ICS reverted to Gingerbread after rooting - how to upgrade back to ICS?
I am really, really lost here. I rooted my phone for the first time today and do not really know what I'm doing.
This morning I followed
this thread's guide for rooting my Blaze. It said 'successful' in Odin but stuck on the loading screen on my phone after repeated reboots.
I followed a guide to
revert back to non-rooted using Odin, and this worked, was able to boot again.
Then I tried the method in this thread using Odin, and it worked fine on the first try. Rooted successfully.
I was working on getting my apps set up again and found that Nova Launcher no longer works because I've been set back to Gingerbread, and can't update OTA on the phone. I tried going back to the unrooted version again, that worked fine. Then I opened KIES and see that no, I cannot upgrade from Gingerbread there either, says I'm on the latest firmware.
So I have no idea what I should do now. Do I need to flash a custom ROM? If so which one? I see a few for ICS - I actually tried this thread:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918608
Two of the download links there didn't work and the third put malware on my computer, and then didn't work.
What should I do? Can I replace the Gingerbread ROM with a Jellybean one, or do I have to upgrade in steps? Suggestions for a good ROM to install? With really simple instructions?
PLEASE help. I am stuck, I don't know what to do next.