bootloaders! aka fix the rainbow garbage on awesome rom leaks

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ok i see since it has been so long since all the rogers development started people dont really remember about all the rainbow problems and how they were fixed and how the fix needs source code.

we now have bootloaders available in leaks from samsung. they are needed with the stock kernels that come in the leaks to avoid rainbow garbage. i am providing the bootloaders to be flashed in heimdall without having to flash a whole rom.

i would like to make this explicitly clear that if this bricks your phone i am not to blame. there is a significant risk when flashing bootloaders! though the infuse seems to have safety measures i strongly recommend only flashing once. and if your phone becomes a brick you will need to solder things to the phone to fix it via j-tag or adam outlers unbrickable mod. be cautious! dont flash boot.bin without sbl.bin, dont flash sbl.bin without boot.bin, dont mix up the partitions, and if the phone bricks i dont want to know about it unless you want to pay me to fix it!

heimdall package
http://www.multiupload.com/GXUTF4QCJX

odin package (untested)
http://www.multiupload.com.... REMOVED May be failing to flash. very dangerous situation...

bootloaders for heimdall to be added through the "flash" tab (unzip first! ibl/pbl-boot.bin, sbl-sbl.bin)
http://www.multiupload.com/NAIA23JZL1

good luck!

Thanks for posting this. Hopefully it will help out with leak questions that tend to get asked over and over again.

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Yeah. Thanks for posting, Dani.

do you know if there its any difference in bootloaders amongst different gingerbread leaks?

I have been running the first leaked gingerbread's bootloaders since Prezkit gave them to us and have had zero issues. I think it was kk1? I've been taking an "if it ain't broke" stance. its going good!

Originally Posted by MattSoRaven

Yeah. Thanks for posting, Dani.

do you know if there its any difference in bootloaders amongst different gingerbread leaks?

I have been running the first leaked gingerbread's bootloaders since Prezkit gave them to us and have had zero issues. I think it was kk1? I've been taking an "if it ain't broke" stance. its going good!

there is difs. but I couldn't tell you what. I saw posts by Linux bozo who did binary diferencials but I don't see any difference.

I know the bootloaders have a counter for customer kernels. if you flash the parameters.ifs from the ultimate unbrick it resets it. I also know they changed the galaxy s 2 bootloaders so it was harder to reset the counter so don't expect to be able to reset it when the official update comes along. I also have been using the "if it ain't broke " theory and honestly don't remember which I am using. the packages here are uckk3. if people can test if the counter can still be reset by flashing param.ifs let me know. ill post older bootloaders if it can't otherwise I can't think of any reason to pick one over another.

If i am flashing the bootloaders via odin does the .tar file go in the pda slot. thank you for this.
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Originally Posted by bigbadwolf311

If i am flashing the bootloaders via odin does the .tar file go in the pda slot. thank you for this.
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yes. that's how I would do it. the PDA slot seems to be automatic as far as partition sorting. the phone slot is for modems but if a modem is included in a package for the PDA slot it flashes just fine. the bootloaders are in the PDA packages normally so that's how I would do it.

please report results because I don't run windows and did not test that package.

I will report back once i get around to flashing the bootloaders. Thanks again for this.

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Originally Posted by Dani897

there is difs. but I couldn't tell you what. I saw posts by Linux bozo who did binary diferencials but I don't see any difference.

I know the bootloaders have a counter for customer kernels. if you flash the parameters.ifs from the ultimate unbrick it resets it. I also know they changed the galaxy s 2 bootloaders so it was harder to reset the counter so don't expect to be able to reset it when the official update comes along. I also have been using the "if it ain't broke " theory and honestly don't remember which I am using. the packages here are uckk3. if people can test if the counter can still be reset by flashing param.ifs let me know. ill post older bootloaders if it can't otherwise I can't think of any reason to pick one over another.

I've been using the UCKJ2 bootloaders since they came out with no issues.

Originally Posted by Entropy512

I've been using the UCKJ2 bootloaders since they came out with no issues.

Same here.

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Originally Posted by bigbadwolf311

I will report back once i get around to flashing the bootloaders. Thanks again for this.

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Wonder if u can give me directions for the odin method. Should i put it in download mode like im flashing back to stock? Can i Flash this over a custom rom?