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[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Ruben55:
Yes, this is possible. Moved your backup to your pc, date got changed and md5 sum wasn't correct anymore?

You'll have to consider if you want it though. If your files get corrupted, there is no checksum and you'll flash corrupted files (bad...).

Furthermore, the flashable zip will be the size of your nandroid backup, 500 mb or something like that.

But yes, it can be done:

Navigate to your Backup on your pc

extract data.ext4.tar, system.ext4.tar, cache.ext4.tar, sd-ext.(something).tar and .android_secure.vfat.tar to corresponding folders (I recommend using 7-zip for this).

Put these folders together with boot.img in a seperate folder

Now if you know how to write an updater script, write one that formats all your partitions and extracts these folders to their corresponding partitions.

If not, you might want to take a look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=936175

Or you can use the script that I just wrote for you ;)

If you choose to use my script, the filesystems from your nandroid backup have to be ext4. The script formats you partitions as ext4!

If your backup contains rfs format (data.rfs.tar), the backup is from your stock rom. That will make things more complicated. Pm me if that is the case and you want help with that.

Now to use my script, do the following:

Extract the zip file from the attachment

Put the content from the folders from your backup in the foldes from my zip file, together with boot.img from the backup.

Put all the folders (including META-INF) and boot.img in a zip file. (Using 7-zip will give you better compression then default windows)

Sign the zip file (I reccomend the android app zipsigner, or google for auto-sign)

Put the zip file on your sdcard and go in recovery.

Make a backup just in case.

Edit: Do not wipe system before flashing! The script requires busybox. The script will do the wipe. You can wipe data, cache etc. before flashing if you want.

Flash the zip file.

If everything went well, your backup should be restored.

Please note the following:

The filesystem from your backup should be ext4.

You should format your sd-ext to the right format yourself.

Flashing this script without putting your files in will either give an error (because not signed), or wipe your entire phone.

Ofcourse, use my script at your own risk.

I hope this helped. Good practise for me atleast with writing updater-scripts :P
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DevWithCookies:
Thx for the help !

It's a stock backup i'm trieing to do this from.

I'm only doing this to try understand how android works a bit more.

So you say something bad happens when files get corrupted, bad like in hard-brick?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Ruben55:
No, not like hardbrick. Chances of files getting corrupted are very slim, and in the worst case your ROM won't boot. (I even doubt that will ever happend.) Just said it because you cannot check checksum with flashable zip, and restoring nandroid normally would.

But since this is stock ROM, my script won't work. The filesystem of your partitions is now (probably) ext4. Samsung stock ROM uses RFS format. And it is not possible to format partitions as RFS in recovery. You'll need to flash a stock ROM with odin first.

Then you can wipe the partitions and restore your backup files. (Not with the script from my previous post).

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DevWithCookies:
I formatted it to ext-4 with a zip from recovery, aren't there any rfs formatters? I havr rfs+ext cwm.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Ruben55:
No, unfortunately not. Ext4 is a widely used linux filesystem, and you can format your partitions easily as ext4 with a zip in recovery.

Since RFS is a samsung specific file system, going back is not that easy.

The only thing thing that can format your phone's partitions back to RFS, is Odin (as far as I know).

You'll have to flash a stock ROM with Odin, then your partitions will be RFS again. (You might have to flash it 2 times if the first time doesn't work properly).

After that, you can flash cwm again (rfs+ext version), and restore your backup.

Stock ROM's can be found on http://www.sammobile.com.

I hope you took a note of your PDA and CSC?

(Otherwise you'll have to download one based on your country, and I think then remove the csc.rfs file, but I'm not sure about that.)

Instructions about flashing with odin can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16979859&postcount=549

You need the instructions for single package .tar

Links there are dead though, so here you can find links to odin, and GIO_v1.0.ops (you need both), and ROM downloads can be found here too:

http://droidangel.blogspot.nl/2011/05/samsung-galaxy-gio-s5660-original-stock.html

You need to have samsung KIES installed, but not running. (Or at least have drivers installed).

