UPDATED. This will put you to STOCK 2.2! Using ODIN thanks to eugene373.
If you want stock and are able to get in to recovery and want a flashable rom. click here
This started as a thread asking for help, with the little help I got... and a little searching NOW this thread is to help other people who are having the same problem
ALSO its to show that a little searching on this forum, you will pry find the answers you are looking for.
EVERYTHING in here I found in the Bible, that is located in the development section.
This guide is for non hardware locked vibrants... if you are hardware locked check out this threadhere
First off you will need to get odin and the correct files.
I have packaged eugenes 2.2 pit and tar(md5) files in a zip along with odin. these are all the files you will need and you can download them here
(remember this is for unofficial 2.2 if you want Official 2.1 files click here )
s15274n (thread here) has everything you will need in his [Tips & Tricks] thread AND MORE!
so make sure to check that out and read the "EASY WAY TO GET THE JI6 UPDATE" before you go any further with my thread.
Georgegreco86(thread here) made this awesome image (below) and it works perfectly....
HOWEVER some times there are some complications that happen that i cover below.
TO GET IN TO DOWNLOAD MODE
I have found the EASIEST WAY to do this is:
1.pull the battery out of the phone.
2.plug usb into computer
3.put the battery back in the phone
4.hold in the volume up and down
5.plug usb in to phone
it should bring you to the download mode in seconds.
now you should unplug the usb From the phone..
make sure the battery stays in, and open odin.
now follow the instructions below.
1. Open Odin3_v1.0
2. Load .512 into the PIT placeholder
(In this case s1_odin_20100512)
3. Load *FILE.tar* into PDA placeholder
(In this case Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5)
4. Make sure COM port has a number in it
This means your phone is connected, if your phone is not connected make sure you have the correct drivers)
5. Press Start!
6. If you it all works your done... if not keep reading!
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If your phone is not connecting to odin.It might be because you need the correct drivers, thanks to TGA_Gunnman they are located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929.
I was able to just let the computer search for them and with a few clicks, had the drivers installed.
To install the Android USB driver on Windows Vista for the first time:
1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port. Windows will detect the device and launch the Found New Hardware wizard.
2. Select "Locate and install driver software."
3. Click "Next." Vista may prompt you to confirm the privilege elevation required for driver installation. Confirm it.
Freezing on "cache.rfs"
searching on google i found a website called fractionalphones.com, the post was about this and it said what i had to do was reboot my computer and hit F8 (just keep touching it) and when it gets to the "safemode screen" arrow down to "Disable Digital Signature Verification"
Also a problem Some people had was the usb port used...
So if it does not work try a new port!
Use oclf. Remove the lag fix first, then ant other optimizations you may have clicked, then ext 2 and finally root. I had to do this to send back my phone. Now the ext2 takes awhile so be patient.
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ipeench said:
So if I have rooted the phone and have installed the OCLF from the market. But I wasn't the phone back as if I just took it ot the box.. What's the best way to do that.
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The easiest and cleanest way to do it is to Odin the phone back to stock.
Odin Visual Guide
Stock Firmware
tjhart85 said:
The easiest and cleanest way to do it is to Odin the phone back to stock.
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Sweet, you even put in links to reading material! In a day of being flamed for asking questions like this..words can not express the kindness you have shown, thank you.
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creglenn said:
Use oclf. Remove the lag fix first, then ant other optimizations you may have clicked, then ext 2 and finally root. I had to do this to send back my phone. Now the ext2 takes awhile so be patient.
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It wont let me remove the lag fix, v2 says i dont have the lag fix installed
and v1 says "you only have 346MB free on RFS, but 364MB used on EXT2. You must free up some space"
and then it tells me i dont have enough to install either v1 or v2 of the lag fix
BUT my quadrant is 2000+ so i know its installed.
i saw the other tread about this but it didnt really tell me much.
ipeench said:
It wont let me remove the lag fix, v2 says i dont have the lag fix installed
and v1 says "you only have 346MB free on RFS, but 364MB used on EXT2. You must free up some space"
and then it tells me i dont have enough to install either v1 or v2 of the lag fix
BUT my quadrant is 2000+ so i know its installed.
i saw the other tread about this but it didnt really tell me much.
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LOL, One of the reasons I suggested Odin. It'll "just work" even if you have the lagfix (at least it did for me). Make sure you backup everything on the SD card that you want & tell it to repartition. If all goes well, everything down to the internal SD card has been put back to stock.
I know when I did the lagfix, I had a PC app that just ran ADB commands in a batch file (basically). After a week or so it got unbearably slow and even the remove lag fix that came with it wouldn't work, so I used Odin to go back to stock.
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But, I think what it's complaining about is you need to free up ~20MB of space in order to remove the lag fix. Since it needs to move the files that it put on the ext2 partition back to the RFS partition, it needs at least that much space before it can move the files & then delete the ext2 partition.
bumping because I figured out what I was doing and I think this can help a lot of other people.
I'm trying to do the "Odin back to stock" process but I'm having a little trouble. I've got all the files and opened Odin etc. I entered the .pit file and the .tar file. Auto-reboot and f. reset time are checked. I click start and I get "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
What am I doing wrong?
trunkstar1 said:
I'm trying to do the "Odin back to stock" process but I'm having a little trouble. I've got all the files and opened Odin etc. I entered the .pit file and the .tar file. Auto-reboot and f. reset time are checked. I click start and I get " All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
What am I doing wrong?
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Odin isn't recognizing your phone. You should double check that the drivers are properly installed. Then, make sure Odin is on and click Reset if need be. Put phone into Download Mode and then plug it into computer.. A yellow box should appear at top of Odin, which let's you know you're successfully connected.
Hope that helps!
.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
That did help, thanks. And, with some help from other XDA forumers I got the right drivers installed and I'm in motion now. Thanks again.
trunkstar1 said:
That did help, thanks. And, with some help from other XDA forumers I got the right drivers installed and I'm in motion now. Thanks again.
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With all that i have taken from this forum..I'm glad i can finally give back!
ipeench said:
This started as a thread asking for help, I got a little help(thank you for pointing me in the right direction tjhart85)
NOW this thread is to help other people who are having the same problem
ALSO to show that a little searching on this forum, you will pry find the answers you are looking for.
pretty much everything in here i found in the Bible, that is located in the development section.
This is for non hardware locked vibrants... i dunno what to tell you if yours is hardware locked because honestly i have no clue what that even means :-/ I'm just as new to this as you are!
First off you will need to get odin and the correct files.
and rhcp0112345(thread here) found the "true stock 2.1 firmware for vibrant" and all the files you will need,including odin are bundled in a nice little zip file for you.
http://tinyurl.com/2bc5b6r
Georgegreco86(thread here) made this awesome image (below) and it works perfectly.... but some times there are some complications that happen that i cover below.
TO GET IN TO DOWNLOAD MODE
I have found the EASIEST WAY to do this (IMO) is
1.pull the battery out of the phone.
2.plug usb into computer
3.put the battery back in the phone
4.hold in the volume up and down
5.plug usb in to phone
it should bring you to the download mode in seconds.
now you should unplug the usb.. make sure the battery stays in, and open odin.
now follow georgegrecos instructions.
Some people have said to load the files (PIT and TAR) before reconnecting the phone to the computer so that is how I did it and it worked perfect.
IF YOU RUN IN TO PROBLEMS!
If your phone is not connecting to odin.It might be because you need the correct drivers, thanks to TGA_Gunnman they are located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929.
I was able to just let the computer search for them and with a few clicks, had the drivers installed.
To install the Android USB driver on Windows Vista for the first time:
1. Connect your Android-powered device to your computer's USB port. Windows will detect the device and launch the Found New Hardware wizard.
2. Select "Locate and install driver software."
3. Click "Next." Vista may prompt you to confirm the privilege elevation required for driver installation. Confirm it.
Freezing on "cache.rfs"
searching on google i found a website called fractionalphones.com, the post was about this and it said what i had to do was reboot my computer and hit F8 (just keep touching it) and when it gets to the "safemode screen" arrow down to "Disable Digital Signature Verification"
Also a problem i had was the usb port i was using... so if it does not work try a new port!
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Perfect,thanks.Previous to the J16 OTA update,I just held volume down/power.
I flashed back to stock to make sure I'd get the update without a hitch,which I did.
trunkstar1 said:
That did help, thanks. And, with some help from other XDA forumers I got the right drivers installed and I'm in motion now. Thanks again.
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Coolness! Pass on the knowledge!
