Hey guys,
It looks like I've finally screwed up my phone. It was bound to happen.
Here's what happened:
I was running an unchanged, rooted rom. I installed RyanA's lagfix, which worked, but didn't make a huge difference.
So I unapplied it, and then applied the voodoo lagfix. This worked great until I tried to install a backup. I forgot to disable voodoo, and now I'm stuck.
Problems:
The phone boots up, I can use it and everything, but I have 0.00 application space. I cannot install anything!
I cannot enter USB mode in any way. I installed the drivers, uninstalled them, re-installed... nothing. I am running Windows 7, but I tried it on an XP machine, still nothing.
If I go into Clockwork to try to factory reset, or install my backup stock rom, I get this error:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
Lastly, I can't enter download mode at all. I may have a hardware locked Vibrant, because I've never been able to get into it. This is a problem, because I can't flash Odin to fix this whole mess.
I now come to you people who have been super helpful in the past! What can I do aside from cry?
You are getting that error becuase you still have a ext4 partition in place. If you can still acess your sd card,then download "disable-lagfix" zip,or create a file by that name in the "voodoo" folder (reboot), or flash zip through clockwork. Then run your nandroid backup. I always keep that zip on my sdcard for this very situation.
If you can boot up, and get into the Android OS, you can almost assuredly fix it.
What have you tried to get into Download mode? Try to follow these instructions exactly.
1- Install Samsung Kies. (This will install the drivers needed for your phone onto your computer).
2- Power down your phone.
3- Remove the battery.
4- Plug a usb cable into your phone.
5- Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6- While holding your phone with one hand, press and hold the Volume Up AND Volume Down button AND the power button.
7- While holding down all three buttons, put your battery into the phone.
8- As soon as you put the battery back in you will see a small icon in the center of the screen, as soon as it goes away, (it will be a solid black screen) release ONLY the power button. Continue to hold the Volume keys. Timing is important here, you must release the button as soon as you see a black screen after the initial animation.
This should get you into Download mode where you can flash with Odin and fix it right up.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the speedy response guys. I'll give it a shot now and see what happens!
y2jon said:
If I go into Clockwork to try to factory reset, or install my backup stock rom, I get this error:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
Copying files...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
E: Can't mount DATA:
E: Failure at line 372:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Installation aborted.
Lastly, I can't enter download mode at all. I may have a hardware locked Vibrant, because I've never been able to get into it. This is a problem, because I can't flash Odin to fix this whole mess.
I now come to you people who have been super helpful in the past! What can I do aside from cry?
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I ended up making this very same mistake a few days ago. This might be silly, but have you tried disabling Voodoo yet? When this happened to me, I was able to put the "disable lagfix" file in the Voodoo folder and it fixed it. It copied the ext4 back to rfs and I was then able to restore a backup and my /data was recognized once again with no errors.
Dragoth12 said:
If you can boot up, and get into the Android OS, you can almost assuredly fix it.
What have you tried to get into Download mode? Try to follow these instructions exactly.
1- Install Samsung Kies. (This will install the drivers needed for your phone onto your computer).
2- Power down your phone.
3- Remove the battery.
4- Plug a usb cable into your phone.
5- Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6- While holding your phone with one hand, press and hold the Volume Up AND Volume Down button AND the power button.
7- While holding down all three buttons, put your battery into the phone.
8- As soon as you put the battery back in you will see a small icon in the center of the screen, as soon as it goes away, (it will be a solid black screen) release ONLY the power button. Continue to hold the Volume keys. Timing is important here, you must release the button as soon as you see a black screen after the initial animation.
This should get you into Download mode where you can flash with Odin and fix it right up.
Hope this helps.
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You are an absolute genius! I just got in on the first try following those instructions!
It looks like everything is on the way to working again, thanks so much!!
And thanks everyone else for the help!
I didn't personally come up with that procedure, I found it in other threads here on XDA after a couple hours of searching since I soft bricked my phone yesterday. Glad I could relay the info and help you out.
