So i have a Fascinate. Duh. and with my first attempt to flash a rom i used the wrong one. I used the Bionix-v( my friend has the vibrant and he loved the rom) Without thinking i flashed my phone and realized to late that it wont work 1. because the radio wont connect to Verizon now, and 2. The fascinate has 2gig internet instead of the 16 gig of the vibrant. So i thought i would just dump a fascinate rom on my external memory card but the os wont let me. I have the memory stick in my pc now and i was just wandering if i could flash the phone with a "working" fascinate rom or should i try to restore it back to factory 1st? Oh and the backup i had on the memory stick got erased so i am without anything.What would you do?
1. You'd better restore to factory 1st if it is possible
2. if the data is really important to you, try some un-delete or data recovery soft to recover the files already deleted from your memory card and keep them in your PC then.
Odin back to stock and start over.
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Odin back to stock and start over.
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Know of any good instructions on that? Im just scared of Voodoo screwing it all up.
There's several how to's out there in this forum just do a quick search.. Odin and voodoo are two seperate things.
sent from a tin can with a piece of string.
If you do know what ROM you had before the "whole accident"
Probably DI01,DJ05, and maybe DL09.
DI01.tar.md5/DJ05.tar.md5/DL09.tar.md5
If you know, download the rom from Internet/Googling
1. Download the Odin 1.7
2. Pull out the battery from the Fascinate.
3. Hold down volume button + press the home button.
4. While doing step 3, plug your phone to computer using USB Cable.
5. The screen should turn on with Yellow Android with "Download Mode"
6. Then open the Odin 1.7
7. You should see that the phone is connected by looking at the Message box and ID:COM(should say COM:# + highlighted.)
8. Click PDA***** <<< IMPORTANT. Then open the downloaded RoM.
9. Press "Start"
10. Should take couple minutes. May take few more.
11. If the process is done properly, it will say (Successful/Fail 1/0) in the message box and shut the phone down.
12. Unplug the Phone and put the battery back.
13. Boot it!
I would use either DI01Package3.tar.md5 or CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5 along with the corresponding *.pit file and hope for the best. With those packages, you don't need to worry about voodoo being enabled, or anything else as they wipe everything (except the sdcard).
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I would use either DI01Package3.tar.md5 or CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5 along with the corresponding *.pit file and hope for the best. With those packages, you don't need to worry about voodoo being enabled, or anything else as they wipe everything (except the sdcard).
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d/l the DI01Package3.tar.md5 where / how do i know what id the right .pit file?
Stock-i500-VZW-pit.pit?
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I would use either DI01Package3.tar.md5 or CI500_VZW_EB01_FROYO_REL.tar.md5 along with the corresponding *.pit file and hope for the best. With those packages, you don't need to worry about voodoo being enabled, or anything else as they wipe everything (except the sdcard).
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FULL OF WIN!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much! Back to factory. Will start new process in a week or 2. any recommendations for a good froyo fascinate rom?
Superclean 2.9 is pretty awesome.
Mlijgib said:
FULL OF WIN!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much! Back to factory. Will start new process in a week or 2. any recommendations for a good froyo fascinate rom?
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Go with superclean 2.9 voodoo.
Great rom, stripped of samsung bloatware/touchwiz crap, and I get great battery life with it. Absolutely excellent.
Just try to follow the instructions carefully this time around, alright?
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Go with superclean 2.9 voodoo.
Great rom, stripped of samsung bloatware/touchwiz crap, and I get great battery life with it. Absolutely excellent.
Just try to follow the instructions carefully this time around, alright?
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I deserve that!
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****THIS POST IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS*****READ COMPLETELY BEFORE PROCEEDING*********************************************************************
I had to do this because I had flashed wrong thing in ODIN, and I had NO other choice....I did not do this by choice but this REALLY WORKS and I THINK ITS GREAT I was taking a RISK and I understood the consequences....I Could have ended up with a BRICKED PHONE, but that was not to be. I am VERY VERY happy with the results.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ALOT OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST WAS USED FROM LINKS AND POSTS FROM XDA WEBSITE THEY ARE A GREAT FORUM AND ANYONE DOING THIS SHOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF "XDA" AND "MOD A DROID"....THANK YOU XDA AND ALL THE DEV'S FOR ALL YOUR WORK ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST I WILL PUT LINKS TO PAGES AT THE BOTTOM FROM PAGES USED "BUT I HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THE STEPS SO FOLLOW THIS POSTS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS PROCEDURE"....TO FASCINATE YOUR MESMERIZE.
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
First -You NEED to download everything and have it on your PC ready to use !!! DO NOT START WITHOUT DOING THIS.
Second -You NEED to backup your contacts. DO NOT USE MY CONTACTS BACKUP !!! You will not have that app yet so there is no way to restore them. I used an app. called LOOKOUT from the market. You have to install on phone and sign-up on LOOKOUTS web sight and make sure you run a backup of contacts, as well you need to move any apps you want to your PC or SD card. I recommend the PC to leave space on SD Card....Have at least 1GB free on card to be plenty safe.
