[Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCKH7/KK6 Return/Unbrick to Stock (or Root)

[chestvrg]

Any idea if once I install the at&t radio on my int'l GSII I would be able to access social email hub (push notification)?

 

[Entropy512]

Any idea if once I install the at&t radio on my int'l GSII I would be able to access social email hub (push notification)?

AT&T radio in International GSII will probably result in nonfunctional calling or data.

 

[chestvrg]

AT&T radio in International GSII will probably result in nonfunctional calling or data.

OMG thanks for the headsUP, I better not tamper with my int'l GSII baby.

 

[eep2378]

entropy check your pm

 

[thundertroy]

Sorry, I'm a little confused.
If I want to root my SII from AT&T, I put the pda.tar in pda section, and I put the .pit in the PIT section, what do I do with the MODEM.tar? Does that go in the PHONE area?

 

[Entropy512]

Sorry, I'm a little confused.
If I want to root my SII from AT&T, I put the pda.tar in pda section, and I put the .pit in the PIT section, what do I do with the MODEM.tar? Does that go in the PHONE area?

What .pit? I didn't include one, and there's a reason - don't flash PITs unless you absolutely have to.

Right now the only reason you'd ever have to flash a PIT is because you flashed a bad one.

And the modem is only for people who screwed up their modems by flashing an international one.

 

[jetarpon]

Thanks Entropy. I went this route to root, since I just wanted root, but wasn't really looking for a custom ROM this time around.

I had a few scary minutes after the heimdall flash failed on my linux box at 46% of the factoryfs image. After that the interface setup kept failing. After staring at it for 10 minutes, I pulled the battery and on reboot got the yellow triangle. I moved over to a windows box, used ODIN, and was able to get everything up and running again, now with root.

I didn't realize that the modem wasn't necessary, so flashed that too.

 

[Entropy512]

Thanks Entropy. I went this route to root, since I just wanted root, but wasn't really looking for a custom ROM this time around.

I had a few scary minutes after the heimdall flash failed on my linux box at 46% of the factoryfs image. After that the interface setup kept failing. After staring at it for 10 minutes, I pulled the battery and on reboot got the yellow triangle. I moved over to a windows box, used ODIN, and was able to get everything up and running again, now with root.

I didn't realize that the modem wasn't necessary, so flashed that too.

Sounds like something got hosed up on your machine mid-flash... Could be loose cable that hosed up the USB stack until a reboot.

Oh, and if a Heimdall/Odin flash fails, you'll usually have to battery pull or long-power-press to reset it. Good news is that it's next to impossible to hardbrick a Samsung device as long as you don't have a flash fail while you're flashing bootloaders. Hopefully we'll never have to mess with bootloaders on this device.

 

[nyamoV2]

so after reading around, i'm a bit confused.... not used to using odin as a flash tool yet (new to samsung) can i use the kernal posted and flash with odin and have root without having to use superoneclick or the likes?
thanks in advance

 

[Simba501]

so after reading around, i'm a bit confused.... not used to using odin as a flash tool yet (new to samsung) can i use the kernal posted and flash with odin and have root without having to use superoneclick or the likes?
thanks in advance

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18086049&postcount=32

 

[mrRobinson]

What do you get a out put when you enter

sudo apt-get install libusb

into terminal?

Its installed. but installed version in lucid is 1.0.0 and heimdall wants/depends on 1.0.8 or 1.0.6 (I forget). If i just grab that libusb from natty it fails as it depends on libc6-udeb that is newer than in lucid. I don't know if it is wise to use the natty versions of libc6-udeb and libusb with no other repercussions.

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If you want to, you can flash this system and codeworkx's zImage in one go - then you'll get CWM and root without needing to do the SuperOneClick steps.

This is what i did. powerup + power isn't getting me into recovery. is there some other way?
and when it boots the initial splash screen says samsung galaxy s2 i9100. did it always say that?

 

[Entropy512]

Its installed. but installed version in lucid is 1.0.0 and heimdall wants/depends on 1.0.8 or 1.0.6 (I forget). If i just grab that libusb from natty it fails as it depends on libc6-udeb that is newer than in lucid. I don't know if it is wise to use the natty versions of libc6-udeb and libusb with no other repercussions.

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This is what i did. powerup + power isn't getting me into recovery. is there some other way?
and when it boots the initial splash screen says samsung galaxy s2 i9100. did it always say that?

I9100 with yellow triangle - It will say this if any custom kernel is installed.

Recovery, from power-off:
Hold VolUp + VolDn
Hold Power until the screen turns on
Release Power, keep holding VolUp + VolDn

 

[han.azuki]

since we now have kernel/modem, we can now install euro firmware correct?

 

[Entropy512]

since we now have kernel/modem, we can now install euro firmware correct?

Unknown/untested.

 

[thundertroy]

What .pit? I didn't include one, and there's a reason - don't flash PITs unless you absolutely have to.

Right now the only reason you'd ever have to flash a PIT is because you flashed a bad one.

And the modem is only for people who screwed up their modems by flashing an international one.

Alright thanks, I found out after I did a little more research and just flashed CWM 5.0.2.3, and everything is working amazing.

 

[marnel47]

Will I lose my apps and data by using this root method?

 

[Entropy512]

Will I lose my apps and data by using this root method?

No.

However if you are not on the stock ROM, using this method will be identical to switching ROMs, in which case you'll probably have to wipe. If you're on the stock ROM already, no need to wipe.

 

[marnel47]

No.

However if you are not on the stock ROM, using this method will be identical to switching ROMs, in which case you'll probably have to wipe. If you're on the stock ROM already, no need to wipe.

Excellent, thank you kindly this is perfect! Can't wait to try

 

[war eagle]

Nevermind.

Thanks!

 

[eep2378]

Finally figured this out! So much easier than Odin. Thanks entropy