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Root [Boost Mobile] ODIN Backup for --> SPH-L710_MD7 stock

smith058 said:
ok one more time from the top...

for ADB:
download [root] adbd Insecure
download simplified adb - and unzip
download my modem.bin - Extract the 7-Zip file

reboot your phone (just for the heck of ot)
once rebooted open the adbd app and enable insecure adbd
wait 10 seconds
connect your phone too USB
on desktop go into the simplifiedADB folder
run cmd.exe
type: adb shell
type: su
type: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin

check to see if you have a new file on your sdcard - modem.bin
if so move it to your computer and copy my modem file to your sdcard

type: dd if=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

if that worked reboot and all should be good.
for terminal emulator:
download [root] adbd Insecure
download my modem.bin - Extract the 7-Zip file

reboot your phone (just for the heck of ot)
once rebooted open the adbd app and enable insecure adbd
wait 10 seconds
from termanle emulaor
type: su
type: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin

check to see if you have a new file on your sdcard - modem.bin
if so move it to your computer and copy my modem file to your sdcard

type: dd if=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

if that worked reboot and all should be good.
once again good luck:D
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ok i got it it took the OTA like a champ thanks for all of your help man
 
smith058 said:
ok one more time from the top...

for ADB:
download [root] adbd Insecure
download simplified adb - and unzip
download my modem.bin - Extract the 7-Zip file

reboot your phone (just for the heck of ot)
once rebooted open the adbd app and enable insecure adbd
wait 10 seconds
connect your phone too USB
on desktop go into the simplifiedADB folder
run cmd.exe
type: adb shell
type: su
type: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin

check to see if you have a new file on your sdcard - modem.bin
if so move it to your computer and copy my modem file to your sdcard

type: dd if=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

if that worked reboot and all should be good.
for terminal emulator:
download [root] adbd Insecure
download my modem.bin - Extract the 7-Zip file

reboot your phone (just for the heck of ot)
once rebooted open the adbd app and enable insecure adbd
wait 10 seconds
from termanle emulaor
type: su
type: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin

check to see if you have a new file on your sdcard - modem.bin
if so move it to your computer and copy my modem file to your sdcard

type: dd if=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

if that worked reboot and all should be good.
once again good luck:D
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My usb cable wasn't working right...switched that and BAMMMM!!! lol
 
Well two different stock images for some reason ends up changing the powered off charging screen. .. I don't know why.... for me, I can live with it... my phone is almost always on anyway.
 
pistol1979 said:
Nope no binaries and su can't install them
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Stlouizsin said:
It's not rooted. No SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it.
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Are we talking after the ota update?
If so you would have needed to use rootkeeper and/or superSU keep root option....
The ota update will remove root if you don't do preventive steps...
Since you already updated you can just flash the odin stock MG2 to get su
 
smith058 said:
Are we talking after the ota update?
If so you would have needed to use rootkeeper and/or superSU keep root option....
The ota update will remove root if you don't do preventive steps...
Since you already updated you can just flash the odin stock MG2 to get su
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tried this and it made my phonr freeze up and crash so bad it was almost unusable....so i reflashed back to MD7 got rootkeeper and did the OTA so far im on MG2 and rooted with no problems i'll let you know if anything changes...however i do have to push the modem.bin to make the OTA work everytime i flash and want to do the OTA but after pushing the modem.bin OTA doesnt have a problem...it may be better to try and include your modem.bin in the flash?
 
Great job smith08. I have to admit. I don't come on phandroid much, but am very active in the XDA threads. If you're ever over there, look me up, same name, so we can collaberate on making the Boost experience better for S3 users. My plan is within the week starting a dedicated thread over there for all things Boost. I have played around with this phone since I got it(came from the E4GT from Boost), and like a fool, didn't know that when you flashed anything in Odin you lose internal storage backups. So needless to say, I've been looking for a "stock" backup for sometime now. And yours flashed and worked perfectly. I used the last one in your OP, and I got everything back to 100% stock, to include the device status back to "normal" and in download mode, it says "official" Great work. I will shoot you the link when I get this rom cooked, deodexed, debloated, zipaligned, etc. The only question I have, mainly because I don't remember, did the out of the box rom come with boot up sound? That's the only thing I don't have on my phone. Animation is right, everything else is spot on, just no boot up sound, but can't remember if tI ever had it :)
Edit: The sofware update just took with the "Combination" build too. GREAT JOB!
 
I'm liking the sound of this. We've done a good job of getting the Sprint versions working on our Boost phones but there's nothing like having ROMs cooked up for just for the Boost version. ;)
 
Alright guys, here's where we stand. Using the official MD7, I have built a stock, unrooted flashable zip, as well as a stock rooted flashable zip. I have also pulled a system dump from the rooted build(from my phone), and am about to push it over to a friend of mine that's one of the best devs in the business, so he can cook up some one-click exes. I will keep everyone posted. I'll be dropping these in XDA, hopefully within the next few days, so be on the lookout for the link.
 
Whats up smith! Good to see you here man. Been a while.
I'm now an s3 owner too!

