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Flashed incorrect kernel sgs2 (isn't bricked)

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codral

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Hey guys,

phone is a Telstra i9100t

I was trying to find a program (there used to be one, which used zerg rush or something to auto root your program) to auto root my phone, I believe the last one i used only worked on 2.3.6...

Anyway so I assumed that considering it's not a whole new rom the kernels were universal... So I was obviously wrong. I hadn't even noted my IMEI as the guide I followed didn't even mention this (and I knew in the back of my mind I should have)

Anyway so now the phone boots but it gets to the telstra screen then resets, and so on. So, i can reflash and I've tried the correct, original kernel except I still get the same problem (just based on what I can find on telstra forums, I've tried an IMEI check but no results for my model)

I've managed to source an unmolested, new, telstra rom... If I put this on will it overwrite the erroneous kernel?
 
excellent... does this one seem right to you? From what I understand there is only one model of telstra i9100t, with 3 different roms, and this is the ICS version

http://db.tt/xKvvZSxv

Cheers for the help mate
 
This is the latest Telstra firmware that I could locate for the GT-i9100T variant. It is ICS, Android 4.0.3. CSC code I9100TTELLP2. PDA I9100TDVLP4. Download, here.
 
Ah okay, cheers for that mate... Any idea what I just flashed my phone with? Found the link on whirlpool, but trying to do the setup atm (it booted) and it keeps telling me the framework has stopped responding and force closing the setup... i'm fairly surprised how hard it is to source these things, all of the links from xda (which was 95% of the links) are down and the others either reference xda or are wrong...

Thanks a heap for the link
 
I don't know what your last link referred to as it was a direct download and I didn't bother waiting for it. ;)
 
Oh, nasty... Thanks a heap mate, got it all updated.

Only crap thing is now all the bloatware had rooted in 2.3.6... (or was it before my last factory reset?) is back and active... so i'll actually have to root it again!

Any chance you could point me to the correct rooted kernel?

thanks again
 
Oh, of course, dunno why that didnt occur to me, I had been using that guide buy because I hadn't noted the imei couldn't do a whole lot with it
 
So i9100TDVLP4 is my kernel, the LP4 is the part I need, that guide only has LP1, LP2, LP6... I'm a bit scared to try any of those because my specific model phone is different from most in aus (it's telstra, they use different bands)

Any suggestions anyone?
 
codral said:
So i9100TDVLP4 is my kernel, the LP4 is the part I need, that guide only has LP1, LP2, LP6... I'm a bit scared to try any of those because my specific model phone is different from most in aus (it's telstra, they use different bands)

Any suggestions anyone?
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There is no CF-Root kernel for the DVLP4 kernel. Therefore, you will need to experiment with the LPS and LP6 kernels to root your phone as these are the nearest. The, "T", refers to your modem, which controls the bands that Telstra and Vodafone use, and not the kernel.

Just noticed, here, that LPS works.

Once you are rooted you could move on to, say, the Siyah kernel.
 
Ahh okay, thanks for the info mate, I'll make note of reception in various places before and after root to see if it makes any difference, will try the root tonight, fingers crossed
 
have decided this is a bit difficult to gauge, has anyone out there noticed reception loss when flashing a telstra phone with a non telstra specific kernel?

From what I understand Telstra phone kernels are altered so that the phone runs well on telstras different frequency bands. If not has anyone made a guide to editing an existing kernel to include root permissions?

Cheers
 
codral said:
Ahh okay, thanks for the info mate, I'll make note of reception in various places before and after root to see if it makes any difference, will try the root tonight, fingers crossed
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The kernel will not make any difference to your phone signal... that is the job of the modem. See, here:-

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-.../588852-modem-installation-dummies-guide.html


codral said:
have decided this is a bit difficult to gauge, has anyone out there noticed reception loss when flashing a telstra phone with a non telstra specific kernel?

From what I understand Telstra phone kernels are altered so that the phone runs well on telstras different frequency bands. If not has anyone made a guide to editing an existing kernel to include root permissions?
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See above. The modem is the key to phone signal. The kernel handles Wi-Fi, amongst other things. As you have only rooted your phone, your modem remains the same. See my previous link to locate your modem details.
 
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