want to move to Jelly Bean but as i learnt with my earlier mistake my bootloader is still locked.

Can anyone help me unlock my bootloader now that i have a rooted ICS?

Thanks in advance :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It has nothing to do with your bootloader, it was booting Android and even playing startup sound. I bet if you plugged it in you'd get adb. You just need to clear data.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi there thanks. Sadly i could't send adb commands to it and it gave me a device not found error. Anyway can you let me know how to clear the data?

Thanks. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi there guys, thanks for you help the last time. I finally i'm ready to move to JB and would like for you to take me through the installation process.

My current setup is

OS: rooted ICS ( I415_LJ2_system_rooted)

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I415

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:NO

CURRENT BINARY : Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

As you can see for the above, my bootloader still seems to be locked.

Any help would be much appreciated. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakeheart77:
Hey all. Just saw another forum, the same recovery for the Epic 4g is on ours right? I saw that a user wanted to start porting a ROM for our gem. What would be the primary difference between a ROM for that and one for us?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
I thought we used the recovery for the relay 4g? As for the differences, radios maybe? I'm inexperienced so I cant offer much there
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlazingDash:
idk if anyone has tried this

i dont know if anyone has already tried this but i found this on android forums while at school so if somebody wants to try it let me know

1.go to google

2.seach (samsung galaxy stratosphere 2 root) without the parenthesis of course

3. it should be second or third link on android forums

4.the guid is there with a link to download
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I think to enter recovery on your phone you hold down volume up and home and the power key from a powered off state, or "reboot recovery" from a rooted adb shell. From there you can clear data or do factory reset which will wipe your phone if you're having problems upgrading.

Epic 4G is TI OMAP based. No ROM for that phone will be anything close to work for Srat II. I help maintain CM for the Relay, and your phone is almost identical. You probably won't be able to make a non touchwiz ROM work until you can unlock your bootloader and flash custom kernels unless the ROM you build is compatible with your stock kernel.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi, i hard reset my phone and it now takes me the verizon setup screen. I don't have verizon service but have the sim. I can't seem to bypass this screen. Any help on this will help a lot.

UPDATE: Found a way to by pass the screen to get everything working.

1.Boot phone and get to the setup screen.

2. Tap the lower left side of the screen right above the "Emergency Call" option. Tap it once.

3. Then tap the lower right corner of the screen right above the "Next". Tap it once.

4. Repeat the taps in 3 and 4 once more time.

5. Press volume up button and you should be in the test mode.

If you have already unlocked you network, everything should work fine after you follow the process.

Hope this helps anyone who does a hard reset for some reason and wants to go back.

Cheers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
I'd really love it if you guys could help me out here, I think I bricked it. I restored my phone, rooted it again, flashed the recovery for 4.1.2, then I shut down the phone normally, and unplugged the cable (I had no problems with this, I just had to cd a couple of times to get the right folder with the recovery), and now the thing won't even turn on. ADB and Odin dont nee the phone, and I cant get into any menu... anything you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated, this is my only phone lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Try it on a different PC and make sure Odin detects it . Reflash it with the rooted 4.0.4 from the link in the earlier threads. Worked for me when had the same problem. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
Plugged into another PC, its showing up as qhsusb_dload in the driver me installer (which failed) but I'm not seeing anything in Odin. Drivers?

also, maybe a usb jig? I dont know if i should rma this thing, if verizon sees that its rooted theyre going to charge me the $500 for the phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You likely typoed the dd command and overwrote the wrong partition. Moving forward, you guys should probably write a batch file to send adb commands to push and then dd the recovery to prevent this from happening again.

Don't worry about your warranty. Your phone is now so bricked it isn't capable of telling on you for rooting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
Thats where I'm thinking I went wrong, with dd.