When you successfully flashed back a stock ROM, you can reflash cwm and restore your backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DevWithCookies:
What are Pda and csc?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Ruben55:
CSC is your baseband I believe and PDA is which stock ROM there was on your phone.

When you buyed your phone, there was a stock ROM on it specifically for your country/carrier.

When on stock ROM, you can check all the codes you need by dailling *#1234#. On custom ROM that's not possible.

Check in about phone, under baseband version. This should still be the same as on stock (in my case it is atleast).

The code found here is the same as the code after Phone on this site I sent you in my previous post:

http://droidangel.blogspot.nl/2011/05/samsung-galaxy-gio-s5660-original-stock.html

But this will still leave you with more than 1 option.

There should be no problem flashing a ROM from another country, as long as your device is carrier unlocked (carrier restriction free),

and your phone is S5660 (not S5660M, S5660L or V).

I'd suggest taking note of your baseband version under about phone, and search for a ROM from your country with that code after "Phone:" .

(On sammobile.com or the other site).

As far as I know, your PDA doesn't really matter, CSC does.

When your phone is S5660M etc. , or carrier locked or something like that, I think you have to unpack the tar and remove csc.rfs, but I'm not sure about that.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DevWithCookies:
I was very nervous about flashing my phone so i did EVERYTHING i could do to backup data.

I have 2 nandroid backups and I copied all info from about phone to my pc + all the info third party apps could give me.

So i still have my Pda and csc.

The only thing i dont have is a /efs backup. I think im good.

Im kinda nervous about working with odin too...

Will it reflash recovery too?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] ironman38102:
Flashing stock rom with odin will replace ur custom recovery to stock recovery and also remove root!
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
you can remove recovery.img inside it.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] DevWithCookies:
So back to the original question,

something you flash from recovery basically contains a boot image, a cache thing, a sd-ext thing and a data thing?

That's all there is to it?

That's pretty easy then.

But why does it affect data cache and sd-ext?

Is that only to format it to ext-4? Because it gets wiped right?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FunkyELF:
Hello,

My wife has a Nexus 4.

I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP, rooted it, and installed busybox.

Yesterday she handed me her phone and it was sitting in TWRP.

She said she got a message saying there was an update and she clicked okay.

I asked her if she saw anything going on but she wasn't paying attention so I didn't know if the update was applied or not.

So... I just rebooted the system from within TWRP.

Looking at her "about phone" it still shows that she is on 4.2.1 and when I check for updates it says she is up to date.

Questions:

What to do now?

Why wasn't the update applied? ... in the past on my Nexus 7 I have done OTA updates with rootkeeper installed and TWRP applied them automatically.

Was the update file deleted from her phone or can I find it somewhere in TWRP and apply it?

Is it like a normal .zip that you install or is it another process?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexroborock:
I'm in the same situation, unsure what to do.

I don't want to have to to do a factory reset for a minor update.

EDIT: Also installing the OTA.ZIP in TWRP fails :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexroborock:
Got there in the end:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2145848

Once I did that i was able to flash the OTA.ZIP, no loss of data. I used wugfreshes tool for the flashing btw.

I lost root and my APN settings
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FunkyELF:
There must be a better way to do this.

That is a huge security risk flashing someone else's untrusted image onto your phone.

What about adb sideload?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3rdstring:
You can download the image directly from Google
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nexus666:
You need stock recovery for the ota update to work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverramsrt:
Got my N4 yesterday. Rooted stock 4.2.1, installed latest version of TWRP, setup google account. Got the update to 4.2.2 message and clicked ok.