This is the same method I tried last night. Mine wont get past the bootup sequence. any help?
wicked1lbc said:
This is the same method I tried last night. Mine wont get past the bootup sequence. any help?
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Try re-downloading the files and doing it again, maybe you got a bad file or something? This should work and if it does not... like I said I'm brand new to this, I had a problem figured out how to fix it and figured share the info, if it does not work for you, hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in.
The tinyurl link you posted is bad. Looks like too many people have downloaded and the account is suspended :/ can someone upload them to somewhere else? I really need them
hiddengopher said:
The tinyurl link you posted is bad. Looks like too many people have downloaded and the account is suspended :/ can someone upload them to somewhere else? I really need them
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this is correct, i do not need this right now but it would be nice to have
Hey guys, I am new at this My status stays at file analysis. My phone is in download mode as well.
SORRY! i have been away from the computer for a few days :-/
go to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
it has all the info you will need AND THEN SOME! it has the proper files and a little instruction spot with it... plus that one gives your the update.
if you still have trouble come back and i will try to help!
rcanela1 said:
Hey guys, I am new at this My status stays at file analysis. My phone is in download mode as well.
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try switching usb ports.. i remember that happening to me.. i dont remember what i did tho haha.
im sure a google search will help with that one thats what i did
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READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU TRY THIS! TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK! IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF YOU MESS UP ON THIS AND IT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG FOR YOU!
This works.
I will help anyone whenever possible to solve their problems concerning their bricked players. If you can't get it showing up in Odin3 after the Unbrickable Mod, then I'm sorry I can't help you. Every computer is different. Just try to follow the advice. New links are available, so sorry for those that have requested new links! One of the links also contains the bootloaders for the Galaxy Player! Yay! I've saved all the files onto my computer so if a link goes dead, let me know and I'll put it up. Also, if one of the firmwares doesn't work, also let me know and what you tried doing with it.
IF AND ONLY IF you still can't get your player to boot after following this guide, let me know in the comments section what you did in the format:
1.US or INTL
2.What you flashed, with a link to it,
3.What happened AFTER you flashed the above
4.What your device does currently, eg, download mode, CWM only, partial boot, bootloop, no logo.
5.What you tried doing to solve this problem
If you do not follow this format, I WILL NOT RESPOND.
I had my Samsung Galaxy Player hard bricked and I thought all was lost and I thought I had tried everything but I started looking around for some help and ideas on what I could do to fix this problem.
The first thing I did was follow AdamOutlers guide for getting into recovery mode, and that thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386669
Follow those directions and get back to this thread after you've successfully gotten it into download mode.
#Note: If you can't open the Ressurector, install Java onto your flavor of Linux. Then right-click on the resurrector, hit properties and check the Use as executable box or something similar.
*If you already have it in download mode, skip the first step!*
Okay, now that you have it in download mode, you have to get Odin3 for virtualbox. You don't need virtualbox if you can get it into download mode and if youre running Windows XP or higher. If your running Ubuntu or any other flavor of Linux, Heimdall won't work with the SGP and you're going to need virtualbox. The one I used and that worked can be found by going here: http://www.4shared.com/file/10JA2Dsu/Odin3_v183.html--You can get virtualbox for Linux by going here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads--YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN COPY OF WINDOWS FOR VIRTUALBOX!!
Once you have Odin3 running either in Windows or in Virtualbox, then go ahead and plug it into a USB port and a yellow box in Odin3 with a COM number should show up. If not, make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed in your copy of Windows in Virtualbox. You can get those here: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/SAMSUNG-USB-Driver-for-Mobile-Phones-1560.shtml-- I had a lot of trouble for my laptop to recognize that my player was plugged in and I had other people tell me the same. I think that in Virtualbox there are settings that have to do with USB devices and getting them recognized inside of Virtualbox. If not, someone let me know. So once you get it into download mode using the resurrector, flash this, IT HAS THE BOOTLOADERS NEEDED, NO MORE SCAMMBLE FOR CORRECT BOOTLOADERS!!!!!!!!!!!!--http://www.4shared.com/get/VtAB8dCU/G70JKKE3_STOK_222RU_.html Flash the one with All-Low or something of the sort.
If you can get it into download mode (Pwr+VolDown+Home) then install this with Odin3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863004
The first link comes with bootloaders and can get your SGP back up to booting. Once you install that, which is I believe, a Russian Froyo ROM, you must install from the link at the top, which is a stock ROM for us SGP that gets your home button working and is meant for the US variant of the Galaxy Player. It also includes Entropy's Daily Driver kernel and can get you back into CWM if you have a backup available.You need to be in download mode for this too.
BEFORE you install stock though, make sure your Samsung Galaxy Player boots! After that, flash the stock ROM back with download mode using Odin3.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, feel free to write down below!!
NOTE: I need stock firmware for the 5.0 INTL version, if anyone has it please link it to me and I will post it in the OP.
IF I HELPED YOU, REMEMBER THE THANKS BUTTON!!!!!!!!
Thanks to: AdamOutler, gmillz, Entropy512
EcHoFiiVe said:
READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU TRY THIS! TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK! IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF YOU MESS UP ON THIS AND IT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG FOR YOU!
This works.
I had my Samsung Galaxy Player hard bricked and I thought all was lost and I thought I had tried everything but I started looking around for some help and ideas on what I could do to fix this Problem.
The first thing I did was follow AdamOutlers guide for getting into recovery mode, and that thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386669
Follow those directions and get back to this thread after you've successfully gotten it into download mode.
*If you already have it in download mode, skip the first step!*
Okay, now that you have it in download mode, you have to get Odin3 for virtualbox. You don't need virtualbox if you can get it into download mode and if youre running windows. If your running Ubuntu or any other flavor of Linux, Heimdall won't work with the SGP and youre going to need virtualbox. The one I used and that worked can be found by typing at google: odin3 1.83 download and clicking the 4shared.com link. You can get virtualbox by typing this in google: virtualbox download. YOU WILL NEED YouR OWN COPY OF WINDOWS!!
Once you have odin3 running either in windows or in virtualbox, and one of the white boxes is yellow and has a COM with a number in it, your're ready to flash the software needed! If you can't get it into download mode maually, then first install this (BIG THANKS TO METICULUS!): http://www.4shared.com/rar/IEAXBGh2/G70XXKD6-REV00-PDA-low-CL10019.html
If you can get it into download mode (Pwr+VolDown+Home) then install this with odin3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450013
The first link comes with bootloaders and can get your SGP back up to booting. Once you install that, which is a chinese rom, you must install from the link at the top, which is a stock rom for us SGP that gets your white buttons back up and working! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450013 You need to be in download mode for this too.
BEFORE you install stock though, make sure your samsung galaxy player boots into the homescreens! After that, flash the stock rom back into download mode using odin3!
If the stock rom is giving you problems, such as random shutdowns, what you can do is flash meticulus' foreigner rom and the cutsom kernal from Entropy512 using odin3. Flash kernal first then rom.. This solved all my problems. And it looks better than the stock rom and is much faster than stock too!
If you don't like the custom rom and how it looks, you can always try to find a stock rom that works well. Or what I did was i themed my SGP with go launcher which looks really nice.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, feel free to write down below!!
IF I HELPED YOU, REMEMBER THE THANKS BUTTON!!!!!!!!
Thanks to: AdamOutler, Meticulus, Entropy512
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i got hard brick (the device is nםt turning on).so i need to download linux?
and how i download virtual box where are the links here:https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Get Linux, then go to their "market" and download virtual box.
how i launch UnBrickable Resurector R36?its a jar file
Okay press Alt+T.. Then you should get a purple screen in which you can input text right? Copy these commands one at a time to get Java:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
[Press ENTER] and wait. After you see your name and it says @Ubuntu then copy/paste this:
sudo apt-get update
[Press ENTER] and wait for the @Ubuntu to show up. Then copy/paste this:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
Then once you see @Ubuntu again, you're done! You can close the terminal. If you want to open the file as an exe. though, right click on the file, and go to properties or permissions, something like that and click on the box that says that you allow it to run as an exe. or something like that. Hope that helped! THANKS BUTTON!!!
EcHoFiiVe said:
Okay press Alt+T.. Then you should get a purple screen in which you can input text right? Copy these commands one at a time to get Java:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
[Press ENTER] and wait. After you see your name and it says @Ubuntu then copy/paste this:
sudo apt-get update
[Press ENTER] and wait for the @Ubuntu to show up. Then copy/paste this:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
Then once you see @Ubuntu again, you're done! You can close the terminal. If you want to open the file as an exe. though, right click on the file, and go to properties or permissions, something like that and click on the box that says that you allow it to run as an exe. or something like that. Hope that helped! THANKS BUTTON!!!
