On the vibrant will the adb work in stock recovery?
I think my phone is considered bricked/ soft bricked or whatever its classified as.
If I go into odin it is not recognized by my pc, however if I go into the stock recovery (it cant find the Clockwork recovery file "update" anymore). I really have no idea how to use adb and dont really feel like struggling to find out it wont even connect.
is your phone in download mode when using ODIN?
Yes, I can put it in download mode. However it wont be noticed by odin for some reason. I plan on trying on another computer sooner or later.
I tired the oneclick lag fix via pc and it did find the phone, but what it didnt do is push the file onto the internal sd card.
Next question. Can I change the internal to the external sd card for recovery?
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ok i have a pretty big problem... i tryed to flash axura 2.2 and when i did it got an error on line 13 so i restarted my phone thinking it was going to be ok but stayed on the vibrant startup page...... now im trying to do odin but when i go to the download setup by holding down the 2 volume buttons on usb hookup nothing happens my computer wwill recognize it but says its and unknown device and i have downloaded the driver numerous times and odin still cant find my device so i can put my vibrant back to stock...... what im getting at is does anyone know how to get odin to reconize my phone.....or is there another way to load any type of rom to where i can go in and actually use my phone...
thanks,
Zach
Had the same issue once take the sd card and sim card out. Open odin before you connect your phone. With the phone off connect it to your pc and press and hold both the volume up and down. That should get you to the download screen. Make sure you open odin before you get the download screen or it will get hung up during flash
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thanks i tried it and still nothing my phone will go to the download screen but odin wont recognize it :/
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thanks i tried it and still nothing my phone will go to the download screen but odin wont recognize it :/
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Did you install adb on the computer?, did you install the drivers for your phone?
Download Mode:
Power off phone, take out battery.
On PC, open ODIN and plug USB into PC (not the phone)
Put battery back in phone
Hold both volume keys... keep them held down and plug USB into phone
After MAYBE a second you should be in download mode.
load the pit and tar files and click start.
In my Noob guide I have this... you may want to try the ALT METHOD as this will give you root, JK2 froyo and the 2e recovery...
from that point, download Axura 2.2 to your PC, check the MD5 sum (also in the guide) to make sure its a good download, then move it to your internal so it looks like this:
sdcard/axura2.2
download rom manager, flash clockwork recovery, reboot into clockwork.
make a backup (so you have a stock you can always go back to)
flash the rom, reboot.
enjoy.
whats adb and also what is the alt method?
^ I referened the Noob guide in my signature for the ALT METHOD (the files to get froyo and root)... which you can backup and then flash axura 2.2 over.
ADB is only needed if you can't get into download mode. From your first post, you were not trying correctly... you should be able to get into download mode by following my previous post.
odin can still not recognize it maybe my phone isnt going into full download mode... should i just do adb... also can i load a whole rom through adb?
ok kies didnt work .... i didnt recognize it...... im trying to do it the adb way but when i put adb devices it still cant find it... i think my phone doesnt have debugging on....but i have no way to turn it on i just need to have the debugging and mass storage on and it should work i just dont know how to do that when i cant even get into my phone
I'd like to think I'm pretty handy with this, having done it once or twice myself.
But..
In trying to install honey rom for vibrant, it did a full wipe of the phone, internal sd and external as well, and I lost ALL the music, photos, videos, and Backups.
I tried to reboot into honey rom, only to find that the phone can only get to the boot screen. I've already let it sit for hours, it does not load up.
I can go into recovery, but there are no backups to recover, no new roms to set up, and no way of getting into the phone to mount to my computer.
In my recovery, there's an option to mount the phone: I mount and the computer sees it but won't let me in; I can also boot into download mode.
That's great, koreanjhee, you can just odin in!
I've stock odined before so it's not like I can't use that method, except for the fact that in download mode, odin DOES NOT recognize my phone. Only in download mode does it not read.
On my computer, it flat-out doesn't recognize, and on another, serial usb (er something) won't recognize.