My TWRP recovery installed the update automatically without any problems.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rizy7:
Did you lose root?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverramsrt:
Yes. The update replaced the recovery_from_boot.p or whatever file and the insecure boot image I had. I just reflashed TWRP, did a factory reset and installed CM anyway.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nirmalspeed:
I was thinking about picking up a nexus 7 and putting the ubuntu dual boot on it but i heard there was a new version of the tablet coming out. I wanted to put ubuntu on it so should i wait or do you think there will be no ubuntu on that one?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynrozturk:
No one knows for sure.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
Get it now. There's always going to be something that is just around the corner..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instanton:
Dual booting isn't pretty stable at the moment. Ubuntu 13.04 is work in progress, the nightly builds works this day but breaks the other day. It simply boots into black screen lately. I myself is awaiting for a stable working ubuntu image to come out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calinoii:
Hey,right now I have the latest Wanamlite rom (v5.8) and the latest Syah kernel.I think the Galaxy S3 is an exceptional phone with stock rom/kernel but it shoul be even better with custom roms and kernels wich have tweaks to improve the bad things found on stock.Right now I fell that the phone is not so good how it should be. It is so smooth but it have lags when launching apps or even Contacts,Messages or DialPad.Also, some games that were working fine on older phones are lagging and stuttering on the S3.What's the cause and how I can fix this ?

A good combo of rom/kernel for performance ? Please don't tell me that I should test and see which one suites me best. I want some opinions. Im going for performance>appearence.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Please test them out for yourself ;)

This will be viewed as a best Rom thread, and because everyone's usage is different the only way of finding out what suits you is to try them out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard.ryan24:
hi.. since i rooted my SGN2 and updated to 4.1.2

i noticed my battery is draining MUCH FASTER than it did PRE-ROOTING

it can last as mch as 2 1/2 days with moderateuse then, but now, its down to 50% ith just 14 hours moderate use...

is rhere a fix for this?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Root does not cause battery drain .

Wipe phone root again or remove root and flash stock rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2148708

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[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] rehanajmalsarmad:
Kindle fire 2 means the 2nd gen kindle fire with 1gb ram and 1.2 ghz processor,,right?...its the one thats non HD??
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] mindmajick:
Yes
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] tanerhc:
Hi

My messaging app always showing 1 unread sms notification. Even if there is 3 unread or there is no unread sms it shows 1.

I tried deleting all messages. Not worked.

Removed the app from system app folder by root explorer and re put to folder. Not worked.

Tried to remove by titanium back up, it force closes every time.

Does anybody knows a solution for that.

Please help.

Thanks
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
Hey are the collection of ORIGINAL wallpapers

Don't flash the zip... Install it manually!!!

Sense 4.0

Touchwiz

Timescape

Beat's Sense 4

Sense 3.0

Jelly Bean

Andro

Cyanogen

ICS CM

Download all Here
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
Reserved for future updates
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
Please Suggest some wallpapers

From PM ONLY Don't post any PICTURES
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Apex-Predator:
Random wallpapers

U could have posted this in my thread or some other wallpapers thread!!!

But still appreciate ur work

sent from Apex Rom by Apex-Predator
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] russelldias:
Oh i did not know u had a Thread! nevermind :) thank's :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withnailuk:
Hi, Sorry if a bit of a noob question but is it safe to remove stock apps after rooting phone? Stuff like currents etc.etc. Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilsonlam97:
Depends on what app. Currents should be fine. Most of the Google apps should be removable with no repercussions.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] withnailuk:
I was thinking,currents google+,messenger+ Thanks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agnes.m:
The three you mentioned should be safe for removing;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grubbster:
Get Titanium and just freeze them. They don't take up that much space. That may prevent problems down the road when the next update comes along.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zoccat:
don't need Titanium to freeze them. can easily disable apps from app drawer - manage apps. also safe to disable are Chinese, Japanese and Korean keyboards and all those live wallpapers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlee064:
Hi all:

I've been looking for a while for a secret code / menu which you type a number into dialer,

I've tried several of available ones of galaxy note I, but they don't seem to work, only few..