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ok thanks.
im stuck now with the shared thing.
how i share my files between linux and win 7 in the virtual box?
edit:never mind i solved it.
i have now another problem: odin not recognize my device and my device is on download mode like in the guid.
what should i do?
i installed samsung drivers
from what i read in the internet its the virtual box who not recognize the device how i can make it recognize?
kfirbep said:
ok thanks.
im stuck now with the shared thing.
how i share my files between linux and win 7 in the virtual box?
edit:never mind i solved it.
i have now another problem: odin not recognize my device and my device is on download mode like in the guid.
what should i do?
i installed samsung drivers
from what i read in the internet its the virtual box who not recognize the device how i can make it recognize?
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From what I have read and my understanding, you have to install the drivers via virtual box.
kfirbep said:
ok thanks.
im stuck now with the shared thing.
how i share my files between linux and win 7 in the virtual box?
edit:never mind i solved it.
i have now another problem: odin not recognize my device and my device is on download mode like in the guid.
what should i do?
i installed samsung drivers
from what i read in the internet its the virtual box who not recognize the device how i can make it recognize?
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On the VM, check if you enabled USB support, and if the device has a checkable box.
rumirand said:
On the VM, check if you enabled USB support, and if the device has a checkable box.
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no its doesnt...but i cant make it support (the letters are gray not black so when i click on that nothing happen because the button is not available)
kfirbep said:
no its doesnt...but i cant make it support (the letters are gray not black so when i click on that nothing happen because the button is not available)
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Check if virtualbox "Oracle extensions" are installed.
rumirand said:
Check if virtualbox "Oracle extensions" are installed.
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no where can i download it?
Him I didn't have to download anything extra... try to go to the devices tab in virtual box and click/hover over USB devices or something like that and see if your ago is there and if it is try to click on it so it shows up in vbox
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[/URL][/IMG]hey after few days of struggling with linux and virtual box to recognize my device i win and everything work perfect except from the odin.
i did what the guide say but odin not not finish its work.its stuck long time in the process (you can see it in the picture i added).
i worked by the link you gave:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386669
what should i do?
thanks for the help!
Try to get Odin3 1.83, that's what I used. Oh I see your problem! Make shure you check the "Phone Bootloader Update" box and uncheck the re-partition box. So do this: 1. Get Odine 1.83. 2. Uncheck re-partition. 3. Check phone bootloader update box! Btw I love how you have those files in a folder called brick xD I did the same thing. Organize and prioritize.
sorry that i stuck every second but after i did what this guide says:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386669
i got into download mode mode it doesnt stop!when i turn off the device its turn on and get into download mode again and i even not turn it on.
well i said fine and continue.
the next step i did is:If you can get it into download mode (Pwr+VolDown+Home) then install this with odin3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1450013
i downloaded and install and odin show that he reset the device but it still in download mode it doesnt exit from it no matter what i do (vol.up+home+power,only power,power+home).
what should i do?im so close to finish it!
and did you do mistake here?"If you can get it into download mode (Pwr+VolDown+Home) then install this with odin3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1450013
The first link comes with bootloaders and can get your SGP back up to booting. Once you install that, which is a chinese rom, you must install from the link at the top, which is a stock rom for us SGP that gets your white buttons back up and working! http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1450013 You need to be in download mode for this too."
you put the same link.
and when im on download mode can i download anothers roms?not the stock rom that you gave in this post?i want to download meticulus' foreigner rom can i do it from my situation right now?
btw thanks i never organize but my device is important to me so im now little orgnize with this thing.
Ohh right, my bad, thanks for pointing that out! And once your in download mode, flash this: http://www.4shared.com/rar/IEAXBGh2/G70XXKD6-REV00-PDA-low-CL10019.html
Then once you're done with that, if you want Meticulus' Foreigner, you can flash that after you flash the first rom. Good luck! Let me know how it goes.
Actually, Meticulus deleted the file from 4Shared so try to just flash his rom from where your at. Flash kernal first. Then rom.
Really sorry to you and Meticulus, but I'm re-uploading the file to mediafire.com and its gonna take about an hour so just wait up.
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Really sorry to you and Meticulus, but I'm re-uploading the file to mediafire.com and its gonna take about an hour so just wait up.
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what file?i have the file you post.fro 4shared.
but i dont think i need it because what i tried to flash is for US versions and i have international version.
i need files for international version if you can give it to me it will be great!
Me 2! I need the international version for the 8GB 5.0.
And when i flash my device with the first rom (G70XXKD6).. it hangs on the samsung logo.
Any ideas?
I have searched for a topic, but they didn't give me any answers. I have tried EVERYTHING, buying a new cable, turning off USB Debugging, hell I even did a hard reset on the tablet.
When I connect the two devices, "MTP initialisation" comes up on the Tab sometimes, and when I say that I have to keep unplugging and pugging in the damn thing. SO, it says connected on the Tab, but my PC will not recognize it at all. There is nothing under Device Manager, and nothing under Computer.
And Yes, all my drivers have been installed. I really wanted that ICS rom and this is making me frustrated. If I can;t get this resolved, I'm getting an iPad 3 lol. Please help!
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I have searched for a topic, but they didn't give me any answers. I have tried EVERYTHING, buying a new cable, turning off USB Debugging, hell I even did a hard reset on the tablet.
When I connect the two devices, "MTP initialisation" comes up on the Tab sometimes, and when I say that I have to keep unplugging and pugging in the damn thing. SO, it says connected on the Tab, but my PC will not recognize it at all. There is nothing under Device Manager, and nothing under Computer.
And Yes, all my drivers have been installed. I really wanted that ICS rom and this is making me frustrated. If I can;t get this resolved, I'm getting an iPad 3 lol. Please help!
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Had a similar problem myself and it ended up being the PC usb drivers. Used a program on the PC to remove all the drivers for the tab off the PC and reinstalling them and everything went great from there.
I thought the program was called Dev view or something, but can't find it right now, but anyway google how to remove drivers from your win version and you should be able to manually remove the usb drivers pretty easily. I ended up removing every usb driver except my mouse and keyboard from Windows 7, installing the drivers for the tab downloaded from Samsung directly and haven't any problems since.
This may be a bit of overkill so you might want to wait for other fixes to be suggested too.
Good luck.
Edit: just noticed this in two other recent threads "MTP selected under settings/storage/USB computer connection" don't know if it's only related to ics, cause I don't have this option on my tab running Task 14 slim. So may be of no help what so ever.
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Benzoman said:
Had a similar problem myself and it ended up being the PC usb drivers. Used a program on the PC to remove all the drivers for the tab off the PC and reinstalling them and everything went great from there.
I thought the program was called Dev view or something, but can't find it right now, but anyway google how to remove drivers from your win version and you should be able to manually remove the usb drivers pretty easily. I ended up removing every usb driver except my mouse and keyboard from Windows 7, installing the drivers for the tab downloaded from Samsung directly and haven't any problems since.
This may be a bit of overkill so you might want to wait for other fixes to be suggested to.
Good luck.
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How can you tell which driver is which though? I can't seem to find the Dev view thing, even though you're not sure about it lol
galaxytabevo said:
How can you tell which driver is which though? I can't seem to find the Dev view thing, even though you're not sure about it lol
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I don't remember, sorry I'm old and can't get to my PC right now. Hopefully someone will jump in here soon or I can get to my PC to figure out what I did exactly.
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Benzoman said:
I don't remember, sorry I'm old and can't get to my PC right now. Hopefully someone will jump in here soon or I can get to my PC to figure out what I did exactly.
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Yeah, it would be a favor whenever you use your PC again to remember to check back lol, hopefully someone will remember
I just checked again, and the tablet is charging through the USB, which I'm not sure why. Every once in a while when plug it in to the USB, the battery gets a small red x on it, and it says MTP initialisation, but nothing on the computer
galaxytabevo said:
I just checked again, and the tablet is charging through the USB, which I'm not sure why. Every once in a while when plug it in to the USB, the battery gets a small red x on it, and it says MTP initialisation, but nothing on the computer
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I think Misledz just dealt with a tab with the red x on it. Please pm him if you would and tell him I sent you to point out this thread. I'm dealing with a lot of other things and may not be much help with my mind going a hundred different directions. I'm sure he can help get you on the right track quickly. one of his posts should be easy to find in general or q&a sections.