Ok heres the deal this may or may not be something you will want to do to your phone....DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK....This is what I did to turn my phone into a Fascinate even though I was a US Cellular Mesmerize. I WARN THIS WORKS BUT THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO DOING THIS. To date there is NO, I REPEAT NO WAY to date to go back from this procedure to a MESMERIZE. Someone may have a way but I have not seen or found it yet. I do believe it is only a matter of time before the DEV'S come up with a restore and then you could go back to stock. SUMMARY= THERE IS NO WAY TO DATE TO REVERSE THIS PROCEDURE !!! DO AT OWN RISK !!!
First thing you need to do is download ROM MANAGER from the market and put the App on the SD Card for later install. Next Download this file here>>>>
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Fascinate Files/update.zip ---- to the ROOT of your SD Card it is a file called "UPDATE.ZIP" "DO NOT RENAME" put that on there and do not remove it you need it do a restore to access Clockwork later. This is where you need to have this located on SD. ---- /sdcard/update.zip.
Second you need to download...DI01 update with root and busybox here>>>>http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S7IFCKX0
Important:"DO NOT RENAME" and DO NOT put this on the root of your sdcard as /sdcard/update.zip. That's where clockwork mod lives. PUT IN FOLDER you name what ever on SD Card. You will need to go here later in the post to install this in step#12
/sdcard/"FOLDER YOU NAME"/update.zip.
Next thing you need the samsung drivers for windows for this to work. Those can be found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238 [this page has a good write up on how to down load and install.] or direct link BELOW>>>> Thank you DIRRK XDA member.
Download and Install Samsung Drivers to your WINDOWS PC this whole procedure was done on a WINDOWS 7 PC. WARNING: You need different drivers for mac/Linux and I do not know where to get them as I have only a WINDOWS PC.
64bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
32bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
*************************AFTER THIS POINT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO BACK PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!! ************************************************
For this next step THANK YOU FALLINGUP SENIOR MEMBER XDA....I have altered his orig. post to give more detail for people, using ODIN please follow my post to do this !!
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
**************************GET ODIN AND ALL FILES NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING DOWNLOAD TO PC FOR USE*********************************************
LINKS ATTACHED TO FILES BELOW.
Next download ODIN and run. Make sure ODIN sees your phone by putting phone in DOWNLOAD MODE by pulling battery LEAVE OUT. Run ODIN. HOLD VOL DOWN AND PLUG INTO PC with cable that came with phone, a yellow rectangle with id# means ODIN sees it----once this is connected DO NOT UNPLUG UNTIL ODIN IS FINISHED. If you do you will see a PC connected to a phone by a triangle this means you prematurely unplugged and you will need to re-flash whichever step failed to flash. It is only OK to unplug once a step is finished and Odin says reset in blue, but you do not need to you can load the next file and go. But I've got steps below so if you are here you didn't read entire post. CAREFUL Now follow step 4.1
ONLY FLASH ONE OF THESE AT A TIME. START WITH THE /SYSTEM ODIN AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN THE LIST.---You do not just flash the pit file it is used with the other files like system,kernel,and recovery. ****FILES BELOW STEPS****READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE USING ODIN AND KNOW THE RISKS*************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
Steps:
1. Pull battery from device
2. Open Odin on desktop
3. Hold volume down button and plug device into computer-This will place the device into download mode
4. Verify device shows up in Odin ---This should be a yellow rectangle with id #----As well the phone will also say download mode with a yellow triangle on it
4.1: Select PIT button
4.2: Select PIT file downloaded from this post and load it into Odin. (I Never loaded the pit file when I did this in Odin and worked fine for me but from what I understand it is good practice to do so to Quote a post ---"You need to load the pit file into Odin---Missing these steps usually results in major FC hell issues." Thanks PHOENIXPATH senior member XDA
4.1: To Flash the "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" file you,
5. Click "PDA" button in Odin ---MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE PDA "DO NOT USE PHONE" YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
6. Select "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" from where you downloaded it
7. Click "Start" This will reboot your phone when complete. This flashes both the kernel and the recovery partition to enable you to flash update.zips signed with test keys. ---When done ODIN should say reset leave pit alone and load next file of the three needed to be flashed.(YOU MAY NEED TO UNPLUG and REDO STEPS 1-4 AGAIN)and jump/proceed to step#8 and continue on.
8. Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
8.1 Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
9. Flash "CWMrecovery.tar" ----THANK YOU JT1134 Senior member XDA
10. Replace the battery and Boot in to Recovery= HOLD VOL UP + VOL DOWN same time and PRESS POWER, all three need to be pushed to enter recovery.
11. In recovery navigate UP=vol. up/ DOWN=vol. down /ENTER=home key----You need to select "apply sdcard:UPDATE.ZIP" on ROOT of SD Card to enter the next recovery screen.