Might I make a suggestion?
Seems that the uncertainty of bricking is that you need a device specific .pit file so the device can be fully repartitioned when recovering from a brick like kies does. If you have a linux os, just go install heimdall and it will pull down a .pit from your device in heimdall's options. There are methods eg. The dd command from adb shell but heimdall is by far the easiest.

Ive had plenty exp with several sammy devices. Wife's note2 phone, note2 10, my sgtab2. I prefer to use my own pit rather than download one cuz you never know how they made it or where they got it from.

Id like to work with you on this a bit (when I get some time.. busy at work) to see what we can pull together and post some official OTAs in odin tars and exe. If that's ok. Great work by the way..
 
mavrikmeercat said:
Whats up smith! Good to see you here man. Been a while.
I'm now an s3 owner too!

Might I make a suggestion?
Seems that the uncertainty of bricking is that you need a device specific .pit file so the device can be fully repartitioned when recovering from a brick like kies does. If you have a linux os, just go install heimdall and it will pull down a .pit from your device in heimdall's options. There are methods eg. The dd command from adb shell but heimdall is by far the easiest.

Ive had plenty exp with several sammy devices. Wife's note2 phone, note2 10, my sgtab2. I prefer to use my own pit rather than download one cuz you never know how they made it or where they got it from.

Id like to work with you on this a bit (when I get some time.. busy at work) to see what we can pull together and post some official OTAs in odin tars and exe. If that's ok. Great work by the way..
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Hey hey mavrik... I've been knowing that you've been having the s3 for a little bit of time now and I've been waiting for you to make a grand appearance I knew you was busy but I guess this is the grand appearance welcome aboard buddy....

the only Linux I have is the s3 itself... I work like 12 to 16 hours most days so I don't really got the time to mess with the actual computer to put Linux on it.., but I'm very excited that you're going to be around to help! I will help out in any way that I can just let me know what it is that you need me to do. I will try to sideload Linux on to my computer system to try to get that .pit file for us the way you suggested. any suggested links will help save me some searching time.
 
mavrikmeercat said:
Whats up smith! Good to see you here man. Been a while.
I'm now an s3 owner too!

Might I make a suggestion?
Seems that the uncertainty of bricking is that you need a device specific .pit file so the device can be fully repartitioned when recovering from a brick like kies does. If you have a linux os, just go install heimdall and it will pull down a .pit from your device in heimdall's options. There are methods eg. The dd command from adb shell but heimdall is by far the easiest.

Ive had plenty exp with several sammy devices. Wife's note2 phone, note2 10, my sgtab2. I prefer to use my own pit rather than download one cuz you never know how they made it or where they got it from.

Id like to work with you on this a bit (when I get some time.. busy at work) to see what we can pull together and post some official OTAs in odin tars and exe. If that's ok. Great work by the way..
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There he is! Even though I've been talking to you and knew you'd gotten your S3, it's still nice to see you in here bro. :D
 
mavrikmeercat said:
Whats up smith! Good to see you here man. Been a while.
I'm now an s3 owner too!

Might I make a suggestion?
Seems that the uncertainty of bricking is that you need a device specific .pit file so the device can be fully repartitioned when recovering from a brick like kies does. If you have a linux os, just go install heimdall and it will pull down a .pit from your device in heimdall's options. There are methods eg. The dd command from adb shell but heimdall is by far the easiest.
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i cant get it to work...
if this is what you're talking of, [PROGRAM] Heimdall - Open-Source Cross-Platform Flashing Suite (1.4.0 Now Available) - xda-developers
im having issus.
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Hi I'm new to the SGS3 community but not Android Forums. My S3 is rooted stock but I'm having issues with it freezing up and constantly rebooting at the home screen. I don't even have a chance to do anything with it. It's just a continuous rebooting cycle and won't stop which is rendering the phone unresponsive and unusable. Tried factory reset, battery pull to no avail. So I figured I would Odin flash back to factory stock but your link in the op for unrooted stock is not click-able. Could you please fix the link so it is functional again or is this same ROM posted in another thread? Or does anyone have any other solutions for this continuous rebooting cycle? Please let me know....thanks.

Oh and my carrier is Boost by the way.
 
brad74 said:
Hi I'm new to the SGS3 community but not Android Forums. My S3 is rooted stock but I'm having issues with it freezing up and constantly rebooting at the home screen. I don't even have a chance to do anything with it. It's just a continuous rebooting cycle and won't stop which is rendering the phone unresponsive and unusable. Tried factory reset, battery pull to no avail. So I figured I would Odin flash back to factory stock but your link in the op for unrooted stock is not click-able. Could you please fix the link so it is functional again or is this same ROM posted in another thread? Or does anyone have any other solutions for this continuous rebooting cycle? Please let me know....thanks.

Oh and my carrier is Boost by the way.
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Just checked... All links are working for me... There is another posted link in another forum if you follow the link in the op for Keis
 
Oh ok...well it won't work for me for some reason. I can't click on it because it's not highlighted for me. Thanks for the other reference though. Is that Keis or Kies by the way?
 
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