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Is there a way to flash S2 to factory state condition? I did flash it last night with XXKG2 and most of apps I installed stay. I want them all gone so I can sell the phone. Thanks in avance
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If the phone is rooted then whatever you do the root will stay.
I have tried Wipe Cache+ Factory Reset+ Wipe dalvik cache+Wipe cache partition in CWM Recovery but root stayed. All other apps will be uninstalled though, other than the CWM and Super user though.
Same goes if you Factory reset normally via *2767*3855#.
So to remove root and all apps including CWM and Super User you need to flash back a fresh firmware, if you wanna sell it you should try flashing a Stock firmware, and also to reset ROM counter just use the USB Jig. All you have is now a brand new device.
Regards.
Thank for the tip but that Jig USB can they be bought online? I saw some video them modding cutting them and jumping with resistors or something.
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If you flash a stock rom and a stock kernel you will lose root.
But in order to wipe the "flash counter" then you will need a jig.
However depending on why you are returning it you might be able to leave a rooted kernel on it as no one is likely to notice.
JIG can be bought online. search eBay you will find lots of it
So there is only one kind right that will work with GS2? THANKS
AlsoI am not worried about loosing root just wanna do fresh flash into the phone to delete apps thats bloating the storage.
Thanks again for quick replies guys
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Just curious what is the purpose of resetting rom counter?
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Custom roms or root invalidate Samsung warranty . On SGS 2 Samsung added a custom rom counter .
jje
Not trying to hijack the op's thread but is there a way to make a homemade usb jig out of say a usb stick with an adapter? Cuz I can't exactly buy anything online at the moment....
Cool thanks I just order one from fleabay for 3 bucks might come handy in the future.
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hank00k said:
Not trying to hijack the op's thread but is there a way to make a homemade usb jig out of say a usb stick with an adapter? Cuz I can't exactly buy anything online at the moment....
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Yes search its on XDA on SGS1 forum SGS2 forum and on Goggle
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MOD Edit: I have removed this as it is potentially dangerous. Wiping on any current stock ICS kernel could potentially damage your device, just because you successfully completed the operation once, does not mean its safe. Please read the warnings properly, if you would of done this first time you would know what i have just explained.
This is totally irresponsible and stupid advice that you are givig(PLEASE IGNORE IT).You do not know yet if your device is damaged tho i am sure you will regret your decision at a later date.to go against the advice given by knowledgable devs is inept at the least
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Even you wipe cache and data with stock kernel, it doesn't happens everytime.
it occurs once in while, and no meaning for this kind of clue.
One more thing, if you wipe something you won't get error same time, this will reflect next time when you flash ROM, it stuck at certain point if last wipe caused damage to device.
I flashed crisko rom now and was succesful..so no errors..n to prove me i did the same on my frnds note n it workes evrytime....
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Just hopping this will be deleted soon. Even if you did 100 successful wipes that says nothing. If thousands of people flashing this way even one brick per thousand flashes would be a huge mess.
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Better To Stay Safe rather than taking chances.. Post here when ur device will be bricked.. C how it feels..
shivil.sahni said:
I flashed crisko rom now and was succesful..so no errors..n to prove me i did the same on my frnds note n it workes evrytime....
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Really wish there was a "No thanks" button for ridiculous posts like this.
If you had even bothered to research this issue, you'd find that there are plenty of people who successfully wiped dozens of times on stock ICS kernels, yet still got bricked by their last wipe.
It might not happen the first time, it might not happen after 100 wipes, but that doesn't mean it won't happen, so the safest course of action is to use Abyss.
hit thanks if u find it intersting n useful
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About as useful as a chocolate teapot!
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Dave
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Im nt saybg dat u shud try dis u all shud be on safe side...i did dis test fr people who bychance flashed kingdroid or ny aroma rom on unsafe kernel n want to go back bt thinkinh dat it will brick shud nt panic and go ahead if not confident...i didnt hope i would get dese responses for a risk i did on my note fr others
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No need to go to abyss jst directly wipe frm aroma....hit thanks if u find it intersting n useful"
Taken from your first post. You are indeed advising an unsafe method. ..anyone new could quite easily brick their device after reading your post
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Thats the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. NO ICS kernel is 100% safe from the eMMC brick bug.
If you want to be safe, then only full wipe by using Abyss 4.2.
Maybe you already caused some bad blocks in your partition, and you just don't know it.
Also, your grammar is horrible to look at, it hurts my eyes
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......Maybe you already caused some bad blocks in your partition, and you just don't know it.....
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Indeed, I believe that's what happened to mine. After what has been written so much about on these forums, its just simply incredible we see an OP like we now have here.
Total BS. How on earth did the OP flash a ROM from stock recovery?
I would say stop dicking around and don't risk others' phones.
If you want to get thanked post something that makes sense.
There have been superbrick incidents on the latests Firmware as well.
Boy124 said:
Total BS. How on earth did the OP flash a ROM from stock recovery?
I would say stop dicking around and don't risk others' phones.
If you want to get thanked post something that makes sense.
There have been superbrick incidents on the latests Firmware as well.
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He had CWM on it, but still on a stock kernel. He was dumb, and used an unsafe kernel to flash a ROM
shivil.sahni said:
I flashed crisko rom now and was succesful..so no errors..n to prove me i did the same on my frnds note n it workes evrytime....
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It seems you have not read any of the sricky notes & warnings pasted throughout the forum. Pls. do not misguide. You even risked your friends device. Pls. understand the seriousness of the situation & also convey the same to your friend.