12.In this recovery "CLOCKWORK RECOVERY" navigation is different UP/DOWN=SAME but ENTER=power key---you need to navigate to the "ADVANCED" and then apply "WIPE DALVIK CACHE" when done select "REBOOT RECOVERY" (brings you to stock recovery) navigate to "WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET" once done go to "APPLY SDCARD UPDATE.ZIP" then "INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD" once there select "CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD" navigate to the folder "YOU GAVE A NAME TO" and inside is the 2nd "UPDATE.ZIP" you put there and select it...wait until it is finnished...once done.."GO BACK"and"GO BACK AGAIN" then select "REBOOT SYSTEM NOW"
13. Enjoy your stock Fascinate phone with DI01 update and root and busybox . You still will have phone call ability but a couple of apps like contacts backup and vcast are "Verizon" and we at US Cellular can not use. But once you install custom ROMS in Rom Manager you will be able to get roms with them removed or get apps to shut down/freeze them and sub. them out.
Alot of the ROMS have apps taken from the MESMERIZE so this is not really an issue at least not to me.
INSTALL ROM MANAGER FROM SD CARD OR LOAD TO PHONE FROM PC AND INSTALL ON PHONE......
NOW GO INTO ROM MANAGER AND "BACKUP CURRENT ROM" so any changes made from here you can get back to this point.....once done you can NOW LOAD CUSTOM ROMS,KERNELS AND ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF YOUR "FASCINATED-MESMERIZE"
Buy the latest PRO version of ROM MANAGER and use to upgrade kernels thru clockwork or load roms in rom manager......
These are the files to put in ODIN PDA Flashing one at a time with the PIT file. ONLY USE PIT AND PDA......You have been warned again. PS-NEVER DUMP IN ODIN,and do not check anything but PDA AND PIT...there are things checked in ODIN when it loads leave them alone.
Download: "To PC for use in ODIN before you begin"
Odin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Odin3 v1.3.exe -This is program to use to flash.
Odin Restore file for system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5 -----THIS IS FIRST.
Odin Restore file for kernel: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5 -----THIS IS SECOND.
Odin Restore file for recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5 ----THIS IS THIRD.---this is just to be safe
Odin Clockwork recovery file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/CWMrecovery.tar ------THIS IS FOURTH ONE I FLASHED.
PIT file for use in Odin Restores: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-pit.pit ----THIS IS PIT TO USE "WITH" ABOVE FILES.
*************************THANK YOU TO XDA WITHOUT YOU THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE**********************************************************
LINKS REFERENCED FROM XDA's WEBSITE THANK YOU AGAIN XDA MEMBERS !!! YOU GUYS ROCK !!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=721
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790085
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
IF YOU LIKE THIS LEAVE ME SOME FEED BACK PLEASE.....................THANKS AND ENJOY........ANDROIDMAN
EXTRA NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SCH I-500 MESMERIZE......AS IT HAS ONLY BEEN DONE ON THAT MODEL..........
FLASHING ANY OTHER GALAXY S VARIANTS ODIN FILES WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE !!!!!!!!!
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
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lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
danrosinski said:
Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
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Correct, No Way of FLashing ROM MANAGER so you can apply the first update.zip
You Can Flash but when you apply the update to a MESMERIZE you get E:signature verify fail -hence No Clockwork, NO Roms. No Way to Customize
jtsharps said:
My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
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When I orig. did this I had No Choice, This is something that I had to do...and Thankfully Worked just thought I would Share because now I can Use CLOCKWORKMOD and ROM MANAGER and customize my phone as if it were a Fasinate.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
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Did you read the entire post I had NO choice as stated in the beginning....Thank You.
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
s44 said:
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
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If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
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If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
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Now I'm home, so here's the post.
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
What are the other possible applications for this?
PhoenixPath said:
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Yea, was worried origionally that I was screwed but its a draw/Im happy its only a matter of time before the Fasinate users will be able to go stock mesmerize because this SHOULD?see no reason why not, go both ways.
I know that Sprint is doing an I-500 can we go there too, at least for apps and features. I wonder? And what about the 4G...USC and VZW are 3G would switching/Moding give any advantages I think NOT but still wonder how much of that speed is controled by phone software. I really think its all the network but not 100% sure.
Post above looks interesting the one for Koush's site am checking it out now....Thanks
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Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
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Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Got any open space to host?
It's called dropbox.
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It's called dropbox.
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3 hours to upload that small of a file... Dropbox blows for something like that. We'll see.
So i have clockwork working on my mesmerize and running jts super clean but does this allow you to use all facinate roms and kernels on the mesmerize? if so i wanna try this
so if i did this and i used clockwork to perform a backup before i did this could i possibly just restore that backup and have it be a mesmerize again?
and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
tweakymattman said:
and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
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I can't get mms working....