Thank you sir :laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoulSingin:
Thank you

I found this thread thanks to Vermillion's post in Android Forums. It worked for me.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi there can you help me install the JB system tar on my phone? I already tried flashing with Odin. Everything passed but wont boot successfully. I am currently on the rooted ICS 4.0.4 and my recovery mode screen looks like this

PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I415

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:NO

CURRENT BINARY : Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Kindly teach me what to do to upgrade to the rooted JB . Thanks :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
Do you guys think using the apps to sd feature of rom toolbox would work on this phone? I'd buy it to try out
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
JB system will not work on ICS kernel and bootchain.

Maybe you can choose few ways.

- install I415VRBMA3_all_rooted.zip on CWM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41810600#post41810600

- update to JB by OTA, then re-flash system_rooted.tar(4.1.2) on ODIN.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40905939#post40905939

(I've never tried this method)

Just maybe, Voodoo OTA root keeper will be useful?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Thanks for your reply.

Hi there can you point me out to which version of CMW i should install and how to do that.

Thanks again. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiroimin:
Ok, I am about the buy the phone (but won't if I can't root/install clean ICS without all the bloatware). I am coming from the Sprint S3. All I really care for is to have the phone and just the base android applications. I wish for no additional apps that come from Verizon on it. I have been trying to read through all the pages of this thread, but I do not want to mess it up and brick my phone or having to bring it back to the store. Could someone please post the full instructions on how to go from Store bought phone to having clean ICS? I am sure it says it someone, but it is in pieces. If you somebody could please post it, it would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
As of now, you can't get a clean ICS or JB (as in all holo no touchwiz) install. You can root and remove all the garbage you want with something like titanium backup though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben7337:
I have read this thread all the way through and am having some issues i am hoping someone can help with.

I just got a used stratosphere on 4.0.4 and when i try to update it always says service unavailable. a factory reset didnt help, nor did temporarily killing google framework services.

right now it seems there is a root for 4.1.2 but you need to be on 4.1.2 to use it. i am wondering if anyone has a file i can flash to my phone to get to 4.1.2 from 4.0.4 since verizon isnt giving me the files. also do i flash in the stock recovery or in odin?

thanks for any help anyone can offer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I saw this phone just got an update today. I was wondering if someone could pull the /etc/firmware/wcnss* files from the OTA and send them to me.

Also, I believe the S4 bootloader hack, aka Loki, should work on this phone (or maybe until the latest OTA lol). I can point interested parties in the right direction for attempting to build your own kernel etc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fltbosn:
My wife has this phone, but i haven't updated i did copy the update file to my computer and would love to be directed to the sight so that i can try to patch. I currently have root on this phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
What format is the patch file in? (directed to what site? if you're talking about my comment on building your own kernel, that's a different matter to the patch)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fltbosn:
93MB zip file
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I meant more like what's in the zip lol. Could you provide a link to the file (or pm if you don't want to host it publicly)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fltbosn:
Just pm'd you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
if you want to tell me a way to get it, I'll send it to you. I didn't download the update yet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks, I got a copy from someone. I'm going to raid you for blobs for my Relay lol.

Your device is close enough to the Relay I could probably start from my cyanogenmod port to the for it and could probably whip up something for you if I had guinea pigs. Maybe faster if I had a strat 2 lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] royalflush5:
no problem man, keep us posted
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreekree:
Hi guys, has anyone been able to unlock the bootloader on 4.0.4 and successfully installed the JB? If not kindly suggest ways to install the JB with a locked bootloader, rooted 4.0.4 and no verizon service for OTA.

Thanks in advance. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caniswesley:
Family dscerte

Pardon my ignorance, but if I have functional root on the current 4.1.4 system and I were to update through the automated system on the phone:

1. Would I potentially damage the phone or brick it?

2. If not bricked or damaged, would I lose root?

3. If damage were to occur with the update, is it possible to remove root?

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kado01:
If you like, Could you provide me too?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattshrap:
I recently rooted my phone using vermillions tek with success. Last night I received a software update from Verizon. The phone reboots and attempts to install the update and fails. Any advice on installing the update successfully would be most appreciated. Thanks fellas.

Also, is this new update something I really want or need??

support.verizonwireless.com//system_update/stratosphere2.html