I have done some good search on the forums but my issue seems to be unique. tried upgrade o Froyo, got stuck on Vibrant screen after reboot. Tried using Odin to stock, it all works fine, I can go into download mode, start odin, pick up pit and T959UVJFD.tar file, odin does its magic, everything passes.... phone reboots doest the installation and reboots again... now it gets stuck to Vibrant screen.
Cant pass this, have tried multiple stock roms from various source... what am I doing wrong ? Please help
sankalpkohli said:
I have done some good search on the forums but my issue seems to be unique. tried upgrade o Froyo, got stuck on Vibrant screen after reboot. Tried using Odin to stock, it all works fine, I can go into download mode, start odin, pick up pit and T959UVJFD.tar file, odin does its magic, everything passes.... phone reboots doest the installation and reboots again... now it gets stuck to Vibrant screen.
Cant pass this, have tried multiple stock roms from various source... what am I doing wrong ? Please help
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Did you try 3 button to get into clockwork.if you can, try a different kernel.its not bricked, if there is any good news.one of these smart people in the vibrant community will help.
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I can get into recovery using the 3 button, its not the clockwork recovery though, also not sure how to apply any other kernel as I can't access the internal SD memory.
Did you check re-partition in Odin? (Be careful though!)
yes tried with and without re-partition.
Yikes. When you say you've tried multiple stock ROMs, you mean you've used Odin versions of several stock ROMs?
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Yikes. When you say you've tried multiple stock ROMs, you mean you've used Odin versions of several stock ROMs?
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No I meant I have downloaded the stock Rom from multiple websites and none of them worked.
Did you back your rom with clockwork?
Hanir said:
Did you back your rom with clockwork?
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Nope, but the problem I believe is that I wont be able to install clockwork anymore as I can't access the internal SD card, is that correct ?
If you can get to stock recovery, I'm pretty sure you can push files to the internal sd storage via adb.
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If you can get to stock recovery, I'm pretty sure you can push files to the internal sd storage via adb.
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Not sure how to do it, but I'll do some reading and give it a shot.
You seem kind of new so just asking this in case, you aren't using a galaxy s 4g are you?
If you are using the vibrant, then disregard the first line of this post.
Try some of these things:
Right drivers installed?
Try another version of odin.
Make sure you are using the usb cable that came with the phone.
I've always heard using a usb 2.0 port is recommended.
Sometimes I've found using a different computer seems to solve the problem. (preferably 32bit)
Good luck.
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You seem kind of new so just asking this in case, you aren't using a galaxy s 4g are you?
If you are using the vibrant, then disregard the first line of this post.
Try some of these things:
Right drivers installed?
Try another version of odin.
Make sure you are using the usb cable that came with the phone.
I've always heard using a usb 2.0 port is recommended.
Sometimes I've found using a different computer seems to solve the problem. (preferably 32bit)
Good luck.
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I am using a vibrant, and yes I am not using the cable that came with the phone, I lost that one using another over the counter cable. I have tried a Win XP and Windows 7.0 PC. One thing I have noticed is that on my PC I always get a notification that "your device can work faster if connected to a usb2.0 port" I get that message to all the ports on my laptop. Maybe its the cable.... not sure if a cable can make it work usb1.1 when the port maybe really usb2.0.
thanks
Sounds like Odin is working fine. Did you try Delete All User Data (or whatever it's called) in stock recovery?
flash eugene's froyo that doesn't brick then stock JFD. solves the problem in most cases.
german103 said:
flash eugene's froyo that doesn't brick then stock JFD. solves the problem in most cases.
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Thanks but I tried that as well.. no luck
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Sounds like Odin is working fine. Did you try Delete All User Data (or whatever it's called) in stock recovery?
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yep tried the option delete all user data. I have been under the impression that if you can get into download mode you havent bricked your phone and it can be recovered.
is there a way I can access the internal SD card and format it manually and transfer the roms / clockwork recovery to it ?
sankalpkohli said:
is there a way I can access the internal SD card and format it manually and transfer the roms / clockwork recovery to it ?
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Do you have adb installed and setup? If not, find a tutorial and get it working.
Once you have adb working, this should work:
1. Boot phone into recovery with 3 buttons
2. Select reinstall packages. (Yes, it will fail, but this step is necessary for some reason)
3. From your PC, execute "adb push update.zip /sdcard" (This is assuming you have the update.zip from Clockwork Recovery)
4. Select reinstall packages again, phone will reboot, select reinstall packages again
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Do you have adb installed and setup? If not, find a tutorial and get it working.
Once you have adb working, this should work:
1. Boot phone into recovery with 3 buttons
2. Select reinstall packages. (Yes, it will fail, but this step is necessary for some reason)
3. From your PC, execute "adb push update.zip /sdcard" (This is assuming you have the update.zip from Clockwork Recovery)
4. Select reinstall packages again, phone will reboot, select reinstall packages again
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C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb push init.rc init.rc
failed to copy 'init.rc' to 'init.rc': Permission denied
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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...