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This makes about 100 times more sense.
http://androidforums.com/behold-2-all-things-root/54424-creating-custom-roms-backups-odin.html
I partitioned my SD card using ROM Manager, turned the phone off and got a black screen with lit keys. So, I read around and was told to use ODIN to reflash the stock TMO build, so I did. Now, Im getting the TMO logo and Galaxy S screen, but I get a black screen still.
I cannot get into download mode. I vol - and power and I get the Vibrant logo, then it goes back off. Even when plugged it, I get the batt charging animation, then back to the Vibrant screen.
I tried to push the update.zip to the SD card through ADB, but I get a permission denied message, meaning the root was killed.
So, is this phone pretty much screwed? I cant think of any other way to get it going outside of moving the update.zip to the sd card by a 3rd party measure i.e card reader/another phone
dude that's not even close to a brick as the phone is still responsive somehow..
do this:
1. pull out battery wait 5-10secs
2. connect USB to computer and phone
3. hold down the vol +/- buttons
4. plug in battery
5. you should be in download mode now
6. do what you gotta do with ODIN
good luck
Dont use that method to get to DL mode . Do it this way . First turn off your phone , then plug the usb cable into your computer ONLY . Next hold both volume buttons and plug the micro usb into your phone . Also use odin v1.3 and flash the rom of your preference .
Edit : xtone beat me to the punch
trill12 said:
I partitioned my SD card using ROM Manager, turned the phone off and got a black screen with lit keys. So, I read around and was told to use ODIN to reflash the stock TMO build, so I did. Now, Im getting the TMO logo and Galaxy S screen, but I get a black screen still.
I cannot get into download mode. I vol - and power and I get the Vibrant logo, then it goes back off. Even when plugged it, I get the batt charging animation, then back to the Vibrant screen.
I tried to push the update.zip to the SD card through ADB, but I get a permission denied message, meaning the root was killed.
So, is this phone pretty much screwed? I cant think of any other way to get it going outside of moving the update.zip to the sd card by a 3rd party measure i.e card reader/another phone
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Yes using ROM Manager to repartition your phone will create the "soft-brick" you are experiencing. But as one person has already noted, this can pretty much be recovered using ODIN.
Definitely follow the advice given in Posts 2 and 3 of this thread to get into Download mode. If you're not getting the desired results using ODIN, what settings are you using? For example, what are the names of the .pit and .tar files you are using? Did you check or leave unchecked the "re-partition" option?
Sorry for the noobery. Im usually good at this.
Well, I was able to get into download mode and get ODIN to run, but im getting a MBD checksum error when I boot into recovery.
And I cannot install CWM through the market because my Application Storage is at 0.00B for some reason.
trill12 said:
Sorry for the noobery. Im usually good at this.
Well, I was able to get into download mode and get ODIN to run, but im getting a MBD checksum error when I boot into recovery.
And I cannot install CWM through the market because my Application Storage is at 0.00B for some reason.
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What ROM did you flash. You might want to perform a factory reset and then flash the stock JFD ROM and see if that fixes your problem.
Good luck.
Oh this is a nightmare.... exactly what happened to me.
I'll be honest, I tried and tried and tried all sorts of stuff and somehow I got it back reading again.
I would ODIN to Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick and see where that gets you. Thread is in developers section and I am pretty sure that's what got me back working but follow ALL the instructions. With no application room I couldn't push, unistall, install ect...
blizzard1017 said:
Oh this is a nightmare.... exactly what happened to me.
I'll be honest, I tried and tried and tried all sorts of stuff and somehow I got it back reading again.
I would ODIN to Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick and see where that gets you. Thread is in developers section and I am pretty sure that's what got me back working but follow ALL the instructions. With no application room I couldn't push, unistall, install ect...
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That's only needed if he flashed a rom with the wrong kernel or if he flashed a rom without disabling voodoo .
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Just get to DL mode as xtone and I stated in post 2 & 3 . Then flashed to JFD with odin v1.3 and click the repartition box in odin and you'll be fine .
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I had this problem for the last two days, but I found a way to fix it thanks to a user (whom I don't know the name of)
I did this to go back to stock firmware (JFD), make sure you have that downloaded.
Look for Eugene's Galaxy S Froyo PDA, for the i9000, not the Vibrant. Flash it through Odin with the 512 pit file. It's not going to boot up but take you to recovery mode instead, and it's going to remap your Volume buttons, but you can still get into DL mode (up is now down, and vice versa but whatever)
Now Odin back to stock, using the same 512 pit and there you go! Should boot up with no problem. Now you can redo everything, but remember to never partition through ROM Manager ever again!
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Is there a link you could provide him?
AgentFour20 said:
That's only needed if he flashed a rom with the wrong kernel or if he flashed a rom without disabling voodoo .
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His exact symptoms happened to me when the noob in me decided to repartition in Rom Manager awhile back. I am just suggesting he uses this tool as an option. It's definitely a good tool to use regardless of how he got where he got.
something like this happened to a buddy of mine, i'm trying to fix it, but the guy was completely stock so it makes no sense... I've tried everything, and i cant seem to find eugenes files...