Scoured the forums, find some info. I haven't tried samsung pc studio yet, will someone post the links up for me please? And anyone with advice to saved my (bricked? ) phone?
P.S. I've already tried re-installing the samsung usb drivers.
Can you use adb?
Oh wow. adb on sdk? I forgot all about that.
Researching now.
I am completely new to this so bear with me. I am trying to root my samsung fascinate. What are the steps i need to take to do so?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
Refer to section 5
http://bit.ly/uLiskn
Use guide by Droidstyle......nuff said
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I have been able to do this on my wife's phone pretty easy and all I do it find a copy if CWM recovery (often called CWM all), a copy of update.zip, and the latest version if Odin. Use your factory USB cord and plug your phone into your PC. Let it install all the drivers. Once I stalled open your phone and mount the SD card so you can see it as a hard drive. Place the update.zip file on the SD card, but not in any folder. From there unhook your phone and power it down. Remove the battery and start Odin. Plug your USB part of the phone cord into the PC (don't connect it to the phone yet). Hold down the volume down button and power button while connecting the phone cord to the phone. You will see a yellow triangle and Droid on the screen. From there click the PDA button and find the CWM file you downloaded. Click start and let it do its thing. The phone will power down and you can then replace the battery and start your phone. I usually let my phone power up and then power it down again. After it is off you will then need to hold the volume up, volume down, and power button to boot into recovery. Once in Recovery you can choose the option to install update.zip. Let it do its thing and then reboot the phone. You should be good to go.
icemanwbs said:
Use guide by Droidstyle......nuff said
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zander78 said:
http://bit.ly/uLiskn
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LMAO... you crack me up man.
millwood said:
I have been able to do this on my wife's phone pretty easy and all I do it find a copy if CWM recovery (often called CWM all), a copy of update.zip, and the latest version if Odin. Use your factory USB cord and plug your phone into your PC. Let it install all the drivers. Once I stalled open your phone and mount the SD card so you can see it as a hard drive. Place the update.zip file on the SD card, but not in any folder. From there unhook your phone and power it down. Remove the battery and start Odin. Plug your USB part of the phone cord into the PC (don't connect it to the phone yet). Hold down the volume down button and power button while connecting the phone cord to the phone. You will see a yellow triangle and Droid on the screen. From there click the PDA button and find the CWM file you downloaded. Click start and let it do its thing. The phone will power down and you can then replace the battery and start your phone. I usually let my phone power up and then power it down again. After it is off you will then need to hold the volume up, volume down, and power button to boot into recovery. Once in Recovery you can choose the option to install update.zip. Let it do its thing and then reboot the phone. You should be good to go.
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Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
stevebanks said:
Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
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no...you need odin to flash cwm recovery so you can three finger into that recovery to flash the superuser.zip
Try another Pc!
stevebanks said:
Hi Guys-
I'm having a problem with my Samsung Fascinate as well. Its currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5 build EH03. I had my phone flashed to MetroPCS a couple of days ago with Talk/Text only. Now I'm trying to root my phone using Odin. I want to install CyanogenMod, because I ran it on my old HTC Hero and was satisfied with it.
The problem is that my phone will not mount as a USB Storage. I'm using a Mac, however I have Parallels running Windows XP SP3. I have installed the Samsung drivers from the Samsung website and the drivers do show up in the device manager, but it still doesn't mount as a USB storage device in Windows. On the phone I receive the notification that its USB Connected - select to copy files to/from your computer. But, again nothing happens when I select it.
Whenever I plug my phone in the USB port Odin recognizes it, but when I put the phone into download mode it doesn't show up in Odin. I've also tried to see if it shows up using ADB from the Android SDK. Its not listed as a device when I run the command adb devices.
Is there anyway to root the phone if its not showing up in Odin when its download mode?
