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THIS IS ONLY FOR THE STRAIGHT TALK S2 MODEL# SGH-S959G...... NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER PHONE.
THE BEST WAY TO ROOT / OR FLASH A CUSTOM ROM
- CWM RECOVERY v6.0.2.7 (ODIN flash) Thanks to r00t4rd3d-
http://d-h.st/Id6
- Root Zip- flash zip through CWM thanks to cynnar-
http://db.tt/U6KFahMr -You will need to install busybox from the market.
- CyanogenMod is already rooted when you flash it.
- ROMs flash CyanogenMod 10.1 from link below (this is flashed in CWM) From CyanogenMod 10.1 all i777 custom ROMs are compatible.
- ODIN INSTRUCTIONS -
-Put your phone in Download Mode --Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted
-Open Odin folder, Click Odin3 v1.85.exe, With your phone connected the box under ID:COM should be yellow (if it's not you missed a step earlier), Click PDA, Select the file you downloaded earlier, DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE AUTO REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME ARE THE ----ONLY----- THINGS CHECKED----- AND RE-PARTITION AND FLASH LOCK ARE ----NOT---- CHECKED....., Press Start (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots it may take a few minutes to load back up leave it alone until it has fully started up and at the home screen). You should get a green PASS message in the top box.
- CWM ZIP FLASHING -
- Save Zip file to be flashed to the Root (not in a folder) of your External SD card
- BOOT INTO RECOVERY
- Phone off
- Hold volume up, volume down and power button. (You can release just the power button at the samsung screen but dont have to).
- Select -install zip from sdcard, -choose zip from sdcard, -select the zip file you put there earlier, -it will ask you to confirm, select -yes -install
- If you are installing a custom ROM Do this FIRST before installing Zip, -wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, select -advanced, -wipe dalvik cache
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FACTORY FIRMWARE (IN CASE OF SOFT-BRICK) ---CREDIT--- eclipsedarkmoon
This will only work with Heimdall-
https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/downloads
-Download Heimdall 1.31
-Download Factory Firmware -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0lrd91jfo3o4w/sgh-s959g-stock.tar.gz
-Open Heimdall, click Drivers, zadig.exe
-Put phone in Download Mode--Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted
-zadig.exe menu, List all devices, Choose Samsung USB composite device (or similar) from list, Press Install Drivers (if you receive a message about being unable to verify the publisher of the driver click "Install this driver software anyway". Your computer may also need to restart for this).
-Now open heimdall-frontend.exe, on the Load Package (main page) select Browse from Heimdall firmware package, Select the Factory Firmware you downloaded earlier (it will take a minute while Heimdall extracts it), Once extracted press Load / Customise in the bottom right corner (this takes you to the Flash page),--- Select FACTORYFS in the box on the right labeled Partitions(Files), DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE REPARTITION AND NO REBOOT ARE---- NOT----- CHECKED.... Press Start in the bottom right corner. (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots it may take a few minutes to load back up leave it alone until it has fully started up and at the home screen).
-Hopefully it has been brought back from the Dead.
-Odin flashable Factory Firmware -thanks to root4rd3d-
https://anonfiles.com/file/cc19e01ee61aac854510b83271115fbc
-Put your phone in Download Mode --Power off, Hold volume down button, Plug in USB connected to computer, Hit volume up when prompted
-Open Odin folder, Click Odin3 v1.85.exe, With your phone connected the box under ID:COM should be yellow (if it's not you missed a step earlier), Click PDA, Select the file you downloaded earlier, DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE- MAKE SURE AUTO REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME ARE THE ----ONLY----- THINGS CHECKED----- AND RE-PARTITION AND FLASH LOCK ARE ----NOT---- CHECKED....., Press Start (It will take a few minutes to load everything do not touch your computer or the phone during any of this, after the phone re-boots it may take a few minutes to load back up leave it alone until it has fully started up and at the home screen). You should get a green PASS message in the top box.
- STOCK ROM CWM FLASH -thanks to mr-cook
(this is will not change your recovery or modem)
- Download-
http://db.tt/yKr7i2lc
- Place on the root of your Ext.SD
- Boot into CWM recovery (if you can't do this start at the top of the page!)
- Factory reset * Wipe cache * Wipe dalvik cache
- Install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard, select zip you downloaded earlier, confirm install
- Reboot
- IF YOU GET BOOT-LOOP
- Boot into recovery
- Phone off
- Hold volume up, volume down and power button. (You can release just the power button at the samsung screen but dont have to).
- Factory reset, wipe cache
- Reboot
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ROOT
- Root zip flash through CWM thanks to cynnar-
http://db.tt/U6KFahMr
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SGH-S959G - CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly - Jelly Bean 4.2.1
- Easily get your stock S959G running CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightly with the latest ClockworkMod Recovery thanks to Entropy and r00t4rd3d -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36178521
- CWM v6.0.2.7 (Odin flash) Thanks to r00t4rd3d-
http://d-h.st/Id6
- CyanogenMod i777 nightly-
http://www.get.cm/?device=i777
- JellyBean GAPPS-
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip
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MODEMS
(Install with CWM)
- Stock- S959GUDLG1 thanks to mr-cook-
View attachment 1616378
- AOSP-ATT-i777UCLK3-
View attachment 1616384
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REMOVING THE YELLOW TRIANGLE GINGERBREAD ONLY! (Root Required)
-Extract the stock zImage from the factory firmware at the top of this page (I used 7zip, and needed to extract it twice to get it apart).
-Put the stock zImage on the root (not in a folder) of your internal SD card. You can do this through the usb, adb push (adb push- Copy and paste the zImage into your folder with adb, connect your phone with usb, then command- #adb push zImage /sdcard/zImage), whatever method you like.
-Now using adb shell, or terminal emulator found in the market (if you don't' have adb ask GOOGLE) issue the command (capitilazation and spacing matter):
# adb shell
# su
$ dd if=/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
This must be done as #, if you have a $ enter command: su
You must already be rooted for this to work. To switch to a different kernel afterwards you can use the same method, or CWM without getting the yellow triangle again or increasing the flash counter. As long as you flash internally, if you use Odin or Heimdall to flash anything thats not stock it will come back.
REMOVING YELLOW TRIANGLE ICS AND ABOVE!
-If running ICS or above you can use triangle away found here-
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22462960
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CWM
Flashing other versions of CWM with adb (Root Required)
- Extract the zImage (boot.img) from the ROM of your choice (I use 7zip to extract it).
- Put the zImage (boot.img) on the root (not in a folder) of your internal SD card. You can do this through the usb, adb push (adb push- Copy and paste the zImage into your folder with adb, connect your phone with usb, then command- #adb push zImage /sdcard/zImage), whatever method you like.
- Now using adb shell (if you don't' have adb ask GOOGLE) issue the command (capitilazation and spacing matter):
# adb shell
# su
$ dd if=/sdcard/zImage of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6
or if it's a boot.img
$ dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6
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ADB (android debug bridge)
http://dottech.org/21534/how-to-ins...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
APN
Name- Straight Talk
APN- wap.tracfone
Proxy- Not set
Port- Not set
User name- Not set
Password- Not set
Server- Not set
MMSC-
http://mmsc.cingular.com/
MMS proxy- mms2.tracfone.com
MMS port- 80
MCC- 310
MNC- 410
Authentication type- Not set
APN type- default,supl,mms
More to come.......