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something like this happened to a buddy of mine, i'm trying to fix it, but the guy was completely stock so it makes no sense... I've tried everything, and i cant seem to find eugenes files...
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Eugenes rom are on his new site www.eb-production.proboards.com
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OK, I got it fixed. Heres how.
I was finally able to get into ODIN and flash Eugenes Froyo.
So, from there, I was getting an MD5 checksum error when Id try to get into recovery, and I couldnt install the ROM Manager from the Market
Well, upon inspection of a the Nero V3 build I had downloaded, there was a ROMManager.apk there. So I pushed it onto my phone, reflashed to CWR (had to do it about 3 times) and reinstalled Nero V3.
After installing the build, I was able to re-enable voodoo and its theres no more MD5 craziness when I access the Recovery
trill12 said:
OK, I got it fixed. Heres how.
I was finally able to get into ODIN and flash Eugenes Froyo.
So, from there, I was getting an MD5 checksum error when Id try to get into recovery, and I couldnt install the ROM Manager from the Market
Well, upon inspection of a the Nero V3 build I had downloaded, there was a ROMManager.apk there. So I pushed it onto my phone, reflashed to CWR (had to do it about 3 times) and reinstalled Nero V3.
After installing the build, I was able to re-enable voodoo and its theres no more MD5 craziness when I access the Recovery
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So voodoo was the culprit . lmao
I dont remember you ever mentioning that . Any way glad you figured it out and have your phone back .
AgentFour20 said:
So voodoo was the culprit . lmao
I dont remember you ever mentioning that . Any way glad you figured it out and have your phone back .
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Apparently. Completely forgot I attempted to enable it. I was freaked all the way out trying to repair the damn thing.
I've created this Guide because I know there are plenty of people who are frustrated with their Fascinate Errors and no one has answers for them (Including myself).
This Method takes while but bear with me.
This Method recovers from any Error by restarting the Fascinate from the Stock Rom.
Before you do any of this, this will wipe all the data stored in internal memory so I strongly suggest to back-up any data you would like to save by using
Titanium Back-Up (Known to be Best Back-up app and it truly is).
Step 1: Download All-in-One DI01 Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
Direct Link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XCS5LF18
Step 2: Download Odin3 1.7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832827
Step 3: Turn your phone off. Then, Hold volume down + Press Home Button and plug it to usb computer (Taking battery out don't really matter, but like Chopper the dog thankfully stated in post #5, it helps the purpose). If the step is done right, the screen should show "Download Mode" in yellow.
Step 4: Turn on the Odin > If your phone is connected right, in the "Message" box, it should say " Added!!"
When you confirm it, click PDA, don't ever click phone button. Then click the rom you have downloaded @ step 1.
Press Start. This process might take 2 minutes to 6 minutes.
Don't unplug until the message @ bottom shows up!
When the process is done the message box should say
" Removed!!
Completed..
All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)"
From now on, it is step to recover to your previous ROM + Rooted.
Step 5: Download z4root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
put it into sdcard, click my files, then install it. After that, click Root.
Step 6: Now you have succesfully re-rooted your phone,
Open Odin and put your phone into Download Mode.
Then again, using PDA button install the CWM-Recovery-All.
Step 7: Now, you can choose any ROM you want to install.
DJ05 ROM, Kernel, Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869990
DL09 ROM, Kernel, Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894126
EB01 ROM, Kernel, Radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948679
All the Superclean rom
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...tom-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-10-a.html
Kaosinate v5 **2-16-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910692
MIUI 5 *3-19-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948840
DarkREVENGE v4 **3-28-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980309
AOSP v0.9.3. **3-26-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919864
Superclean 2.9.2. *3-23-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983395
NameLess v3 *4-02-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016155
Step 8: When you've installed your ROM,
It's time to reinstall the CWM-Recovery using Odin.
Latest Clockwork Mod ****4-1-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017817
Step 9: You are free from Error now. Enjoy!
This is for those who wants EC10 Kernel Voodoo + Sound + Color + BLN.
Follow the steps in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010102
Optional Kernel
imnut's UV/UC EC10 Kernel **3-30-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571
time_infinity's ComaVolt EC10 Kernel **4-03-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011578
nemesis2all's OC/UV EC10 Kernel **4-02-11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626
If you fix any error using this guide, please Press THXS.
You should add download links to the eb01 all in one odin too. Otherwise, nice thread.
Arent you supposed to remove battery at the download mode step?
Sent from a Superclean Fascinate
ziggy484 said:
Arent you supposed to remove battery at the download mode step?
Sent from a Superclean Fascinate
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You shouldn't have to remove battery,i just turn phone off, hold down volume, plug in usb done..
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ziggy484 said:
Arent you supposed to remove battery at the download mode step?
Sent from a Superclean Fascinate
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Not totally necessary. It does help if you have intentions of flashing a rom or kernel in cwm so the device won't boot right away after odin resets device. But for modem switches without a change in rom/kernel setup having the battery in does no harm.
good day.
