I am looking to go back to stock, but all of the instructions I find need Odin. From what I can find Odin does not work on a Mac, which I have with no access to Windows.
What is another way I can go back to the way things were straight out of the box?
If only it were that easy.
i have seen on a thread here where you can install Odin if you have bootcamp.. have you tried that? I also have mac but i just borrow my friends windows laptop so can just flash it to stock..
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i have a samsung vibrant and its running 2.2 on it that i got from minni kies and its rooted but i cant flash any new roms on it im kinda new to this so any help would be nice im try to run a boot animation on it and going to get ffc soon i need the best rom and so on and please tell me step by step
thanks
You need to modify the stock to recovery because we don't have the signature keys that allow flashing of different firmware on the phone.
This is a decent guide.
Or if you have Odin working on your PC, follow this guide. After getting back to stock firmware, root-->install rom manager w/CWM recovery-->flash custom firmware.
Edit: forgot MCL homie.
jamesd86 said:
You need to modify the stock to recovery because we don't have the signature keys that allow flashing of different firmware on the phone.
This is a decent guide.
Or if you have Odin working on your PC, follow this guide. After getting back to stock firmware, root-->install rom manager w/CWM recovery-->flash custom firmware.
Edit: forgot MCL homie.
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so what one will let me downgrade the frimware? and will it walk me though it? but i cant get odin on my computer cuz the website is down
I found this some dude named (DJ Quick) on Big Resource said to do this
(You're still running the stock rom, you just rooted your phone, that's all. Here's what I would do:
1. Uninstall Rom Manager first.
2. Unroot your phone.
3. Go to your dialer, and type in *2767*3855#. This code is used for factory format.
It'll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage,
and reinstall the phone firmware from when you first took it out of the box. )
but i tryed it it didnt bring me to android 2.1....
Check out the program AIO vibrant something in the dev section. Its pretty good.
Its like the first sticky in the dev forum.
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You can get the needed software in the sticky Noob in the general section by S15274N you will need
your USB drivers from Samsung loaded on your computer
Odin 1.7 or higher (this will load on your computer as well)
2.1 JFD stock tar. and 512 pit file
Superoneclick rooting file (you can get this from unlockr.com or other places)
Look in the noob bible for the how to or do a search for a video pon youtube there are a number of them
Reflash to stock then> boot up the phone then> root the phone then> reboot the phone> then Download Rom manager then> then hookup the phone to the computer again make sure debugging is clicked on and place the custom rom you want on your internal sd card then> use the Clockwork mod in that program and boot into recovery then > pick install zip from sd card then pick choose sd card then flash that then > reboot and you are done.
Before doing this make sure you have backed up all you information on to the computer as well as making a nandroid backup
Hope that gets you going....... cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
Have you tried this method? Looks like others are having success and as stated in the OP this process does not look to require ODIN although you will need access to a PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
This is the method i have used to Root in the past(never from official 2.2 via kies) and it looks like this wont werk for you jump to last couple pages. Although if i were in ur shoes this would still be my prefered method(as this is the way i've always done it and i am personally comfortable with) If it were me i would ODIN to stock 2.1 and then root from there this way. If you chose this route of course you will need access to a PC and ODIN as well. Good luck!
also i have heard good things of this so called "AIO toolbox" as the kidz like to call it these days
take a look at the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Hello guys, I'm a mac (OSX 10.7.3) user and would like to install ICS on my SG9100. Does anyone knows a trustworthy tutorial that suites my needs?
Thanks in advance.
Unfortunately the easiest way is to use a PC and update through Kies, although Kies can be a pain to use also. The other option is to root and flash an ICS ROM.
There are various ways to do this, all which are explained throughout the forum.
Hey,
first, there's Kies for Mac...
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
It suppose to provide firmware updating if your device has been intact (you got it without custom rom / rooted).
secondly,
there is Heimdall which is open source alternative that should be able to flash roms. though I must admit your easiest solution is PURE bootcamp (no parallels/virtualization) and ODIN if your not going the 100% samsung way.
I was going to suggest Kies for Mac but the mac version does not appear to support firmware upgrades, so I had to borrow a friends PC. I then went ahead and rooted and Flashed a vanilla ICS, but that's by the by.
I'm trying to fix an S4 for my friends 14 yr old son. All I know is that he says he used towel root to root it. There's some stuff on screen. Stable root, stable boot initiating, build number etc; can't remember exactly and don't have the phone on me now. Anyway, it boots just fine but systemui is constantly crashing, making it impossible to do anything. I tried a factory reset with no luck. Still same problems. I downloaded stock firmware and tried to odin back to stock also with no luck. Getting a "fail(auth)" message. My question is, before I attempt to try odin again is there a way I can push a new systemui.apk to the phone to try and fix it? Or a way to remove the root files through adb? Any help is much appreciated. For the record, I've successfully unbricked many galaxy devices in my time. Don't know why this one is giving me such a hard time.
Odin failed? Probably a bad download. Also was it a no wipe or emergency repair file? Best bet may be to follow the links in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776189 for the appropriate build number and use the emergency repair if everything still isn't working.
I would recommend the no wipe Odin image from surge, Nc5, should take care of your issue. If that fails, you should try the Full wipe of NC5, bc that is rootable without downgrading or following some directions that you may not understand. Dont know your comfort level with the phone, but if you know adb, then you might be smarter than me.
Your Odin might have failed bc of a bad download. Try redownloading the file, use stock samsung data cable, try a different usb port on pc etc.