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btw: super noob here
ok so i am getting this error and i dont know why
i rooted my phone and when i tried to upgrade to 2.2 (using odin) i got this:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
it takes me to recovery mode and just stays there with 5 options (reboot, apply sd card: update.zip, wipe data/fact. reset, wipe cache, format internal sd).
the worst part is that i found out (after research, as thus i could be wrong) that i must have somehow gotten euro firmware because my up key moves down in recovery mode and my power key isnt the "ok" key used to select anything in this damn menu!!!
ive only rooted my phone...and i got the regular update.zip (saved to internal like instructed) like everyone else (i think) + tethering and set cpu (saved zip to my external sd card)
so....i cant exit recovery mode, i cant even select any of those 5 options
i can turn off my phone, but it immediately goes back to the recovery page with the error
please please please help
mom bought me this for my birthday like 3 days ago and the walkthrough seemed easy!
i will pay and bring my phone to you if you can fix it lol
what you should do is boot into download mode and flash the stock rom.. it will unroot u but its better then not havin a fone to root at all right?
if u have troubles booting into download mode try holding down the up and down volume keys while the fones off then plug the usb cord into ur fone it shood bring u to the download mode screen.. but make sure u hold the volume buttons down before u plug it in
thanks....i would really really appreciate it if you told me how exactly to flash a stock file (put it in the odin thingie? PDA, MODEM, or CSC? is this the right file: T959UVJFD.tar? please let me know
There is a walkthrough on this site on how to use odin to flash back to stock. I believe you have the right file there. But you will probably have to flash the pit file as well. I would just to be safe. This will set everything back to stock. Odin can be picky, and make you want to cry. But relax, your still ok. You can get into recovery mode, so you should be able to access download mode. Do a little reading on the site. You should be able to find the links to odin. If you can't, pm me, I will help. I've used odin before, and even though this is scary right now, you need to stay calm. Panicking isn't goin to help. I am new on the site so I can't post links. If you can't find them, contact me, I will e-mail them to you or some thing. Good luck!
Did you get it figured out yet? ODIN should fix you up. Flash the stock build here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091 just download this, unzip it and load the pit file into the pit field and the larger file in the pda field in odin. Make sure to have this loaded into odin before plugging your phone in or it might not work. To get into download mode just power off your device and hold volume up and down then plug in your usb cable.
Okeynwachie said:
btw: super noob here
ok so i am getting this error and i dont know why
i rooted my phone and when i tried to upgrade to 2.2 (using odin) i got this:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
it takes me to recovery mode and just stays there with 5 options (reboot, apply sd card: update.zip, wipe data/fact. reset, wipe cache, format internal sd).
the worst part is that i found out (after research, as thus i could be wrong) that i must have somehow gotten euro firmware because my up key moves down in recovery mode and my power key isnt the "ok" key used to select anything in this damn menu!!!
ive only rooted my phone...and i got the regular update.zip (saved to internal like instructed) like everyone else (i think) + tethering and set cpu (saved zip to my external sd card)
so....i cant exit recovery mode, i cant even select any of those 5 options
i can turn off my phone, but it immediately goes back to the recovery page with the error
please please please help
mom bought me this for my birthday like 3 days ago and the walkthrough seemed easy!
i will pay and bring my phone to you if you can fix it lol
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If I remember correctly, /dev/block/mmcblk refers to your SD cards. mmcblk0 is the internal (16GB) SD card, and mmcblk1 is whatever extra microSD card you have installed. /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 is the first partition on your internal SD card.
What most likely happened is you messed up your Odin installation, and probably chose to "reformat partitions" when you flashed, wiping your internal card, and thus essentially making your phone unbootable in its current state.
Why you needed Odin to root is beyond me, yet so is why someone would do something that could cause irreparable harm to their device do so without understanding what they were doing. If you are going to ignore the warnings attached to flashing unsupported ROMs (such as flashing an unreleased testing ROM onto a completely different device than it was intended), then you ought to at least understand what it is that you are actually doing.