Dunno if this is helpful, but ill add anyway. Sometimes Odin flashes fail. Dont give up hope. Odin it several times until it succeeds. Happened to me several times - most notably when I was trying to get rude of early kaoscinate builds. But then again l, that could be entirely my fault.
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This is my first time seeing someone with odin problem.
But yea dont woory about my guide, its designed to fix any problem by restocking.
I've tried it myself
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Thanks for writing such a thorough and easy to follow guide. I want to add a few points based on my own experiences.
Usual disclaimer, not responsible for what you do to your phone.
There is a step short of going all the way back to DI01 and that is flashing a Full Stock EB01 engineering test build. Here is the thread at Android Central:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...faq-plus-stock-unrooted-rooted-downloads.html
(I searched for the file here at XDA but couldn't find it)
After following this guide to return to DI01 build and you still have problems you can go a step further and do what is being called by some a 'deep clean'.
Boot into red recovery. Do the usual reset/wipe/wipe
Then under 'mounts and storage' you format boot, system, data, and dbdata.
Do NOT format sdcard or sd-ext if you want to keep your data (pictures, videos, files to flash, etc)
Make sure you have anything you want to flash on your SD card before doing this step. Because you won't be able to boot your phone to side load files to your sd card.
Then follow whatever instructions you want to push via odin or flash via CWM
(Credit to Gunnermike53 over at AC for telling me about this procedure)
This is as 'clean' as your phone is going to get short of formatting your whole SD card.
Important: If you are reflashing to Froyo (2.2) you want to make sure that the Setup Wizard doesn't try to restore all your apps. This step has a bad habit of restoring apps that you have uninstalled. This is especially important if you want to reinstall/restore apps one-by-one to identify a rouge app.
When you reboot your phone to a flavor of Froyo (its only a problem with 2.2 not 2.1), skip the step to run the Setup Wizard on first boot. Just keep hitting 'skip' and 'next' until you are at your desktop. Then go to Settings/Privacy and uncheck 'Backup my Data'. This will also disable Automatic restore (if it doesn't uncheck that as well)
But there is one more step to prevent this:
Now go to Settings/Setup Wizard and run the setup. Do the steps until it offers to backup/restore your apps reply 'no' or 'skip' I forget which it is.
Hope this is helpful. That automatic restore bit me in the A$$ once and I had to go back and start over.
It worked for me! i had issues getting the clockwork to work properly ("signature verification failed") on my stock 2.1 with OTA EA28. Now I'm running froyo. thanks xHoLyx!!
HELP!
When i mount it under download mode, ODIN detects it. But when I go to run the process with the stock rom in the phone slot, It crashes, and nothing occurs with my phone.... This is important, and needs resolving soon, thank you.
gawbage said:
When i mount it under download mode, ODIN detects it. But when I go to run the process with the stock rom in the phone slot, It crashes, and nothing occurs with my phone.... This is important, and needs resolving soon, thank you.
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The phone slot should not be used at all. Only pda pda pda pda pda.
good day.
gawbage said:
When i mount it under download mode, ODIN detects it. But when I go to run the process with the stock rom in the phone slot, It crashes, and nothing occurs with my phone.... This is important, and needs resolving soon, thank you.
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PHONE shouldn't be used at ALL COST!!!!!!!
That's why I put PDA in red... Perhaps I should make it bigger...
Try flashin again using PDA.
Hey there,
I'm trying to get CyanogenMod on my friend's aging Vibrant. I first rooted, and then I attempted to install ClockworkMod through the stock recovery. At first it just restarted back to the stock recovery, so I installed it again, and boom- CWM. From there, I wiped, went to mount USB storage, and the drive didn't show up on my computer. I figured it needed to be rebooted, so I tried that. This time, it reverted BACK to stock recovery. I figured, okay, all I have to do is flash CWM again. It won't work anymore. I don't know what to do, because I can't flash CWM, a Rom, or even restore the original rom because I can't get into CWM.
Please help!
vindication84 said:
Hey there,
I'm trying to get CyanogenMod on my friend's aging Vibrant. I first rooted, and then I attempted to install ClockworkMod through the stock recovery. At first it just restarted back to the stock recovery, so I installed it again, and boom- CWM. From there, I wiped, went to mount USB storage, and the drive didn't show up on my computer. I figured it needed to be rebooted, so I tried that. This time, it reverted BACK to stock recovery. I figured, okay, all I have to do is flash CWM again. It won't work anymore. I don't know what to do, because I can't flash CWM, a Rom, or even restore the original rom because I can't get into CWM.
Please help!
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Okay, I've never had this issue personally, nor have I read of anyone else having a similar issue. However, despite the lack of CWR, you can still restore the device back to stock via Odin. There is a guide on the usage of Odin that can be found here. Download links to the program along with the required .pit and .tar files can also be found in said guide. Once you've got the device restored, you can go through the process of installing CyanogenMod... But, keep in mind that the installation process is going to vary slightly depending on what version of CyanogenMod you wish to install. Are you trying to install CyanogenMod 7 (Gingerbread), 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 10 (Jellybean 4.1), or 10.1 (Jellybean 4.2)?