Don't tell him I said this but he's a great help.
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Benzoman said:
I think Misledz just dealt with a tab with the red x on it. Please pm him if you would and tell him I sent you to point out this thread. I'm dealing with a lot of other things and may not be much help with my mind going a hundred different directions. I'm sure he can help get you on the right track quickly. one of his posts should be easy to find in general or q&a sections.
Don't tell him I said this but he's a great help.
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lol, I will do that thanks.
Well, yeah sorry that I didn't reply via the PM as it tends to get flooded at times and I lose track of where and who sent the original Do forgive me for that.
The problem is the red X appears when you had the USB charge from the Overcome series, I'm pretty sure it's a lib file that conflicts with other ROM's and such, and they said there was a way to remove it, but it's dug somewhere underneath their thread, the best bet would be to attempt a factory reset, I do hope that your data is backed up via Titanium or something before you attempt this, because doing a factory reset via device *Not CWM* tends to reset all sorts of mods applied to the phone, and the user applications.
If you do attempt a factory reset do let me know You'd be surprised what a clean swipe can do (Problem is there isn't an external sd slot) so things tend to get left behind from other ROM's (The ones that aren't replaced anyway during installation)
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Well, yeah sorry that I didn't reply via the PM as it tends to get flooded at times and I lose track of where and who sent the original Do forgive me for that.
The problem is the red X appears when you had the USB charge from the Overcome series, I'm pretty sure it's a lib file that conflicts with other ROM's and such, and they said there was a way to remove it, but it's dug somewhere underneath their thread, the best bet would be to attempt a factory reset, I do hope that your data is backed up via Titanium or something before you attempt this, because doing a factory reset via device *Not CWM* tends to reset all sorts of mods applied to the phone, and the user applications.
If you do attempt a factory reset do let me know You'd be surprised what a clean swipe can do (Problem is there isn't an external sd slot) so things tend to get left behind from other ROM's (The ones that aren't replaced anyway during installation)
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Thanks for your reply but the problem is that I'm not rooted and I have done a factory reset. The problem still persists.
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Have you tried manually mounting the internal drive via CWM? CWM->Mount? It's different from MTP
Misledz said:
Have you tried manually mounting the internal drive via CWM? CWM->Mount? It's different from MTP
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How do you do that? Is that Clockwork, because I thought you needed to be rooted for that
Basically CFRoot is CWM+Root, CWM is just a custom recovery module made for flashing mods.
You need to select these options as shown, Ignore the pink walls
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Basically CFRoot is CWM+Root, CWM is just a custom recovery module made for flashing mods.
You need to select these options as shown, Ignore the pink walls
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I appreciate your pictures and help, but I have no idea of getting to this point. Everywhere I read it says that I need to be rooted to have CWM, I am completely stock, no root.
Good sir, you don't need root to get to this point. Just flash CWM from the Overcome thread or anywhere, It's all over the Development section, Just flash it via Odin, I assume by this point you know how to use Odin? If you don't it's all good, I'm willing to help you with that too
I took the liberty of uploading CWM recovery for you,
http://www.mediafire.com/?6c5tdmds927npdv
Cheers,
Fitz
Edit: Oh good lord, I just realized since you don't have CWM you can't get the PC to recognize the tab itself, silly me. Have you tried putting it into download mode and seeing if the tablet is detected in Odin?
PS: Do you know what Odin is?
Misledz said:
Good sir, you don't need root to get to this point. Just flash CWM from the Overcome thread or anywhere, It's all over the Development section, Just flash it via Odin, I assume by this point you know how to use Odin? If you don't it's all good, I'm willing to help you with that too
I took the liberty of uploading CWM recovery for you,
http://www.mediafire.com/?6c5tdmds927npdv
Cheers,
Fitz
Edit: Oh good lord, I just realized since you don't have CWM you can't get the PC to recognize the tab itself, silly me. Have you tried putting it into download mode and seeing if the tablet is detected in Odin?
PS: Do you know what Odin is?
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I will definitely try this when I get home, I really appreciate your help on this issue. Last time I tried using Odin in download mode, the PC would not connect but I will retry it later with these directions.
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Ah no worries mate, it's all good I gain user knowledge like this Experience being the wisest mans weapon, they say
I think a combo of sdk/ADB and samsung drivers are enough to see odin. (if i remember right) Connected to odin without cwm many times before development. Uninstall any samsung applications and drivers(if applicable and separate from apps) Reinstall samsung drivers via installing "Kies", then install SDK... this combo should allow Odin to see your device. Odin is a samsung program licensed to samsung and therefor should not require root access or CWM.
If i remember correctly... sorry been quite a while
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Yeah guys it didn't work. Even when in download mode and the SDK thing, nothing is recognized.
I chatted with a Samsung service rep for like an hour, I swear this guy must have been a robot. He told me to do what everyone else on this forum told me to do and it didn't work. He just told me to file a service request....yeah no.
I called this guy a magnificent bastard and my homeboy, and he didn't even give back the slightest emotion
Well, unless someone else can help me, I'm getting an iPad 3....I'll stick to Androids for my phone but going all Apple for my tablets. Getting sick of the sluggishness of Honeycomb, didn't even get to try ICS because of this issue.
Sorry, I don't follow this thread anymore and don't keep the files online anymore. There are several other threads to be found.
Softbricked? Don't worry, you can fix it if you can read.
Download all the files and extract zips.
Install drivers and LGFlashTool (Flashtool will install to path C:\LG\LGFlashTool)
Add the unzipped tot (firmware) and Megalock dll file to the LGFlashTool folder.
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Put phone in download mode: Turn phone off, push and hold volume up and plug USB cable into phone
Open device manager (Windows Start>control panel>device manager)
Select Port connection for phone (COM and LPT>LGE Android Net for VZW USB Serial Port)
Change the port to COM41 (Right click on the specified port, select properties, left click port setting tab. Click advanced. Change COM Port Number to COM41. Click OK. Click OK.
If you don't see the phone, click View in Device Manager, then click Show Hidden.
Start LGFlashtool. Specify the dll and tot to flash by checking "Select manual mode." Left click the "..." button and select the dll. Left click the "Add" button and select the tot. Click OK to close the file selection window.
Click the yellow arrow and wait patiently. Loading the firmware takes a few.
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When FlashTool shows Ready, disconnect the phone for ~5 secs. Upon reconnecting the phone, FlashTool will automatically run. This will take a few moments, so go get a cup of coffee. When the phone shows a blue screen with a bid red 3, you're good to go. Disconnect the phone and pull the battery briefly. Restart the phone and redo the setup. Shutdown Flashtool to prevent any accidents when rerooting.
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Here is an alternate method using KDZ developed for people who took the C update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Thanks to @216Monster and @droidkevlar for the additional download sites and support.
There are several other guides that cover this process in various forums. This is written from my experience after soft bricking with a build prop edit without knowing how to get back to stock first. I hope this guide makes it easier for folks in the same Big Red boat.
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I installed the driver on my work computer which is Windows XP and this is what I get in the device manager, it doesn't recognize it although I am connected to the computer in download mode. I have the Verizon LG G3 so I even tried to install the dedicated Verizon drivers that I found in this thread and still no go. Please help on finding drivers for windows XP.
Eyalkn said:
I installed the driver on my work computer which is Windows XP and this is what I get in the device manager, it doesn't recognize it although I am connected to the computer in download mode. I have the Verizon LG G3 so I even tried to install the dedicated Verizon drivers that I found in this thread and still no go. Please help on finding drivers for windows XP.
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I got that and then I unplugged the USB, waited a few seconds and plugged it back in and it then showed under communications.
lexluthor said:
I got that and then I unplugged the USB, waited a few seconds and plugged it back in and it then showed under communications.
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Thank you it worked and I am back
ins5736 said:
Softbricked? Don't worry, you can fix it if you can read.
Downloads:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7379qhBA5bnVWQwLU9GNkk3ZGs&usp=sharing
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6...22jjhk7g3kgz/LG_G3_VS985_10B_03_Stock_TOT.zip
http://fs1.androidfilesharing.com/d123f6f2cfa13038
Download all the files and extract zips.
Install drivers and LGFlashTool (Flashtool will install to path C:\LG\LGFlashTool)
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Couldn't get the flashtool to download. One file is an .ink file and nothing happens when i try to download the flashtool at the right of the screen.