Can anyone please tell me how to get into the debugging mode ???? (I'm not talking about option- usb debugging)

Many thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vndnguyen:
if your device has been ROOTED, you can launch all secret codes. Install Shortcut Master app, go to menu 'Secret Code Explorer' and tap to launch it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pancho8188:
I cant get wifi tether working on the newest ma6 update ,, does anyone else have it working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
More info is needed. What kernel. And are you trying to use the sprint hotspot or third party app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
And are you using the WiFi Tether for Root (which also did not work on LJ7 or are you using the version that was modified to work by TrevE?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pancho8188:
yes im using Treve wifi on my rooted stock rom,,,,,it turns on and i can see that it should work but i cant see the ssid on my computer to connect to it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
This was posted about a couple days ago. I believe the fix was to turn off encryption
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boss-619:
I am new to samsung, i want to buy samsung galaxy 3 but when i check the specification, i saw that it has 720 x 1280 pixels,

how can i play videos thats 320*240 pixels, or 640*360 pixels, it seems loosy!!!

how can i play videos without loosing the pixels???, give me solution?

and why samsung creates high resolution mobiles like that!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spunker88:
Videos of lower resolutions will be scaled to fit the display in most android video players.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boss-619:
What?? it will be loosy picture there, why don't samsung creates devices with small screen resolution with high specification????

and why samsung creates big screen devices like samsung s3 and note2?? please explain?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
A.I.O Rescue & Recover : LINK

Android Solutions : LINK

Samsung Updates : HERE

Latest Official I9000 and I9000M Firmwares collection : LINK

Modems : LINK

Perka's File Stash : LINK

Z4ROOT APP : HERE

3 BUTTON COMBO FIX : HERE

SECRET CODES : HERE *Use at your own Risk!*

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Procedure To Update Samsung Galaxy S With Cyanogenmod 10

Device must be running latest Gingerbread 2.3.6 with ROOT to begin .....

Remove KIES completely from Phone and reboot Computer then Install latest Samsung USB Drivers then Reboot Computer...

Ensure that your phone battery is at least 85 percent charged

Cyanogenmod 10 Download

Download Google Apps (Optional)

Connect your device to PC by using the cable.

Enable mass storage mode on it.

Now transfer / copy all the 2 files to your device’s internal SD card.

Ensure that you are not keeping it in deep directory.

Now disconnect the phone from computer.

You then need to enter into recovery mode.

To do so, switch off the device completely, press & hold Volume Up button + Home Button + Power key until recovery mode appears.

After entering into recovery mode, select “install zip from sdcard” & then “choose zip from sdcard“.

Navigate to the ROM file (which you’ve transferred earlier)

Select it & press on ‘Yes‘ to continue. ROM installation process will start.

Wait for the ROM to get installed.

After ROM gets successfully installed, your phone will land in the recovery mode again.

Now select wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache partition to wipe all the data & caches from the phone memory.

The same procedure you have to do for installation Google Apps. (Just don’t do the above step i.e, don’t wipe the data after installations of Gapps).

After installaing both things, now press back button to land in recovery mode.

Select reboot system now from the Recovery mode to Restart the phone.

Usually first boot of the phone takes some time after flashing of new ROM so be patient....

Done!

Issues if you have any :

LOW STORAGE NOTIFICATION : HERE or See this LINK

If the above doesnt help TRY THIS APP

NO MOBILE DATA :

Toggle Flight mode ON/OFF

IMEI Issue :

Flash a stock version of Android for your device: GB 2.3.6 (JVU, or other) that will restore your IMEI

Then you can backup the /EFS folder.

NO 3G AVAILABLE :

The CSC you used is most likely not intended for your area.

This means that the broadband provider settings are not included and

need to be configured manually.