Also, what does this have to do with development? Aren't there similar posts in the Q&A forum about people who have done the same thing?
that´s SD problem 100% sure. yesterday i had this problem and solved with a newone SD card. (older was 512Mb and not working, newone is 1gb and all was ok)
Were you trying to use Eugene's files? If so you need to follow the directions in his thread.
dglowen23 said:
what you should do is boot into download mode and flash the stock rom.. it will unroot u but its better then not havin a fone to root at all right?
if u have troubles booting into download mode try holding down the up and down volume keys while the fones off then plug the usb cord into ur fone it shood bring u to the download mode screen.. but make sure u hold the volume buttons down before u plug it in
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I got a same problem. As you said I tried start download mode. But the Android system recovery <3e> page still appearing. Firstly battery picture appear and then system recovery. Is there another way to boot into download mode?
There is the three button mode, vol up and down plus power, or if you plan to flash alot of rom's, get a jig. there is adb. also aio tools.
one of these should get you into dl mode to odin.
you are in recovery mode if it says "2E" or "3E" recovery you should be able to get into download mode and then you can flash back into stock.
To get to download mode plug in you usb into the computer first. then, hold the volume keys both down then plug into the phone (while it is showing the recovery mode, in other words it is still on) if it does not work, then pull out then try again a couple of times When you plug it in leave for 2-3 secs. If this does not work or you can't get it Then, just buy a Jig from the xda member connextion2005 (mobilevideotech.com I think). they are 8 bucks and all you do in just plug it in and it will bring up the download mode. From there you can do this
Get the Odin program 1.7 or newer, get the Stock 2.1 Tar file, get the 512pit file
You can find these in the general forum in the thread called Noob guide
then
Open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode. connect it to the computer it will recognize might say com8 or some other number
Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
You want to check the 're-partition' box.
Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
You the super oneclick method it is easier to root then download Rom manager and now you can flash any rom you want
Still can't mount internal SD
I've tried the above steps and was able to get out of Recovery Mode, but now I can't get the Internal SD to mount to allow me to put custom ROMs on there...any ideas??
Oryon007
Hello,
Alright, so I tried flashing to the newest firmware and I ticked re-partition in odin (yea stupid me)... Now, I get the following
Code:
-- Movi_check Start..!!
checksum configuration need_checksum[0]
Not need checksum configuration
-- Movi_check already executed!!...
--movi_checking done!...
update media, please wait...
E:Cant mout /dev/block/st110
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed.
Now, I used adb to get into download mode, but now when I used adb reboot download, it sends me to recovery and i get this message...Is there anything i can do to at least get back to stock? Please Help D':
EDIT:
Would it be possible to somehow push the clockwork recovery to the sdcard using adb and use that to restore a nandroid backup?
i am having the exact same problem right now. i tried a adb install of a update.zip for clock work and is saying that i dont have a androidmanifest.xml. also tried straight push and said i dont have permession to put on sd card
Hey man try removing SD card and similar card. Take out battery and have it unplugged from USB.
Put in battery hold volume down and power while plugging in USB.
Worked for me. Flashed jfd then flashed ji6 now running smooth
avengethis1 said:
Hey man try removing SD card and similar card. Take out battery and have it unplugged from USB.
Put in battery hold volume down and power while plugging in USB.
Worked for me. Flashed jfd then flashed ji6 now running smooth
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Can you tell me what you did step by step? I'm doing it but I keep ending up on the screen from my original post...Also, did you get this problem because you checked repartition in odin or did you do something else?
I did have the problem from checking repartition.
1 pulled out everything from the phone (SD card,sim card, battery)
2 put in battery
3 hold down volume - and power button and plug in USB cable
hopefully this will put you in download mode.
4 used odin to flash stock jfd
5 rebooted phone
6 put in download mode through adb
7 used Odin to flash ji6
Last question, when you were doing it, before entering download mode, did you see a battery or vibrant screen?
EDIT:
Ugh...no matter how much I try I can't get into download...maybe my vibrant is hardware locked...
i got both but just played around with button combos till it went to download mode when i plugged in the cable
OK guys. So the trick about getting into Download Mode is to make sure phone is off, hold Power and both Volume buttons, when Vibrant screen shows up, release ONLY the Power button and you'll jump right in there!
.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
webmastertroi said:
OK guys. So the trick about getting into Download Mode is to make sure phone is off, hold Power and both Volume buttons, when Vibrant screen shows up, release ONLY the Power button and you'll jump right in there!