Edit: Got the files downloaded, when I run flashtool without a device attached it has a login screen, I'm assuming this won't occur if the phone is hooked up to it?
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Couldn't get the flashtool to download. One file is an .ink file and nothing happens when i try to download the flashtool at the right of the screen.
Edit: Got the files downloaded, when I run flashtool without a device attached it has a login screen, I'm assuming this won't occur if the phone is hooked up to it?
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Yes.
LG G3 flies faster than a G6
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I am an experienced Android hacker, and still got a bit lost with the tutorial. While I appreciate the excellent work here, you might consider editing/adding the information to help clarify the following:
1. The TOT file at http://www.mediafire.com/download/6i..._Stock_TOT.zip, https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7379qhBA5bnVWQwLU9GNkk3ZGs&usp=sharing, and http://fs1.androidfilesharing.com/d123f6f2cfa13038 are all identical - and we only need one or the other. Please identify the other TOT links as mirrors to the same file, so people aren't downloading all of them unnecessarily (especially as they each are so very large).
2. There is already a MegaLock.dll file installed in the LGFlashTool folder once the application is installed. When you say add .dll files to the LGFlashTool folder, please clarify if MegaLock.dll needs to be overwritten by the other file with the same name (found in Setup_LGFlashTool_1.8.1.1023.zip), or otherwise. It might also help to clarify specifically which dll files are moving to the LGFlashTool folder, and from where. I ended up overwriting the default MegaLock.dll with the one you provided before I started the process...
3. Ports won't often show in Device Manager unless you go to View and then Show Hidden Devices in the Device Manager application.
4. After clicking the yellow arrow, unplugging and plugging the phone back in did nothing to start the process. Nor did plugging it back in while holding volume up (like in your 2nd step). I had to unplug, power the phone on, and then when the red Verizon screen appeared I plugged back in. This triggered the start of the Flash process. An easy way to tell you're in the right spot during the process: the red Verizon screen will disappear and a Firmware Updating screen will pop up to show you progress on the phone. When done, the phone will power cycle automatically...then, after a few other brief items, the red "3" on the blue screen will appear.
WARNING: Don't forget to close the LGFlashTool on your PC when you're done. Because...if you have anything else to do during the same session (such as rooting the phone), when you power cycle the phone while it's still plugged into your PC, LGFlashTool will take over and proceed to flash your phone again!!
Thanks again for your hard work. The tutorial was indeed helpful.
hijax2001 said:
Thanks again for your hard work. The tutorial was indeed helpful.
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Thanks for the feedback. OP modified.
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Sorry if this has been answered in one of the other threads on this topic, but does this reset the root flag/counter like it did on the g2? Thanks.
tom1226 said:
Sorry if this has been answered in one of the other threads on this topic, but does this reset the root flag/counter like it did on the g2? Thanks.
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As far as I know, but I rerooted immediately.
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ins5736 said:
As far as I know, but I rerooted immediately.
LG G3 flies faster than a G6
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Haha thanks. Just curious in case something goes funky hardware-wise. My g2 screen went wonky after a few months and I had to warranty it, unrooting was easy. Hope this pulls through if I ever need to!
Thank you so much for this you saved my ass. I tried to restore my original build.prop but forgot to fix permissions and it totally bricked my phone D:
ins5736 said:
Softbricked? Don't worry, you can fix it if you can read.
New LG G3 for you and me! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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>>>FIXED, SEE BELOW
I'm trying this and I am stuck. Got all files downloaded, installed lg tool and got to the point of restarting the phone into download mode. No problem there. Issue is I can't find the COM ports in the device manager. Running Windows 8.1 pro, don't see a section for the COM ports. I do see CDC EM, CDC Serial and LGE Android Phone, but when I right click, there is no PORT option to change....
I know I am getting close if I can just figure how to change the port on the device manager.
Any help?
update>>>when i double click the lge android phone in dev mgr, it says drivers are not installed. I have installed drivers. I also tried removing drivers and rebooting then reinstalling drivers, same thing. It shows up but looks like it can't find the right drivers.
>>>>FIXED. Removed lg flash tool. Removed drivers. rebooted. reinstalled everything. plugged in the usb and phone showed up this time, was able to change to com41 and it worked. Not sure what happened but it worked flawless this time...
THANK YOU!!!
Thanks
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>>>FIXED, SEE BELOW
I'm trying this and I am stuck. Got all files downloaded, installed lg tool and got to the point of restarting the phone into download mode. No problem there. Issue is I can't find the COM ports in the device manager. Running Windows 8.1 pro, don't see a section for the COM ports....Removed lg flash tool. Removed drivers. rebooted. reinstalled everything. plugged in the usb and phone showed up this time, was able to change to com41 and it worked. Not sure what happened but it worked flawless this time...
THANK YOU!!!
Thanks
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Glad you got it sorted! The second law of IT support (unistall and start over) saves the day again.
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ins5736 said:
Glad you got it sorted! The second law of IT support (unistall and start over) saves the day again.
LG G3 flies faster than a G6
OG RAZR XT912 got 4.4 before S4
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LOL!! Yea Im an IT manager so I know that one for sure. If all else fails, reboot or uninstall and start over!
Thanks again for this method, it worked out great. Glad to know I got a fallback if I jack something up
Tony
Quick question, apologies if it's idiotic -- basically I (stupidly, it turns out) tried to change my VZW boot animation. No dice. But now I can't get the old one back to working again, which is buggin me out.
QUESTION: Would reflashing to stock in the manner described in this thread completely restore the phone, including that boot animation? I'm just crazy enough about this to actually do it, if it'd work.
Thanks A TON for any info.
marlowe310 said:
Quick question, apologies if it's idiotic -- basically I (stupidly, it turns out) tried to change my VZW boot animation. No dice. But now I can't get the old one back to working again, which is buggin me out.
QUESTION: Would reflashing to stock in the manner described in this thread completely restore the phone, including that boot animation? I'm just crazy enough about this to actually do it, if it'd work.
Thanks A TON for any info.
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I would think. I'm new to the g3, but I think this is a tool to restore to stock out of the box. Relating to an Odin restore with Samsung. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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It would work. You might want to look around for the boot ani first though.
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I woke up this morning to my phone stuck on the boot screen. I have tried pulling the battery and turning the phone back on and it still gets stuck at the same screen. I am running alliance build 26. have also tried booting in to recovery but it just gets stuck at the teamwin blue screen. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
bluedevils0000 said:
I woke up this morning to my phone stuck on the boot screen. I have tried pulling the battery and turning the phone back on and it still gets stuck at the same screen. I am running alliance build 26. have also tried booting in to recovery but it just gets stuck at the teamwin blue screen. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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I'm assuming that you were on 4.1.2 with unlocked bootloader since you have TWRP on the phone.
You might have something that's become corrupted in data/cache. You can try to ODIN flash the stock recovery back to the phone (see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792511), then try wiping the cache, doing factory reset, and see if it will boot up again. (This will wipe all your data on the ROM, so hopefully you have a nandroid backup). If that seems to fix things, you can ODIN flash TWRP back to the phone and then restore a previous backup. (If you were on 4.3 with safestrap... then don't try to ODIN flash the stock recovery because the bootloader is locked).
If that doesn't fix things, sounds like you may have to use ODIN to restore to stock 4.1.2, then run CASUAL again, etc... Section 1b on Droidstyle's guide will help you restore to stock if needed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
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I'm assuming that you were on 4.1.2 with unlocked bootloader since you have TWRP on the phone.
You might have something that's become corrupted in data/cache. You can try to ODIN flash the stock recovery back to the phone (see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792511), then try wiping the cache, doing factory reset, and see if it will boot up again. (This will wipe all your data on the ROM, so hopefully you have a nandroid backup). If that seems to fix things, you can ODIN flash TWRP back to the phone and then restore a previous backup. (If you were on 4.3 with safestrap... then don't try to ODIN flash the stock recovery because the bootloader is locked).
If that doesn't fix things, sounds like you may have to use ODIN to restore to stock 4.1.2, then run CASUAL again, etc... Section 1b on Droidstyle's guide will help you restore to stock if needed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
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yes i was running alliance build 26 so last firmware i was on was 4.1.2 with unlocked bootloader. so here is whats going on so far. i tried downloading and installing stock firmware and it failed half way through. now when i run odin and plug my phone in it doesnt show. i have tried reinstalling drivers and still nothing. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
bluedevils0000 said:
yes i was running alliance build 26 so last firmware i was on was 4.1.2 with unlocked bootloader. so here is whats going on so far. i tried downloading and installing stock firmware and it failed half way through. now when i run odin and plug my phone in it doesnt show. i have tried reinstalling drivers and still nothing. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Does your phone still boot into Download (Odin) mode?