I know about Odin, but I'm on a Mac right now. I was really hoping there was a way around this so I didn't have to install Windows via Boot Camp. I'm planning on installing CM10.
vindication84 said:
I know about Odin, but I'm on a Mac right now. I was really hoping there was a way around this so I didn't have to install Windows via Boot Camp. I'm planning on installing CM10.
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You could use Heimdall, an alternative to Odin that is compatible with OS X. You can download it here.
Now, in regards to the process of installing CM10, you could refer to this video... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812882. Hopefully you won't get that weird CWR issue this time around. Let me know how it goes. :fingers-crossed:
No matter what, I can't get Heimdall to detect the phone. It just says "Failed to detect compatible download-mode device".
vindication84 said:
No matter what, I can't get Heimdall to detect the phone. It just says "Failed to detect compatible download-mode device".
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Hmm... Perhaps this post might be of some help? Sorry, but I don't own a Mac, nor have I ever personally used Heimdall... So I've never had that issue before. However, a little Google searching uncovered a bunch of threads discussing this exact error. Perhaps a little digging may uncover your answer? Link. Again, best of luck dude.
Can you get back into the stock recovery and transfer files to the internal SD? If so, you need to flash update.zip(attached). It will add a custom recovery. You may need to flash it twice to get it to show up. From there, I would suggest you do the following: 1) wipe user data, cache and davlik(under advanced) 2) reboot recovery, if the stock recovery comes back, just reflash update.zip. 3) Flash whichever ROM you want on the phone, again, may take two flashes.
If you cannot add files to the internal SD, this solution won't work, in which case you'll have to play around a little more. I would suggest, as an alternate method, that you pull the battery and SD card. replace the battery and try to enter download mode. Try using Heimdal One-Click(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683). It's much easier than using Heimdal or Odin and will flash the Vibrant to stock. View the download mode shortcut below.
Side note: hardware shortcuts help a lot. If you don't know them, they are here:
Hold volume up + volume down + power =
1. When off, boots recovery
2. When on, reboots into recovery
Hold volume up + volume down +plug in computer USB = download mode.
^This is what you use for Odin and/or Heimdal. They won't recognize the device unless it's in download mode.
May also take a few tries.
Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions.
EDIT: You may need to have the phone on the stock ROM to flash that update.zip. I ran into that problem and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working for a long time. Don't update the vibrant to stock 2.2 to use the update.zip.
danvsullivan said:
Can you get back into the stock recovery and transfer files to the internal SD? If so, you need to flash update.zip(attached). It will add a custom recovery. You may need to flash it twice to get it to show up. From there, I would suggest you do the following: 1) wipe user data, cache and davlik(under advanced) 2) reboot recovery, if the stock recovery comes back, just reflash update.zip. 3) Flash whichever ROM you want on the phone, again, may take two flashes.
If you cannot add files to the internal SD, this solution won't work, in which case you'll have to play around a little more. I would suggest, as an alternate method, that you pull the battery and SD card. replace the battery and try to enter download mode. Try using Heimdal One-Click(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683). It's much easier than using Heimdal or Odin and will flash the Vibrant to stock. View the download mode shortcut below.
Side note: hardware shortcuts help a lot. If you don't know them, they are here:
Hold volume up + volume down + power =
1. When off, boots recovery
2. When on, reboots into recovery
Hold volume up + volume down +plug in computer USB = download mode.
^This is what you use for Odin and/or Heimdal. They won't recognize the device unless it's in download mode.
May also take a few tries.
Let me know how it goes and if you have any questions.
EDIT: You may need to have the phone on the stock ROM to flash that update.zip. I ran into that problem and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working for a long time. Don't update the vibrant to stock 2.2 to use the update.zip.
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I already have the update.zip on the phone. I can get into the stock recovery and flash it (it says "replacing recovery with Clockwork" and everything), but every time I attempt to flash it, the phone reboots to the stock recovery. I can't add files to the internal SD because the only options are Reboot System Now, Reinstall Packages, Delete All User Data, and Delete Cache Data"
One-Click doesn't see the phone either. I'm starting to get really worried. Is there some sort of driver or something I need to have installed on the system?
SOLVED!
Alright, I finally figured it out. I'm exhausted, haha.
I finally just bit the bullet and installed Windows. I used ODIN, which was such a breeze. I wish I would have just done that in the first place.
Thanks for your help guys!
vindication84 said:
Alright, I finally figured it out. I'm exhausted, haha.
I finally just bit the bullet and installed Windows. I used ODIN, which was such a breeze. I wish I would have just done that in the first place.
Thanks for your help guys!
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Glad to hear the good news!