Go to : Settings->Wireless and Networks->Mobile Networks->Access Point Names, press the settings-button and select "New APN"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Galaxy S i9000 / 9001 Disassembly & Assembly

Will add more links when I can ... :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snowhiter:
Fantastic...

After struggling like an armless lumberjack for what seems like a millenium - I can now relax

Major thanx are flying your way for this epic tutorial

:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Your most welcome! :o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Will add more when i get the time...:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Added more useful Links.. should be everything you need :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kettlebär:
HI,

thank you for this huge How to!

I have big trouble to update my Device.

It is not possible to get in the download mode. I tried SDFormatter, it crashes every time i connect SI, Samsungs Ex. HDD Formater runs but no effects on the Phone. Odin cant flash anything (maybe of course of download modus).

What do you recommend?

Sys:

WIN XP Pro SP3, Samsung Driver, Kies

Samsung SI, Android 2.3, Vodafone (Germany) Branding, No Simlock, SIM insert (E-Puls, Provider), No Ex SD Card, original Samsung USB-Cable
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
What are you trying to update to?

Using the Format tool try with USB Debugging ON

>

Uninstall Kies and reboot machine

Use my HOW TO Files ...

Install Samsung USB Drivers to install then reboot computer again..

Open ODIN and Check Re-Partition and put in PIT File

Make sure all 3 are ticked...

Also put in PDA / Modem / CSC press start when phone is connected via Download MODE

Press start....

Then just follow the rest to Root it...

Let me know if this helps

If you are wanting to go to CM 10 or JB Kies is no use anyway...no one uses KIES anymore :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kettlebär:
Thanks a lot. I pressed volume +... That was my fault.

Now runs CM 10.1 Nighlty with Helly Bean!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grA$:
Tnak you

Finished moving GT-i9000 to CM-10 after using your steps.

Thank you.

Just have to solve camera app problem now
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Glad it helped :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
** Updated :victory:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
New links added ... should cover everything! :)

This should be more than enough for anyone with problems with there S i9000 Phones
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbellonate:
Re: [HOW TO GUIDE] ★ Flashing Rom with JVU before Custom ROM + EXTRAS ★

Thanks for the amazingly helpful thread. I had spent amazing amounts of time looking for a JVU bootloader an could not find it. Now i don't need to as your GB odin files fulfilled all my needs.

Now to test out whether your section on drivers will solve my issues of connecting post GB ROMd phone to my computer.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Your welcome, if you dont need Kies in your computer get rid of it ....

Reboot computer afterwards then Install the Samsung USB Drivers and reboot PC again to take affect....

If Phone doesnt recognise follow the Tutorial on the link if USB not Recognised :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Random thought .......Life is so good!

High WAF Wireless Inductive Charging Mod Step by Step Guide
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazoshi:
Ok i am a little confused with your guide so decided to ask a few questions

i have read your guide down to after odin and this is where i got stuck

i downloaded odin and the odin.tar file on the page what confused me was this - Open ODIN and select

512 .PIT

, and put in your files for :

CSC, PDA, MODEM

i could not find the underlined files for these. also this confused me too

Check Re-Partition option and then Cleck PIT button to select: s1_odin_20100xxx.pit file. (make sure its on or off?)

Click PDA button and select : CODE_I9000XXJVU_CL851880_REV03_user_low_ship.tar (i only have the odin tar in post)

Click PHONE button and select: MODEM_I9000XXJVU_REV_00_CL1092175.tar (there wasnt anything there when i clicked it)

Click CSC button and select: GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVU.tar (there wasnt anything there when i clicked it)

any help would be nice before i continue
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Re-Partition > ON

If you downloaded the ODIN Files all these are included in the files PDA / MODEM / CSC

HERE

What Rom are you coming from etc...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazoshi:
im useing what was on the phone and my phone is upto date so not sure
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
Goto about phone in Settings and tell me what it says....

Do you have Recovery?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazoshi:
Thanks for all your help dude installed and it went smoothly once i new what i was talking about lol great post