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I think you can root the phone without having to flash CWM recovery, but it does require ADB so I don't know if that would be any help. FWIW, I have a mac too, and haven't had any luck using heimdall (it doesn't recognize the device), although I haven't tried any sort of VM or anything like crossover to use odin on it. I've just accepted using a windows machine when odin is required
Does your ADB work with other devices? For whatever reason, I couldn't get it working with the fascinate, then I tried it a few days ago and it worked all of a sudden. Another workaround is to use the wirelessADB app from the market. If you search for "galaxy s mac" you'll see that you're unfortunately definitely not alone in having connectivity issues with OSX.
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I think you can root the phone without having to flash CWM recovery, but it does require ADB so I don't know if that would be any help. FWIW, I have a mac too, and haven't had any luck using heimdall (it doesn't recognize the device), although I haven't tried any sort of VM or anything like crossover to use odin on it. I've just accepted using a windows machine when odin is required
Does your ADB work with other devices? For whatever reason, I couldn't get it working with the fascinate, then I tried it a few days ago and it worked all of a sudden. Another workaround is to use the wirelessADB app from the market. If you search for "galaxy s mac" you'll see that you're unfortunately definitely not alone in having connectivity issues with OSX.
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very true...ADB is another option to root, but I never recomend it because most folks will have trouble using it....dont mean the in a condescending way, just sayin.
For sure, just thought I would throw it out there. Looks fairly simple actually from the guide nitsuj17 posted in the OP of the EH03 odin/heimdall package, well maybe straightforward would be a better word, just since it's laid out step-by-step.
I actually had problems using cwm... it failed to flash the su.zip properly. So I used the latest version of GeeWiz recovery on stock EH03. Worked fine. Roots every time. #hopethathelps
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There is a thread with a stock root with voodoo lag fix and ROM manager. Step by step instructions as well.
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Hi, guys new to rooting and custom roms but ive hit a snag.
I have acheived root by using section 5 here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070)
but i cannot install any roms all i get when i select the zip file is a screen that shows the unpacking then it goes to a triangle with an exclamation point. then reboots into normal android loosing everything i had installed. i made a backup using rom manager but it has dissapeared so now i have nothing to lose. can anyoone help.
all i want to be able to do is put ics with very few apps and overclock my cpu
Any help would be great
Samsung fascinate running android2.3.5 with superuser
thx
1. You don't need to be root first before flashing roms.
2. It sounds like you're possibly booting into the stock recovery.
If you want to flash ICS, just follow the steps in that section 3 of the guide you've already been using.
I tried but it failed on step 9/10
So you're saying that it fails after you press start in odin (flashing the stock EH03 package)? What error are you getting and when exactly is it happening?
If you're not on any rom and just on stock EH03, I'd think you should be able to just odin the CWM recovery and install ICS from there.
not sure what the exact message was but yes after i hit start it initalized did nothing for about 3 minutes of the five and got a fail message
And you're sure you're using the correct files and selecting the right things in odin? Make sure the stock EH03 rom is in the PDA section, the atlas 2.2 file for PIT, and repartition is checked. Could possibly be a bad download too, I'd maybe try redownloading the files and trying again. Also, are you using Odin 1.3 that was linked in the guide?
Alternatively, you could just try flashing the CWM4 fixed for CM7 in odin, then three-finger into recovery and flash ICS from there.
Oh and just making sure you're getting into download mode the right way, I personally pull the battery, that way it doesn't reboot after you flash whatever it is you're flashing. If none of that works, I'd try a different USB port/cable. Is odin recognizing the device properly?
I have been searching for someone with a similar situation and i can't seem to find anything, and I am totally lost. Please please please help...
I tried to go to CM from bionix and ended up completely bricked -- i guess i forgot to disable voodoo or some such thing. In any case, I believe I was able to get it repartitioned with Heimdall on a PC -- but Odin wouldn't recognize the phone at all.
I don't have access to the pc, so I now have a mac with heimdall and it doesn't recognize the phone at all. Nothing.
I can get to download, and when the phone boots up into Android system recovery <2e> but doesn't go beyond that. It tries to find /sdcard/update.zip but no such file.
How do I get that file on the phone? even if I am able to get back to heimdall on the pc, how do i get that file on the phone?
Thanks so much for any help!