If you could post the log from Odin, it should list the error that happened when it failed and this would assist others to help you troubleshoot.
Edit : This YouTube video shows one idea to try to get Odin to recognize the phone again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7TVY2UXEY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I s isn't look to see what the error code was when it happened. I have tried the battery pull while plugged in and it still doesn't show when I plug my phone in. I'm starting to get worried the phone is shot but willing to do whatever I have to to get it back up and running again.
bluedevils0000 said:
I s isn't look to see what the error code was when it happened. I have tried the battery pull while plugged in and it still doesn't show when I plug my phone in. I'm starting to get worried the phone is shot but willing to do whatever I have to to get it back up and running again.
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Can you confirm if the phone still boots into Download mode (what does it do when you press Volume down+Home+Power Button)?
mattnmag said:
Can you confirm if the phone still boots into Download mode (what does it do when you press Volume down+Home+Power Button)?
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yes it still boots in to download mode. at first my computer would read it when plugged in but after the failed firmware install on odin it will now not even read my phone when plugged in.
bluedevils0000 said:
yes it still boots in to download mode. at first my computer would read it when plugged in but after the failed firmware install on odin it will now not even read my phone when plugged in.
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That's good that you can still get into download mode and means you will likely be able to fix it. I suspect that something happened with the computer when your attempt to ODIN flash failed...and even though you uninstalled/reinstalled the Samsung drivers , something is probably still messed up with the computer. If you have another computer available to try it on, you may give that a go.
Another solution might be to use the "System Restore" feature on the computer to restore to a previous point and see if that will fix things. If it does and ODIN can recognize the phone again, then you might try some of the tips that I've read on various posts....
Here's some of those tips for ODIN flashing:
-Always verify the md5 on your downloads to make sure they aren't corrupted. Here's a good program (WinMd5) for Windows to verify MD5's if needed. I noticed that the link for the stock 4.1.2 firmware on Droidstyle's guide doesn't have a md5. The md5 for stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 firmware should be MD5: d04cc7e7717f60b06ce82ffdf85703cd. If that doesn't match with what you've got... then you may try to download the stock firmware again from this link (KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 ) and then verify the md5 again.
-Verify the md5 on your pit file -- it should be a md5 of: 6e874ba443d59ea114e48c1a57f3dfaa
-Make sure that your phone has at least 50%+ charge on the battery
-Disable Firewall / Antivirus software on the computer before running ODIN
-Make sure you are running ODIN as Administrator
-Try a different USB port on the computer (I've read where you should use a USB 2.0 port, not 3.0-- and also using the port on the back of desktop PC's seems to be recommended/ or the one closest to the power source --you'll have to experiment).
-Try a different USB cable (preferably the cable that came with the phone if you have it and it is still in good shape).
I know this can get frustrating, but I'm hoping that as long as you can still get the phone into download mode, that you can restore it back to 4.1.2. Maybe others will also read this thread and chime in with some additional tips or ideas if none of this works. Doing some more searching in the XDA threads and Google will also probably give you some more ideas.
:fingers-crossed: Good luck.
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That's good that you can still get into download mode and means you will likely be able to fix it. I suspect that something happened with the computer when your attempt to ODIN flash failed...and even though you uninstalled/reinstalled the Samsung drivers , something is probably still messed up with the computer. If you have another computer available to try it on, you may give that a go.
Another solution might be to use the "System Restore" feature on the computer to restore to a previous point and see if that will fix things. If it does and ODIN can recognize the phone again, then you might try some of the tips that I've read on various posts....
Here's some of those tips for ODIN flashing:
-Always verify the md5 on your downloads to make sure they aren't corrupted. Here's a good program (WinMd5) for Windows to verify MD5's if needed. I noticed that the link for the stock 4.1.2 firmware on Droidstyle's guide doesn't have a md5. The md5 for stock 4.1.2 VRAMC3 firmware should be MD5: d04cc7e7717f60b06ce82ffdf85703cd. If that doesn't match with what you've got... then you may try to download the stock firmware again from this link (KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 ) and then verify the md5 again.
-Verify the md5 on your pit file -- it should be a md5 of: 6e874ba443d59ea114e48c1a57f3dfaa
-Make sure that your phone has at least 50%+ charge on the battery
-Disable Firewall / Antivirus software on the computer before running ODIN
-Make sure you are running ODIN as Administrator
-Try a different USB port on the computer (I've read where you should use a USB 2.0 port, not 3.0-- and also using the port on the back of desktop PC's seems to be recommended/ or the one closest to the power source --you'll have to experiment).
-Try a different USB cable (preferably the cable that came with the phone if you have it and it is still in good shape).
I know this can get frustrating, but I'm hoping that as long as you can still get the phone into download mode, that you can restore it back to 4.1.2. Maybe others will also read this thread and chime in with some additional tips or ideas if none of this works. Doing some more searching in the XDA threads and Google will also probably give you some more ideas.
:fingers-crossed: Good luck.
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okay so did a system restore as i dont have another computer available right now. was really hoping that would work but i still got nothing. plug my phone in and it does absolutely nothing. dont know where else to go from here. appreciate all your help but it is really starting to seem like a lost cause.
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okay so did a system restore as i dont have another computer available right now. was really hoping that would work but i still got nothing. plug my phone in and it does absolutely nothing. dont know where else to go from here. appreciate all your help but it is really starting to seem like a lost cause.
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If the phone boots into download mode, I wouldn't give up on it until trying everything. What have you tried other than the Windows system restore? Trying different USB ports/ different cables seem to be 2 of the most common fixes I've read about for this issue.
Does your computer indicate anything at all when you plug in the phone? (You can check to see if the computer shows if any devices are connected by looking in the computer's device manager when the phone is plugged in. This link should help you: ( http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/504/how-to-uninstall-hidden-devices-drivers-and-services/ ). You can try uninstalling any drivers that might be related to Samsung/Android. Then reboot the computer and try reinstalling the Samsung drivers again. Here are some links for the Samsung drivers if needed: Official Download link for Samsung Drivers - -- (or these... Alternate link for Samsung Drivers, which are what I've been using).
Hopefully, you can get the computer to recognize the device and then try ODIN again. Are you using ODIN 3.07 from this link? If not, that's the one that is suggested for our phones.
If the computer can recognize the phone, but ODIN isn't working, you might try to restore the device with Samsung Kies 2.6, which you can find here - http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/.
Verizon also has a Repair Assistant which might be worth a try. You can learn more about it here: http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/devices/knowledge_base.html/80201/.
I hope that I'm not overwhelming you with information... but I thought it would be good to point out that there may still be options to try before giving up.
I've got to take care of some errands and do yard work this afternoon, so I won't be available to check back for quite a while. There are TONS of people on XDA with much more knowledge than me... so I'm hoping that if you can't get it fixed with what I've provided, that some others will provide some suggestions.
okay so i have tried almost everything that has been suggested to get my computer to recognize my phone. i even plugged it in to another computer last night and even that computer did not do a thing once plugged. have tried different cables and different ports and so far nothing. very very frustrating i frickin love my gn2 and was hoping to get a few more months out of it until i could afford a note 4. thanks for all your help if you can think of anything else just let me know im willing to try anything to get it back up and running.
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okay so i have tried almost everything that has been suggested to get my computer to recognize my phone. i even plugged it in to another computer last night and even that computer did not do a thing once plugged. have tried different cables and different ports and so far nothing. very very frustrating i frickin love my gn2 and was hoping to get a few more months out of it until i could afford a note 4. thanks for all your help if you can think of anything else just let me know im willing to try anything to get it back up and running.
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Hi bluedevils0000,
Unfortunately, without a that error report from ODIN, we're really just guessing on why the ODIN flash didn't work. Did that other computer that you tried have the Samsung Drivers installed on it... and were there any other mobile device drivers on it that might have caused conflicts? Do you also have Samsung Kies installed on your computer? .... if so, it might be causing conflicts.
Do you know what percentage your battery was at when you tried to restore with ODIN... and is it currently charged to at least to 50%? I've read a couple posts where the battery needs to be charged for the flash to work properly... so if your battery is old, I'm wondering if it's went bad and if charging it fully could make a difference.