? Has anyone actually figured out the 3rd factor in this emmc brick bug yet? Like to make it brick every single time? Like. Factor one is having faulty chip, factor 2 is wiping on unsafe kernel, and factor 3 the thing that makes it brick everytime cause there must be something else involved otherwise everyone that wiped would get bricked?
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I have removed this as it is potentially dangerous. Wiping on any current stock ICS kernel could potentially damage your device, just because you successfully completed the operation once, does not mean its safe. Please read the warnings properly, if you would of done this the first time you would know what i have just explained.
Hi all,
sorry if this has been asked before - I've had a look but found nothing definitive.
Last week I upgraded from stock froyo to Quarx's CM10, which although looking good, makes my phone too hot and the battery is not impressed. Having recently had my phone out of action due to a battery issue while using CM9, I'm now concerned enough to have made the decision to move backwards.
So, not wanting to go back to Froyo, I'd like to go back to a CM7 variant. As far as I know, I'm still on a Froyo kernel - so can I just flash a CM7 ROM (with a wipe etc), or do I need to go back to bootloader stage to restore the original SBF?
Thanks for your help.
wipe data + cache is enough
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Really? I'd have thought a full wipe at least - will give it a go. Thanks.
simon211175 said:
Hi all,
sorry if this has been asked before - I've had a look but found nothing definitive.
Last week I upgraded from stock froyo to Quarx's CM10, which although looking good, makes my phone too hot and the battery is not impressed. Having recently had my phone out of action due to a battery issue while using CM9, I'm now concerned enough to have made the decision to move backwards.
So, not wanting to go back to Froyo, I'd like to go back to a CM7 variant. As far as I know, I'm still on a Froyo kernel - so can I just flash a CM7 ROM (with a wipe etc), or do I need to go back to bootloader stage to restore the original SBF?
Thanks for your help.
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yap just wipe data/ factory reset and wipe cache partition and flash zip !
Hit thanks button if i helped you :good:
Just to let you know I downgraded today to Motorola Ice Gun rom and everything has gone smooth.
Full wipe + cache + dalvik cache will be fine.
It's actually a very fast and stable rom if you were considering trying it
Its actually a full wipe, effectively
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Does wireless internet sharing work? Thinking about reverting CM10>CM9 back to CM7, as 7 was the last one I could share internet.
And no, apps from the market dont work either.
Hello xda community,
Recently, i've updated my GS4 to the android 4.3(Unknown baseband, MJ5) and i have two questions. Is it necessary to perform a factory reset? I've read many times that a factory reset should be done, but honestly i just dont see the point, my GS4 seems to work great.
Secondly, is there a way to see my knox warranty status?
Thanks you for your time
It is highly recommended to wipe it.. But when u flash the official 4.3, it's gonna get resetted anyway by default hehe
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saywhatt said:
It is highly recommended to wipe it.. But when u flash the official 4.3, it's gonna get resetted anyway by default hehe
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Yeap, after a time i found some bugs lol, i had to wipe it but my game data are gone.. Do you know a way to save my game data for the next time?
Gab! said:
Yeap, after a time i found some bugs lol, i had to wipe it but my game data are gone.. Do you know a way to save my game data for the next time?
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It's recommended to do a wipe after installing a ROM, especially when the platform is changing from 4.2 to 4.3, but you can master wipe before flashing the ROM too.
saywhatt said:
It is highly recommended to wipe it.. But when u flash the official 4.3, it's gonna get resetted anyway by default hehe
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That is simply NOT TRUE.
I upgraded mine from 4.2.2 to 4.3, didn't do a full wipe or factory reset and it works flawlessly. Never had to uninstall anything.
It DOES NOT get reset in any way.
Why do people come here and state absurd lies like that?
Simonetti2011 said:
That is simply NOT TRUE.
I upgraded mine from 4.2.2 to 4.3, didn't do a full wipe or factory reset and it works flawlessly. Never had to uninstall anything.
It DOES NOT get reset in any way.
Why do people come here and state absurd lies like that?
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Don't know, people here likes to be on the safer side I guess. I personally am against all these wiping stuffs anyway, just don't have the time, but for my peace of mind I always wipe when there's an upgrade, of course I restore my backup later. Well I know some crazy people too who uses the phone only for flashing stuffs and a backup is meaningless to them Lord :laugh:
Hi everyone, I am having an issue whenever I install a touchwork rom that it will inevitably randomly reboot, or crash then reboot at least once a day. I am not going to mention any specific roms here because it has happened consistently with several of the most popular touchwork roms on this forum. I also considered the possibilty of a rogue app causing these problems, however yesterdayI installed one of my favorite roms and did not install a single third party application, to rule out that possibility. Today it just rebooted again this morning out of nowhere.
Caveat is that when I tried a 4 day trial on a AOSP rom, i had no such issues, even though i TB'ed my apps and restored everything.
Now I know an easy solution is to just stay on a non TW rom, but I happen to like several TW features and can't seem to figure out whats going on here.
Any ideas?
I'm assuming you have an i337m. I'd Odin the stock firmware and see if you have the reboot issues on it. If you don't it's most likely the rom that is causing the issue our the way you're flashing them
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jd1639 said:
I'm assuming you have an i337m. I'd Odin the stock firmware and see if you have the reboot issues on it. If you don't it's most likely the rom that is causing the issue our the way you're flashing them
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US version
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US version
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So you're on mdl firmware? Are you doing full wipes, system, data, cache and dalvik, when you're installing the roms?
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jd1639 said:
So you're on mdl firmware? Are you doing full wipes, system, data, cache and dalvik, when you're installing the roms?
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every single time. Again, this is only happening with TW roms. I've also tried stock and KT kernel with same roms.