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bryan_z said:
I have been searching for someone with a similar situation and i can't seem to find anything, and I am totally lost. Please please please help...
I tried to go to CM from bionix and ended up completely bricked -- i guess i forgot to disable voodoo or some such thing. In any case, I believe I was able to get it repartitioned with Heimdall on a PC -- but Odin wouldn't recognize the phone at all.
I don't have access to the pc, so I now have a mac with heimdall and it doesn't recognize the phone at all. Nothing.
I can get to download, and when the phone boots up into Android system recovery <2e> but doesn't go beyond that. It tries to find /sdcard/update.zip but no such file.
How do I get that file on the phone? even if I am able to get back to heimdall on the pc, how do i get that file on the phone?
Thanks so much for any help!
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Well if you can at least boot download mode, and recovery, your soft bricked. It would appear that you have a poor connection to your Mac in that case. Try a different USB cable, or even borrow a friends PC. Preferably, use the Samsung USB cable.
bryan_z said:
I have been searching for someone with a similar situation and i can't seem to find anything, and I am totally lost. Please please please help...
I tried to go to CM from bionix and ended up completely bricked -- i guess i forgot to disable voodoo or some such thing. In any case, I believe I was able to get it repartitioned with Heimdall on a PC -- but Odin wouldn't recognize the phone at all.
I don't have access to the pc, so I now have a mac with heimdall and it doesn't recognize the phone at all. Nothing.
I can get to download, and when the phone boots up into Android system recovery but doesn't go beyond that. It tries to find /sdcard/update.zip but no such file.
How do I get that file on the phone? even if I am able to get back to heimdall on the pc, how do i get that file on the phone?
Thanks so much for any help!
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You could use adb commands to push the file into your phone but you would still have to be able to connect to a pc. Like whatiznt said, try a T-Mobile or Samsung brand cable. It that doesn't work then the micro usb port on your phone could be bad. Just to make sure, when you boot into recovery mode are you selecting reinstall packages? You usually have to do this twice for it to work. EDIT,I guess you already tried that since you say the update.zip can't be found.
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Hello people,
Me and my friend kinda did something not really smart, I think it will be helpful to tell you the whole story.
We were planning on flashing a SGS2 which was already rooted to 4.0.3, however we did not have the CWM which had the install from sdcard option so we put the CWM 4 through ODIN, all good till now, however we forgotted that we did a format through the phone menu which as you probably already know wiped out our rom which was on the sdcard. At that time we had forgotten this small detail so we courageously pressed WIPE OUT EVERYTHING...
Our current situation - we have access to CWM and ODIN, however we do not know how to put a rom inside the sdcard, we tried through:
flashing a firmware rom through odin - flash completed, phone freezes on samsung logo - bootloop? (tried 2 firmwares actually)
adb push - problem - in recovery it does not find the phone, it finds the phone when in bootloop however we do not have access (read only) so the push fails
Any ideas how to fix this stupidity of ours would be greatly appreciated...
Regards!
hum.....how about more of that flashing via Odin?
Are you trying stock roms?
This could be useful.
Simple!
Either.....
1. Remove SD Card and plug it into a reader or adapter then copy the rom zip you want to flash.
2. Plug phone into PC via USB then boot into CWM and mount USB via Mounts and Storage and copy zip across.
Or if you want to flash a stock rom simply flash it via download mode with odin.
Thanks for the help everyone!
We managed to do it through push... seems like the USB cable also had some issues and thats the reason we couldnt do it before.
We did also try through the card reader but the phone did not want to recognize the existence of the card in CWM nor it wanted to mount the USB - I have no idea why...
I am glad it's over after a 5 hour struggle
Regards!
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Thanks for the help everyone!
We managed to do it through push... seems like the USB cable also had some issues and thats the reason we couldnt do it before.
We did also try through the card reader but the phone did not want to recognize the existence of the card in CWM nor it wanted to mount the USB - I have no idea why...
I am glad it's over after a 5 hour struggle
Regards!
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Nice guys, lesson learned & let the flashing continue.