If you haven't plugged the phone in to the computer yet and looked at the Windows Device manager to see if the phone is showing any sort of connection at all, then that would be my next step. Look to see if there are any yellow exclamation points on any of the devices--like the picture here:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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Maybe try the battery pull trick as well when looking at device manager with the phone plugged in. There's an option in Device Manager to see hidden devices, so make sure to enable that. Let's hope that your computer will show something in Device Manger when you try these things. You can try uninstalling the Samsung Drivers again, then try manually uninstall the devices in Device Manager that look to be related to Android, adb, mass storage, portable devices, etc... and see if that makes any sort of difference. Unplug your phone and reboot the computer afterwards... then reinstall the Samsung drivers (the ones linked in my previous post). If you don't know how to manually uninstall devices, you can get this info through a Google search.
I'm running out of ideas... but I would say that as long as the phone goes into download mode and something hasn't happened that damaged your phones micro usb port, then there should still be hope to restore the device with ODIN, Samsung KIES, or Verizon's Repair Utility.
so once again i sat down last night and retried everything that i had been doing to get my computer to recognize my phone. i opened device manager and plugged my phone in and it shows absolutely nothing. even tried the battery pull while still plugged in and it still shows nothing. i had kies downloaded on my computer so i uninstalled it also unistalled all drivers again then restarted and reinstalled drivers still to no avail. im lost and running out of ideas.
If you went to Device Manager and chose to show hidden devices /rescanned for hardware changes, manually uninstalled devices in Device Manager that look to be related to Android, adb, mass storage, portable devices, etc..., rebooted the computer & reinstalled Samsung Drivers... If you have tried all these things, then I'm not sure why it won't show any sort of connection. It could be that your phone's micro usb port is bad.
Here's another web link that offers possible solutions to fix usb connection issues: ( http://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-usb-device-not-recognized-not-installed/). Maybe one of these solutions will help.
Sorry.... but I'm out of ideas too and can't think of any other solutions if you can't get the phone to communicate with the computer.
Let's hope there are some other XDA members who can offer other ideas.
Did you delete the file that needs to be deleted in Device Manger? I ran into that before, I would run odin, then my phone would no longer be recognized until you deleted the correct file/port in Device Manager? I know it was mentioned above, just checking you deleted the correct port under device manager.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzghcV8HVVk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If you went to Device Manager and chose to show hidden devices /rescanned for hardware changes, manually uninstalled devices in Device Manager that look to be related to Android, adb, mass storage, portable devices, etc..., rebooted the computer & reinstalled Samsung Drivers... If you have tried all these things, then I'm not sure why it won't show any sort of connection. It could be that your phone's micro usb port is bad.
Here's another web link that offers possible solutions to fix usb connection issues: ( http://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-usb-device-not-recognized-not-installed/). Maybe one of these solutions will help.
Sorry.... but I'm out of ideas too and can't think of any other solutions if you can't get the phone to communicate with the computer.
Let's hope there are some other XDA members who can offer other ideas.
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i have also noticed that when i plug the phone in to its stock charger i get the battery on the screen but it does not ever show the green portion at the bottom of the battery like it usually does when it is charging. it just shows the battery that normally shows up with the little circle in the middle and never goes any further. i attached a picture to show you exactly what it looks like when i plug it in to charge.
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bluedevils0000,
Can you post the name of the file that you were ODIN flashing over to your phone when ODIN failed? That might help others help you.
The file I was attempting to flash was KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_use r_low_ship.tar.md5 it started fine and stopped half way through and would no longer do anything when I plugged my phone in to my computer.
That was definitely the correct file to flash to restore the phone to 4.1.2. I'm assuming you followed Section 1B of Droidstyle's GUIDE in development section and placed the file in the PDA slot in ODIN.
I wish I knew more ideas to try to help you to get the computer to recognize the phone again when you put it in download mode. It could be that your phone is having a hardware problem. I've provided all the links and ideas I can think of for now. You can bump this thread periodically to keep it alive to see if others will respond with additional ideas.
well thank you for all the time you have put in trying to help me resolve my problem. i truly do appreciate it and this right here is why i love the android community and could never stray from android. i will keep you updated but at this point i would have to agree that it is most likely a hardware issue. the phone wont charge and my computer wont recognize it so as much as it sucks now im stuck with a broken phone until the day comes when i can afford a note 4. once again thank you.
I've already tried many apps, such as kingoroot, kingroot, one click root, framaroot, etc. i really need help. Thx in advance
kebakkaran said:
I've already tried many apps, such as kingoroot, kingroot, one click root, framaroot, etc. i really need help. Thx in advance
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I have same problem
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I have same problem
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Same issue here as well, nothing I try works on this phone, it's driving me insane.
EDIT: It's android 6, so you can't root the phone without a custom recovery.
WELP. So I just spent the past 2 days wasting my time on this god awful phone. I can't even access fastboot on this piece of crap, it comes up for 2 seconds and then disappears and no amount of "properly" installing usb drivers for it has helped. I even tried disabling driver signing and installing the drivers through adding legacy hardware. Nothing worked at all. So I thought I'd just install a custom recovery with sp flash tool. So I downloaded a stock rom for the vfd300 (my phone) from here: https://androidmtk.com/download-vodafone-stock-rom-models and ported TWRP using an ASUS Zenfone GO's TWRP.img.
Custom Recovery works fine, the phone does not. It is now stuck in a bootloop. Tried formatting everything (from TWRP) doesn't work. Tried flashing the rom again (even with the stock recovery) still stuck at bootloop, tried about 3 other vfd300 stock roms that people have uploaded to http://forum.gsmhosting.com and none of them have worked either. Currently downloading yet ANOTHER one and tbh I don't have high hopes. (EDIT: It didn't work)
Any help at this point would be appreciated.
Holy crispy crap it started............................. So I managed to find a working rom from (what appeared to be) some Vietnamese file hosting website .
You follow the instructions below at your own risk. No one is responsible for any damage done to your device but you.
I officially have root working on this device.
Now that I've done it, it's a surprisingly simple procedure. As I stated in the edit in my reply above, the VFD300 has Android 6 on it, which requires (afaik) a systemless root to be installed from recovery.
I ported the custom recovery from this thread (since the Z00VD has the same chip as the VFD) which you can download here.
Download the latest version of Chainfires beta SuperSU installer from this thread and transfer it to either your phones internal storage or SD card.
Also download a copy of SP Flash tool (if your fastboot works, use that instead). Finally, you will need this scatter file.
Unplug your phone from the computer and shut it down. Open SP Flash tool and click the download tab at the top.
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Click "choose" next to the Scatter-loading file box and select the path to the scatter file you downloaded. IMPORTANT Make sure all boxes below except recovery are unchecked and select Download Only in the drop-down box. Double click on recovery in the Location column and point it to the custom recovery image you downloaded.
Click the Download button at the top and then plug your phone back in. The bottom bar will turn red, then purple, then yellow and once it is fully done flashing you will get a pop-up box with a green tick as confirmation.
Unplug your phone and reboot into recovery (Power+Vol-Up). In the custom recovery, select install, go to the directory you transferred Chainfires beta SuperSU.zip to, install it and reboot. TWRP will ask you if you want it to install root, DO NOT LET IT INSTALL ROOT. Your phone may loop a few times and can take up to 10 minutes to boot the first time, but it will be successfully rooted.
If you need a copy of the stock rom, download this one. If you want to flash this rom, make sure you use the scatter file in the roms archive and select firmware upgrade from the Download Only box on SP Flash Tool.
EDIT: I'm so sorry I borked the hyperlink order. Instead of linking to the scatter file I linked to the entire rom and vice versa with the stock rom link
Vikeyev
vikeyev please contact me at [email protected]
Hey ummm, this is a great tut. I have problem with mine though unfortunately :/. I've done all steps correctly, with each of them followed thoroughly but then I get to the point where my device isn't identified when I connect it to the computer. None of those colored 'bottom bars' pop up nor the green tick as confirmation concept. PLEASE HELP ME !
[UPDATE] When I disconnect my device, some BROM error comes up but idek what it means.
InevitableDefeat276 said:
Hey ummm, this is a great tut. I have problem with mine though unfortunately :/. I've done all steps correctly, with each of them followed thoroughly but then I get to the point where my device isn't identified when I connect it to the computer. None of those colored 'bottom bars' pop up nor the green tick as confirmation concept. PLEASE HELP ME !
[UPDATE] When I disconnect my device, some BROM error comes up but idek what it means.
