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How do I downgrade from 4.0 back to 2.3.6?

Hello,
I read the posts on this issue and my question is in relation to my phone and its compatibility to the instructions above.
The model number is:GT-I9100
The baseband version is:I9100JHLPC
The Kernal versionis:3.0.15-1087786
The Build number is:IMM76D.JHLPC
Can I follow the instructions above?
Many thanks,
Ilan
 
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Hello,
I read the posts on this issue and my question is in relation to my phone and its compatibility to the instructions above.
The model number is:GT-I9100
The baseband version is:I9100JHLPC
The Kernal versionis:3.0.15-1087786
The Build number is:IMM76D.JHLPC
Can I follow the instructions above?
Many thanks,
Ilan


Hello IBK and welcome to AF :hello:

No, if you used these files you would probably brick your phone. You need to try the Galaxy S2 International forum. That's the forum for the I9100. :)
 
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Hello! I'm new to the forum. But I am stuck on Odin. I have downgraded my S2 to gingerbread 2.3.6 before & for some reason now it is not allowing me too. Odin just keeps on saying failed. I'm doing everything I did before also. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks!


Welcome to the forums Kat. :ciao:

Did you get it to work?
 
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Hello! I'm new to the forum. But I am stuck on Odin. I have downgraded my S2 to gingerbread 2.3.6 before & for some reason now it is not allowing me too. Odin just keeps on saying failed. I'm doing everything I did before also. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks!

Yeah, sometimes Odin can be ornery. Try this. Unplug everything. Reboot the phone, reboot the PC and try again.
 
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No offense. But you really don't know what you're missing if you would just upgrade to 4.0.4 instead of taking a step backwards to 2.3.6.
Just my two cents.

2.3.6 is much much better than 4.0.4. If it is stock ICS it is absolute trash. I do not know whether it is because of Touchwiz but things really do not work correctly. Games lag, the entire system is sluggish and force close are regular ocurrances and yes that is on a stock rom. When I had ICS there was no day in which I did not restart my phone at lease once but now with gingerbread I can go a week or 2 without the need for a restart.

Maybe completely pure android ICS was decent like the one on the Galaxy nexus but with these skins it is absolute garbage. Samsung is a horrible vendor which does not update it's devices gaping security holes are ignored because they want to make you buy the next device even though you have just bought the phone. They are turning out to be worse than apple and when I switched from the Iphone I didn't think there was anything worse.

Just my 3 cents : ) !!!!
 
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