Anyone interested in flashing this here's some instructions..
1. You must unlock your bootloader (Yes this wipes the device)
2. You need FASTBOOT from the Android SDK. Android SDK | Android Developers
Download the basic Android SDK package, install it and then update just the Platform-Tools so you can get "Fastboot"
3. Download the file from the OP and extract its contents to your hard drive. Inside that zip file you downloaded is a total of 6 files.. You need to extract each file separately and when done you need to place those 6 "img" files inside your Android-SDK/platform-tools/ directory on your harddrive.
4. Make sure you have your Samsung drivers installed. (Google PDAnet) , download and install to your computer. Follow the instructions and let it install the drivers on your computer and software on your phone...
5. Next shut down your device. Then boot into your bootloader (Power + Volume Up) and hold it for a few seconds.
6. Next connect your device via USB to your computer. You should get a connection, PDAnet rarely fails.
In Windows open your Start Menu and in the search box type "CMD" and hit enter. This will open a command prompt window.
Next you need to change directories to your Android-SDK directory where ever you installed it and directly to the "platform-tools" directory.
Next to unlock your bootloader
This will then on your device bring up a new screen asking you to accept the terms that your unlocking your device and it will wipe everything. Navigate using Volume up/down and select with POWER
Now go back to your bootloader and this is where the fun begins...
Make sure your device is connected. Then type the following, hitting return and allowing it to do its thing flashing/installing the files. You will see notification on your computer & device as each one completes then enter the next line of code and again press enter...
All goes correct it should only take a few minutes and when your done type the following..
Here is exactly how it looks in Command Prompt so you can verify your doing it correctly... NOTE: I skipped flashing the recovery.img because I didn't want it to overwrite my custom TWRP recovery already installed.
Thats it... Again flash at your own risk, I'm just passing along the info to get it done and take no credit for any of this...
Paul
1. You must unlock your bootloader (Yes this wipes the device)
2. You need FASTBOOT from the Android SDK. Android SDK | Android Developers
Download the basic Android SDK package, install it and then update just the Platform-Tools so you can get "Fastboot"
3. Download the file from the OP and extract its contents to your hard drive. Inside that zip file you downloaded is a total of 6 files.. You need to extract each file separately and when done you need to place those 6 "img" files inside your Android-SDK/platform-tools/ directory on your harddrive.
4. Make sure you have your Samsung drivers installed. (Google PDAnet) , download and install to your computer. Follow the instructions and let it install the drivers on your computer and software on your phone...
5. Next shut down your device. Then boot into your bootloader (Power + Volume Up) and hold it for a few seconds.
6. Next connect your device via USB to your computer. You should get a connection, PDAnet rarely fails.
In Windows open your Start Menu and in the search box type "CMD" and hit enter. This will open a command prompt window.
Next you need to change directories to your Android-SDK directory where ever you installed it and directly to the "platform-tools" directory.
Code:
cd c:\\android-sdk\platform-tools\
Next to unlock your bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
This will then on your device bring up a new screen asking you to accept the terms that your unlocking your device and it will wipe everything. Navigate using Volume up/down and select with POWER
Now go back to your bootloader and this is where the fun begins...
Make sure your device is connected. Then type the following, hitting return and allowing it to do its thing flashing/installing the files. You will see notification on your computer & device as each one completes then enter the next line of code and again press enter...
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash radio signed_radio.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
All goes correct it should only take a few minutes and when your done type the following..
Code:
fastboot reboot
Here is exactly how it looks in Command Prompt so you can verify your doing it correctly... NOTE: I skipped flashing the recovery.img because I didn't want it to overwrite my custom TWRP recovery already installed.
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3964 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.i
mg
sending 'bootloader' (1536 KB)... OKAY
writing 'bootloader'... OKAY
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (340371 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... OKAY
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
sending 'userdata' (18796 KB)... OKAY
writing 'userdata'... OKAY
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot flash radio signed_radio.img
sending 'radio' (15232 KB)... OKAY
writing 'radio'... OKAY
C:\Users\PAULSR\Downloads\SPH-D720_JRO03R>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
Thats it... Again flash at your own risk, I'm just passing along the info to get it done and take no credit for any of this...
Paul
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