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Did you make sure to power off your phone and unplug the USB, then press download and reconnect your phones usb? Don't turn the phone back on, just replug it in after you hit the download button.
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stuck on loading
hi i'm a bit stumped here i followed all the steps to root my vfd 300 i got custom recovery installed but now when i reboot it the phone just sits on the loading part about 30 minutes i been waiting is there any thing i have missed or can do to solve this
thanks in advance
putzwon said:
hi i'm a bit stumped here i followed all the steps to root my vfd 300 i got custom recovery installed but now when i reboot it the phone just sits on the loading part about 30 minutes i been waiting is there any thing i have missed or can do to solve this
thanks in advance
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Sounds like a boot loop. You need to download the stock rom (it should be about 700mb or so and in rar format). Once you've downloaded the stock rom, extract the archive to a folder somewhere (you will need something like 7zip or Winrar). Open SP Flash tool, load the scatter file from the extracted folder and make sure you select every box. There should be a check mark in each box. Change SP Flash tools dropdown box to firmware upgrade (by default it is on Download Only) and then flash it similar to how you did with the recovery (make sure you change the recovery to the custom one from above).
If my instructions aren't clear enough, I can do it again to my phone and take pictures of the entire process to make it easier to follow.
vikeyev said:
Did you make sure to power off your phone and unplug the USB, then press download and reconnect your phones usb? Don't turn the phone back on, just replug it in after you hit the download button.
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Yeah man! I've done that as well but had no luck .
1. I've enabled USB Debugging Mode and I've shut my phone down (NOTE: It has not been connected to the computer)
2. I opened the SP Flash tool and I clicked the download tab at the top
3. I then choose next to the scatter-file thing and have relocated it to the scatter file that I've downloaded from your link
4. ALL boxes are unchecked except recovery with download-only in the drop-down box
5. I've done the recovery image and everything and then...
6. I plug my phone in (Yes, it's completely shut down from step 1) with the USB cable and nothing shows up (Colored bars, tick etc.)
7. When I unplug it, an error comes up and then I'm completely stuck with no idea of what to do next
[UPDATE] - Does my phone have to be on the latest version?
Same problem
I'm having the same issue. I follow the instructions, phone off, press download, etc. I dont get any bars changing colours.
Did you manage to sort it out yet?
[update] managed to work it out. the MT65xx drivers werent installed properly. Use the instructions here (I cant post links!!! google: sp-flash-tool-mediatek-mt65xx-drivers-download-and-installation-guide-including-bricked-devices) to get them working first, make sure the battery is out of your phone and the main instructions in this thread work first time.
huggies15 said:
I'm having the same issue. I follow the instructions, phone off, press download, etc. I dont get any bars changing colours.
Did you manage to sort it out yet?
[update] managed to work it out. the MT65xx drivers werent installed properly. Use the instructions here (I cant post links!!! google: sp-flash-tool-mediatek-mt65xx-drivers-download-and-installation-guide-including-bricked-devices) to get them working first, make sure the battery is out of your phone and the main instructions in this thread work first time.
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My brother, you're a genius . Thanks for helping out! It was worked. God bless!
stuck with a white circle runs
hi bro, i met the same issue.
I've done all the step successfully, and after i reboot my phone, it shows up with the logo of Vodafone, then a big circle became a smaller one, and then, the small circle runs endlessly.
I can go in recovery, but cannot boot the system.
I also did a memory test, got tow error
ERROR: NAND Flash was not detected!
ERROR: UFS was not detected!
I tried many times, and format whole flash and download all of them again.
it just doesn't work.
please help, thank you in advance.
frepeak said:
hi bro, i met the same issue.
I've done all the step successfully, and after i reboot my phone, it shows up with the logo of Vodafone, then a big circle became a smaller one, and then, the small circle runs endlessly.
I can go in recovery, but cannot boot the system.
I also did a memory test, got tow error
ERROR: NAND Flash was not detected!
ERROR: UFS was not detected!
I tried many times, and format whole flash and download all of them again.
it just doesn't work.
please help, thank you in advance.
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Bro I got the EXACT same issue now because I accidentally installed Supersu through TWRP (which is pretty stupid because it was mentioned to AVOID the Supersu prompt when exiting TWRP). I've been stuck on bootloop for a couple of days now .
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Did you make sure to power off your phone and unplug the USB, then press download and reconnect your phones usb? Don't turn the phone back on, just replug it in after you hit the download button.
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Bro, I accidentally installed Supersu when the prompt came up as I tried to exit TWRP. I know you said to NOT let it install, which was pretty stupid that I didn't read carefully what you wrote. Now I'm stuck in bootloop -_-.
Please help bro; I've tried flashing it to the stock rom, removing dalvik cache and everything etc. Nothing's working. Please help!
successfully got a rooted vfd 300
InevitableDefeat276 said:
Bro I got the EXACT same issue now because I accidentally installed Supersu through TWRP (which is pretty stupid because it was mentioned to AVOID the Supersu prompt when exiting TWRP). I've been stuck on bootloop for a couple of days now .
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Bro, I accidentally installed Supersu when the prompt came up as I tried to exit TWRP. I know you said to NOT let it install, which was pretty stupid that I didn't read carefully what you wrote. Now I'm stuck in bootloop -_-.
Please help bro; I've tried flashing it to the stock rom, removing dalvik cache and everything etc. Nothing's working. Please help!
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I was stuck in bootloop, but we don't share the same reason. I think there is something wrong with the rom above.
I found another rom, flash it, and problem solved, pretty simple. Now, I have a rooted vfd 300, even better than the stock rom, but you need to delete some app you don't like before you enjoy it.
you can find this rom by searching MT6580_S00_EMMC_MRA58K__6.0_VFD-300_Vodafone.zip
frepeak said:
I was stuck in bootloop, but we don't share the same reason. I think there is something wrong with the rom above.
I found another rom, flash it, and problem solved, pretty simple. Now, I have a rooted vfd 300, even better than the stock rom, but you need to delete some app you don't like before you enjoy it.
you can find this rom by searching MT6580_S00_EMMC_MRA58K__6.0_VFD-300_Vodafone.zip
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can you provide link please google z not giving results for me
Vodafon VFD300 Firmware + TWRP + ROOT
As recommended above, Vodafon vfd 300 as a result of the phone turned on until the endless download -TWRP was not requested, sr1-SuperSU-v2.82 - sr120170608224931 and flash driver SP Flash Tool 3.1352.01 (5.1352.01) did not fit. I decided to solve the problem - the vfd 300 flashed through the firmware MT6580_S00_EMMC_MRA58K__6.0_VFD 300_Vodafone_356774071726533_08_19_2016_09_02_53 (1) (2), the flash driver SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1648_vin - the next way (remove the battery, hold the volume (-) until the end of the firmware, Download, connect the cable to the phone (the firmware will go to Emergency port about 8 minutes)
****************Next, we flash the TWRP - the flash driver SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1648_ the scatter and the TWRP are recommended - (MT6580_Android_scatter.Tht and
*Recovery-TWRP-VFD300.img) flashing.
**********We check TWRP (we clamp simultaneously ON-volume (+) release ON-opens TWRP.
**********Get Root rights ---- copy SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip to the phone folder, turn off the phone, go to TWRP find Install - SuperSu - Swaipe to instal - Dj not Install. All made happy, good luck. There will be questions [email protected]
InevitableDefeat276 said:
Yeah man! I've done that as well but had no luck .
1. I've enabled USB Debugging Mode and I've shut my phone down (NOTE: It has not been connected to the computer)
2. I opened the SP Flash tool and I clicked the download tab at the top
3. I then choose next to the scatter-file thing and have relocated it to the scatter file that I've downloaded from your link
4. ALL boxes are unchecked except recovery with download-only in the drop-down box
5. I've done the recovery image and everything and then...
6. I plug my phone in (Yes, it's completely shut down from step 1) with the USB cable and nothing shows up (Colored bars, tick etc.)
7. When I unplug it, an error comes up and then I'm completely stuck with no idea of what to do next
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you need to make sure you click download on flash tool then plug the usb in to phone and pc (also remember the battery has to be out of the phone for it to flash)
then you should see the red,yellow, green colours.
Hi all. I will be attempting to root my Vodafone VFD-300 tomorrow,after reading through the entire thread there seems to have been many issues with getting it done successfully. I also saw that it was suggested to provide step by step screenshots of the entire process. If anyone who managed to do the whole rooting with no problems could please do so again and provide us with the step by step screenshots,it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.