So i have never had so many problems with a phone, but this would be the first one a customer tried doing on their own.
So he downloaded the latest file from sammobile for his SCH-i605. he used odin to flash and was stuck in boot loop. I have tried many different methods to try and get his phone working. I have tried all of the alternate method files to no avail. the current file i have flashed is the VRAMC3 restore out of all the files i have tried this is 1 of very few that make it through the write. All the others fail on sboot. It currently sits on the unauthorized verizon blah blah blah. Its had no recovery since he brought it over and havent been able to get recovery back. All i have access to is download mode, some firmwares give me the kies screen talking about an error but cant get it seen in kies versions 2 and 3.
If you need any other info just ask, if i know the answer i will give it. He has no clue as to what OS he was on or even what the ROM that was on there.
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So i have never had so many problems with a phone, but this would be the first one a customer tried doing on their own.
So he downloaded the latest file from sammobile for his SCH-i605. he used odin to flash and was stuck in boot loop. I have tried many different methods to try and get his phone working. I have tried all of the alternate method files to no avail. the current file i have flashed is the VRAMC3 restore out of all the files i have tried this is 1 of very few that make it through the write. All the others fail on sboot. It currently sits on the unauthorized verizon blah blah blah. Its had no recovery since he brought it over and havent been able to get recovery back. All i have access to is download mode, some firmwares give me the kies screen talking about an error but cant get it seen in kies versions 2 and 3.
If you need any other info just ask, if i know the answer i will give it. He has no clue as to what OS he was on or even what the ROM that was on there.
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If the person tried to ODIN flash the latest firmware version for the SCH-I605, then it would have been VRUFND7 4.4.2 Kit Kat. (Unfortunately... once you install 4.3 or 4.4.2 on our Note 2's, both of those firmwares lock the bootloader with no current do it yourself method to unlock it. You can't successfully flash a prior Android version onto the phone after you upgrade past 4.1.2 either because of the locked bootloader).
Check out Droidstyle's Restore Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181. You will probably need to flash the pit file with the firmware to get it to Odin flash successfully. You can grab the SCH-I605 16gb Pit file from the guide.
Even though Droidstyle's guide is a little old, it is still the same steps for restoring to 4.4.2, so if you follow the guide (section 1b), it should help you fix the phone.
He doesn't have a link for the 4.4.2 firmware, but you can grab it from Sammobile. It looks like the Sammobile site is currently down for maintenance, but the link is here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30950/I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip/
If you're using an older ODIN, then I would probably try to use a newer Odin version like 3.0.9 or 3.10.0. Make sure you run it with Administrative privileges and disable antivirus programs.
Good luck!
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If the person tried to ODIN flash the latest firmware version for the SCH-I605, then it would have been VRUFND7 4.4.2 Kit Kat. (Unfortunately... once you install 4.3 or 4.4.2 on our Note 2's, both of those firmwares lock the bootloader with no current do it yourself method to unlock it. You can't successfully flash a prior Android version onto the phone after you upgrade past 4.1.2 either because of the locked bootloader).
Check out Droidstyle's Restore Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181. You will probably need to flash the pit file with the firmware to get it to Odin flash successfully. You can grab the SCH-I605 16gb Pit file from the guide.
Even though Droidstyle's guide is a little old, it is still the same steps for restoring to 4.4.2, so if you follow the guide (section 1b), it should help you fix the phone.
He doesn't have a link for the 4.4.2 firmware, but you can grab it from Sammobile. It looks like the Sammobile site is currently down for maintenance, but the link is here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30950/I605VRUFND7_I605VZWFND7_VZW.zip/
If you're using an older ODIN, then I would probably try to use a newer Odin version like 3.0.9 or 3.10.0. Make sure you run it with Administrative privileges and disable antivirus programs.
Good luck!
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Ive tried that one as well and almost all the files in that thread. When he flashed the 4.4.2 firmware the phone wouldnt boot all it did was flash the Note 2 screen. Ive used the pit file as well with no luck. Using the top file on the link fails almost instantly, VRAMC3 writes and passes but will not boot, shows the unauthorized firmware screen.
I'm wondering if he flashed a firmware onto the phone that was from a different carrier like ATT or something. If so, he may have messed up the phone so bad that it might need jtag to repair it.
You've probably already tried all the normal Odin tips like using a different usb cable, different ports on the computer (usb 2.0 port is recommended), etc... so I won't go over all those.
I've never tried it and don't know if I'd recommend it, but I recall reading some threads a while back where someone discussed trying the Nand Erase function in Odin.... (again.... I'm not saying to do that... but you may want to research it to see if it might be an option if nothing else works).
I've also read where people say that they've used Cygwin to create custom tar files... then they ODIN installed each of the separate partition files (e.g. recovery, boot, modem, system, etc...), onto their Samsung device.
I'm not knowledgeable enough to offer guidance with Cygwin and I'm not sure if either of these ideas would work, but I just thought I'd throw them out there for the sake of brainstorming for ideas. Maybe someone will respond to your request who has more knowledge and ideas.
I wish you luck with getting it fixed.
Does anyone know if this is possible? I only have a Macbook running OSX Maverick and have struggled to find a version of ODIN for Mac.
For Mac there is hemdall. Have you looked into that at all?
But no, there is no way to flash that without a computer.
Many people have tried and not been able to find a way to do that yet.
Thanks for that. Everywhere I searched, there was no mention of any software named Heimdall until you stated it. I guess I'll have to use Heimdall and hope I don't do something horribly wrong.