.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
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Isn't that for recovery mode not download mode
Doing both things plus some other methods sends me back to recovery...I WAS able to push clockwork and a nandroid backup to the phone but it didn't help me restore...also I can use adb but that also sends me to recovery...any ideas?
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avengethis1 said:
Isn't that for recovery mode not download mode
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No. Recovery mode happens when you hold all 3 buttons until Vibrant screen shows up.
Download mode requires you to just let go off the Power button and continue holding the Volume buttons at Vibrant screen.
Very similar, but works like a charm for me and others every time. I learned it here in XDA!
I'll happily admit that I'm a noob and I never should have done this. After having a couple of android fanatics puffing their chest out about how easy it was to toss Froyo on a phone, I tried it and now I'm stuck.
I have a Samsung Fascinate on Verizon's network. I follow the instructions I found and now I'm stuck staring at some boot up and recover screen. What I can't do is select any of the options give to me.
I'm starting at the following screen:
Android System Recovery <3e> after using Odin3 v1.00
All:
I used Odin3 v100 to load Android 2.2 ROM
I followed the following steps
i9000XXJP2 Instructions
1. Remove the battery from your phone
2. Remove the SIM Card and MicroSD Card from your phone
(However, since it's a verizon phone, I had no sim card and I left my micro SD card in place)
3. Place the battery back on the phone
4. Hold down the HOME button, Volume Down button, and Power On button
5. You should now see a Download screen
6. Open Odin 3 v1.0
7. Click on the button “PIT” and load the “s1_odin_20100512.pit” file
8. Click on the button “PDA” and load the “I9000XXJP2-REV03-PDA-CL464213.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
9. Click on the button “Phone” and load the “MODEM_I9000XXJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
10. Click on the button “CSC” and load the “GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
11. Click the checkbox next to: “Re-Partition”
12. Your settings should now look like Figure #2
13. Plug your phone into your computer with USB Debugging on
14. Look at the gallery below to see if everything is going right
15. Once done, your phone will boot up
And now the phone Rebooted and I get the following message “update media, plase waite E:Cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (invaild argument) E: copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD: you storage not prepared yet. plase use UI menu for format and reboot actions. copy default media contenr failed.”
I can get my phone to the option above and I can still get to download mode
It seems to me that I need to reformat the internal SD Card but I cannot select any of the options in the Android System Recovery <3e>
The options I have are
Enter: OK Key, Select : Vol UP /Vol Down
Reboot system now
Applysdcard:update.zip
Wipe date/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Format internal sd-card
The Volume rocket works to move between the above options but I can't use the “OK” key nor any other to select an action
Someone please please help me! Even if I can just reset it to where I was before, I honestly don't think I'm far along enough that I can't undo what I did, I just don't know how ...
I really really need a hand
The biggest problem of what you wrote, is you followed the instructions of the wrong phone.
The verizon fascinate is the i500 not i9000. The verizon fascinate doesnt use the phone button on odin.
Odin this file for 2.2: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...roms-w-root-new-clockwork-updated-2-11-a.html
Get the Full Stock Froyo Leak+root+Froyo Clockworkmod file, and once it successfully instals, you can instal different roms.
Would you be able to shoot me a private message with instructions a little more detailed? At this point, I'm absolutely paranoid about being in WAY over my head
You can use this thread to get back to rooted 2.2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977493
+1 to the post above me. You will more than likely need to use heimdall. (the hardest part is installing the drivers. Once you figure out how to do that it's similar to Odin)
At this point, you are extremely lucky to still have a course of action. Rarely does flashing that many files from another device actually leave you with an easily recoverable phone.
Good luck!
Since you used pda, you might still be safe, but I doubt you will be able to recover this. You are probably out of luck after this accident.
Oh dear.... you definitely did flash firmware for the wrong phone on to your phone.
Since you can still get into download mode you *might* have a shot. Definitely try that thread linked a few posts back. Flashing the firmware for the i9000 to a i500 might have done something screwy to your phone's memory partitions. The thread here has a .pit file which should repartition your phone's memory.