Hope this time you'll be able to update the phone seamlessly, and your friend can enjoy a newly updated Vibrant. If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to PM me. I'll try my best to help you out.
danvsullivan said:
Try using Heimdal One-Click(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683).
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Although I had heard of Bay_wolf's AIO Vibrant Toolbox, which is also a one-click software (but only compatible w/Windows), I had never heard of "Heimdal One-Click". This is good to know about, and I've added the program to the The Official XDA Vibrant Bible Thread. I learn something new every day. Thanks!
vindication84 said:
Alright, I finally figured it out. I'm exhausted, haha.
I finally just bit the bullet and installed Windows. I used ODIN, which was such a breeze. I wish I would have just done that in the first place.
Thanks for your help guys!
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Great news! You can follow the instructions I wrote out to install a custom ROM from stock. Just put all the files on the internal SD, wipe everything and flash update.zip and then the ROM and gapps.
If you have questions, you may PM me as well.
Good luck!
Hi, i'm really new here, but here is my issue:
So I love my Galaxy Note II. It's fantastic. The only issue is now.. i can't use it.
My phone model is sch-i605 (verizon)
The Story: (in as much detail as i can remember)
1. Ran out of internal Memory
2. Bought a 64 GB sandisk Microsd.
3. Found out i had to root my phone in order to switch the internal & external sd's. O.K.
4. Rooted via Odin3 v1.85 (old i know) but O.K.
5. Messed around a little with Titanium Backup (which i didnt know how to work) as well as a File Manager (which i also didnt know how to work)
6. Downloaded triangle away
7. Dragged and dropped all of the files in "Phone" from my pc into the microsd.
8. tried to boot from microsd using app2sd, didnt work. tried multiple times. No go.
9. decided it would be better to factory restore it all, even if it meant losing data. So that i could do this like the vids. (i didnt really care so long as i get my 64 gb of memory)
10. Do a little reading, and then decide to use triangle away to get rid of any tick marks...
11. Right after pressing the "OK" to reset the ticks, My phone locks me out saying: "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone"
12. Tried to find the right "stock" file to try to flash via odin to totally restore my phone (doesnt matter if it gets rid of the triangle tick or not, i just wanna be able to use my phone)
13. Been at this all day and it's not only annoying but beginning to freak me out.
14. Can anyone help me?
15. My worries: I cannot get it back to working order & I was hoping to be able to restore it to Warranty covering condition, guess not?
I have tried A LOT of different things, but this is just insane and really wants me to die.
HEEEEELLLPP
Take out your sd card and put the phone into download mode (volume down + home + power) I assume you already did this.
Download the stock Rom and Odin (I use 3.07). Stick the Rom in the pda area and flash. This should take about 10 minutes.
If you have already done this make sure that the stock Rom file is good (there were a couple of bad ones that didn't flash to stock). Otherwise there may be something up with u r internal memory.
If you have twrp already you can load any custom rom onto your external sdcard and install from your external card.
Hope that helps.
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hexdrus said:
Take out your sd card and put the phone into download mode (volume down + home + power) I assume you already did this.
Download the stock Rom and Odin (I use 3.07). Stick the Rom in the pda area and flash. This should take about 10 minutes.
If you have already done this make sure that the stock Rom file is good (there were a couple of bad ones that didn't flash to stock). Otherwise there may be something up with u r internal memory.
If you have twrp already you can load any custom rom onto your external sdcard and install from your external card.
Hope that helps.
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Well, i've done all of this, but i think i've yet to find a proper stock rom for my phone. I've used samsung-updates.com but that one didnt work at all. If this is the case, i was wondering if someone can point me to a proper stock rom for my phone. (Verizon Galazy Note II)
Also, i do not have twrp.
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Changbang said:
Well, i've done all of this, but i think i've yet to find a proper stock rom for my phone. I've used samsung-updates.com but that one didnt work at all. If this is the case, i was wondering if someone can point me to a proper stock rom for my phone. (Verizon Galazy Note II)
Also, i do not have twrp.
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Try this thread ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
*Update*
So i tried another Rom this morning. It didnt work. But now my phone is beginning to say that
"Firm upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again."
Doing some research on that now. But idk... if i get a fix i'll let you know.
jcollier said:
Try this thread ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
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Also i realized i didnt unlock the bootloader... so that might've been my issue?
Hrmm, sorry but i've already tried all the mirrors of the stock rom that 'imnuts' kindly put out. i'll give it another shot with Odin v3.07.
Changbang said:
Also i realized i didnt unlock the bootloader... so that might've been my issue?
Hrmm, sorry but i've already tried all the mirrors of the stock rom that 'imnuts' kindly put out. i'll give it another shot with Odin v3.07.
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That is definitely your issue. You have to unlock to flash a custom recovery and then to flash custom roms.
If you are trying to get back to stock, have you looked here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2024207
this one did it for me guys!!! THANK YOU hahaha
i think it wasnt working for me because I wasnt using the alternate links on that page. haha thank you so much!