Please let us know if you do bring your phone back from the dead. Best of luck.
Can someone assist?
I was going from bionix V, and decided to Odin back to stock. I used pit 512 and a kernel here - the last one on the list (stock+froyo uvkb1) on this post - forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-870480.html
I flashed the kernel here as the pda in Odin. I thought this was the right way to go, but instead, I'm now stuck in an infinite recovery loop where I can't reboot and can't flash any thing else. I just boot into recovery over and over again. I've mounted the drive, deleted all the files, added back in backups, and tried to flash a ton of stuff, but I keep getting this error:
E: can't mount /dev/block/stl11 ( file exists)
E:cant mount CACHE: recovery/command
cant mount cache:recovery/log
cant open cache:recovery/log
re-partition, auto reboot, and f.reset time were all checked in odin, but nothing else.
Oh, and I can't just use odin to restore - I cannot get into download mode using either the three button method or the adb method.
Can anyone help? I seriously don't want to have to go buy another phone - mainly because I can't really afford that sort of thing.
EDIT: Appreciate people helping here - just to clarify, I don't need help with 3 button method or adb into download - those methods aren't working.
There are 4 ways to get into download that I know of and 3 are on the phone itself.
1. Power down. Insert USB. Hold down vol up / vol down, and hold power until phone starts to boot. Let go of power and hold down volume until download starts.
2. Using a command prompt and ADB, tell the device to reboot into download.
3. Reboot into download via the CWM recovery menu.
The 4th way is the homemade jig, which I don't have the tools to create at the moment. However, I may try it shortly here.
I've tried all 3 of the ways above, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. I'm also unable to disable voodoo.
Does anybody know anyway to do a full on clean reset of the phone with Odin, nandroid, etc? The issue is, all of these methods on the boards would work if I could get into download, BUT, the phone won't mount the proper files for whatever reason (error code in original post) and so I cannot get into download, the home screen, nothing but the cwm recovery menu.
You should get in to download mode and odin stock jdf, those files you flashed are froyo builds. I don't think it work's that way, you must flash jdf first.
I know I need to do that - problem is, I can't get into download mode. That's step one - I'm stuck in the cwm recovery menu, over and over, and can't get anywhere else. Any ideas?
Try this
how to put in download mode- sure fire way
1- phone off
2- open Odin
3- hold vol button and plug in USB.
I just posted a thread. My phone just keep going to DL when I switch battery.
Thanks, but no - that method isn't working. There are 4 ways to get into download that I know of and 3 are on the phone itself.
1. Power down. Insert USB. Hold down vol up / vol down, and hold power until phone starts to boot. Let go of power and hold down volume until download starts.
2. Using a command prompt and ADB, tell the device to reboot into download.
3. Reboot into download via the CWM recovery menu.
The 4th way is the homemade jig, which I don't have the tools to create at the moment. However, I may try it shortly here.
I've tried all 3 of the ways above, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. I'm also unable to disable voodoo.
Does anybody know anyway to do a full on clean reset of the phone with Odin, nandroid, etc? The issue is, all of these methods on the boards would work, BUT, the phone won't mount the proper files for whatever reason (error code in original post).
I really appreciate you trying to help, it's the right answer for a lot of issues, but just not this one.
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
What if you can get in dl mode but odin won't read your phone? I have the correct drivers intalled. It was working fine til I upgrated to cm7. Now my phone is stuck at vibrant screen and can't get in recovery. The phone boots in dl mode but its not recognized by my pc. Any ideas if I'm screwed?
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Hello,
I am not sure what happened, but here is the story.
First, I tried to root the phone using the 1-click method, only to later realize that it does not work as the phone I had was running the latest OTA update. I wanted to reset my phone to factory default and I proceeded to do that.
Now, when my phone starts I see the small recovery menu and a lot of red letters stating that the system could not mount, find or open recovery directories, files or logs. (On the screen is this info Enter ok key,Select vol up/down Rebot system now, apply update from scard,wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache partition But nothing will move courser,then blow that in red is E:failed to open/res/recovery.fstab(no such file or directory) E:unknown volume for path[/cache/recovery/command with a lot more then in yellow letters #manual mode# and the same messages)
When I enter the download mode, and tried to use Odin or ADB, neither one can detect my device. I tried installing different samsung drivers on my system to no solution to being able to detect the device. Is this due to Windows not being able to initiate the drivers correctly, because when I connect the phone in Download mode, Windows has a pop-up show up that says "Drivers not recognized, your device might not work properly".
Does this mean the phone is bricked or is there something I can do to restore the phone?
Informatic_dev said:
Hello,
I am not sure what happened, but here is the story.
First, I tried to root the phone using the 1-click method, only to later realize that it does not work as the phone I had was running the latest OTA update. I wanted to reset my phone to factory default and I proceeded to do that.
Now, when my phone starts I see the small recovery menu and a lot of red letters stating that the system could not mount, find or open recovery directories, files or logs. (On the screen is this info Enter ok key,Select vol up/down Rebot system now, apply update from scard,wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache partition But nothing will move courser,then blow that in red is E:failed to open/res/recovery.fstab(no such file or directory) E:unknown volume for path[/cache/recovery/command with a lot more then in yellow letters #manual mode# and the same messages)
When I enter the download mode, and tried to use Odin or ADB, neither one can detect my device. I tried installing different samsung drivers on my system to no solution to being able to detect the device. Is this due to Windows not being able to initiate the drivers correctly, because when I connect the phone in Download mode, Windows has a pop-up show up that says "Drivers not recognized, your device might not work properly".
Does this mean the phone is bricked or is there something I can do to restore the phone?
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did you try a different usb port? also I'd try heimdall and see if that works and sees your phone. which stock odin package are yup trying to flash?
I did manage to recover to the stock EH03 rom, by doing the first couple of steps in section 4 of the Guide for installing Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070).
At this point, I cannot get root on my phone. I tried using 1 click root methods and those fail to install SU. I tried using the manual method of pushing rage.bin file using ADB, but that also failed.
I tried flashing some of the ROMs from section 4 of the above guide, but they cant seem to install on my phone. When I try to install through recovery, I get the picture of the android on the side and a failed install and either get stuck with the Samsung logo or a recovery boot loop.
Am I missing a step or something in order to root the phone or load a custom ROM? Is it possible that my phone cannot be rooted due to a lock somewhere?
Thanks.
Informatic_dev said:
I did manage to recover to the stock EH03 rom, by doing the first couple of steps in section 4 of the Guide for installing Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070).
At this point, I cannot get root on my phone. I tried using 1 click root methods and those fail to install SU. I tried using the manual method of pushing rage.bin file using ADB, but that also failed.
I tried flashing some of the ROMs from section 4 of the above guide, but they cant seem to install on my phone. When I try to install through recovery, I get the picture of the android on the side and a failed install and either get stuck with the Samsung logo or a recovery boot loop.
Am I missing a step or something in order to root the phone or load a custom ROM? Is it possible that my phone cannot be rooted due to a lock somewhere?
Thanks.
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You should have read a little but noe I'm going to tell you what to do head over to droid styles guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070 now download cwmfixedforcm7.zip and atlas 2.2.zip and put it on your computer now download this. http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip put it on the root of your SD card now power on your computer run Odin as AMINISTRATOR put the atlas.zip in the pit space in Odin check mark beside the place that said PDA and put the cwm.zip there now put your phone in download mode hook it to the computer and when Odin recognizes it press start wait for it to say PASS it may take up to 20min when its done reboot the while while holding the volume buttons, Home key button, power button when you see the Samsung logo flash twice let go of the volume up button and the home key button continue holding volume down button and the power button you should now boot into a menu with blue text now release the buttons navigate with the VOLUME BUTTONS AND THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT go to install zip from SD now choose zip from SD navigate to the .zip I told you to put on your SD card select it then you will see a bunch of no's and a yes select yes AFTER its finished press go back then press reboot system now ONCE IT REBOOTS CONGRATS YOUR ROOTED AND SHOULD HAVE SUPERUSER!!!
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I managed to get it working, maybe the SU.tar was corrupted as it worked this time. Thanks.