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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...
Mr.Duck said:
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 was using this thread to flash my phone until I got to flashing a custom ROM.
Every time I try to flash a new rom, CWR gives me a Status 7 error and doesn't complete.
I try to put my phone to stock every time but it does not seem to work.
Note: if it helps, I cannot seem to unmount my USB
TechActivist said:
I was using this thread to flash my phone until I got to flashing a custom ROM.
Every time I try to flash a new rom, CWR gives me a Status 7 error and doesn't complete.
I try to put my phone to stock every time but it does not seem to work.
Note: if it helps, I cannot seem to unmount my USB
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Have you tried to use ODIN to flash your phone back to a working ROM?
Also, be sure to flash the right ROM.. Verizon Fascinate and Telus Fascinate are 2 different phones..
Well... now theres a problem as ODIN won't see my phone in download mode. :/
Reinstall your USB drivers, and see if your cable is seated properly. If you can get into Download mode, most cables used will allow Odin to recognize. You may have to Odin back to a different ROM like Neo said.
Make sure you have the latest version of Odin
JJ5150 said:
Reinstall your USB drivers, and see if your cable is seated properly. If you can get into Download mode, most cables used will allow Odin to recognize. You may have to Odin back to a different ROM like Neo said.
Make sure you have the latest version of Odin
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Tried it , didn't work. Reinstalled drivers, new files, new cable nope.
I can flash the i9000 kernal, and then clockwork recovery gives me a STATUS 7 error when I try to install a rom.
EDIT: seems like clockwork cannot unmount my internal sd card. hmm...
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EDIT: seems like clockwork cannot unmount my internal sd card. hmm...
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did you try yanking the card and cleaning it with alcohol? might work.
when all else fails, odin back to stock and start over.
How to unbrick...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288162
JJ5150 said:
did you try yanking the card and cleaning it with alcohol? might work.
when all else fails, odin back to stock and start over.
How to unbrick...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288162
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Did it over and over man.
It won't install any ROMS, kernals sure, not zips. If anything, everytime I try to unmount USB in Clockwork Recovery, it blinks and goes back to the previous screen.
Any ideas?
EDIT: The phone now won't get past the bootloader. Cannot get into Clockwork Recovery
when you flash back to stock with Odin... are you using all the fields in the screenshot on that link? eg. Pit, pda, phone, csc or just pda?
because I only use pda and flash the stock .md5 file. i'm out of ideas man... I'm kinda n00b at this myself, just bumping to maybe get a someone's attention.
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when you flash back to stock with Odin... are you using all the fields in the screenshot on that link? eg. Pit, pda, phone, csc or just pda?
because I only use pda and flash the stock .md5 file. i'm out of ideas man... I'm kinda n00b at this myself, just bumping to maybe get a someone's attention.
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Every single file, I use to precisely.
It seems like Clockwork recovery just doesn't like me.
I keep bringing this up but I cannot unmount USB storage in Clockwork. Does this mean anything to anyone?
TechActivist said:
Every single file, I use to precisely.
It seems like Clockwork recovery just doesn't like me.
I keep bringing this up but I cannot unmount USB storage in Clockwork. Does this mean anything to anyone?
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So can you get into download mode and use ODIN to flash or not?
Are you still stuck at bootloader? Please be as descriptive as you can.
And no, I never heard of "cannot unmount USB storage" CWM... I've heard of mounting issues, but not unmounting...
IMHO, I think your best option here is to get ODIN working, then flash to a stock ROM with stock Kernel with PIT (Repartition) then flash CWM 2.5.
I dont see why you would need to unmount? what you can do is remove the battery cover remove the sd card. with the battery still out plug the phone into your usb and hold the volume down button. does it go into download mode then?
Then can Odin see your phone?
Also worst case try a different PC all together.
Are you on VZW or Telus?
I can get into download mode and use ODIN yes.
I am no longer stuck at the bootloader and can boot into stock froyo with ODIN.
I use ODIN to flash stock ROM and kernel, and everytime I flash back CWM 2.5. It won't let me install any ROMs. It gives me a status 7 error and aborts.
CWM just won't work
In case you didn't know, CWM can mount USB just like android so I don't have to boot into the OS to place a file. under mounts>mount USB storage>Unmount/Mount
Everytime I press unmount, the screen blinks and takes me back to the previous screen.
This is a Telus Fascinate.
I had a similar problem. Turns out my USB cable was culprit. Several others have had similar problems. Try a different USB cable.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
TechActivist said:
In case you didn't know, CWM can mount USB just like android so I don't have to boot into the OS to place a file. under mounts>mount USB storage>Unmount/Mount
This is a Telus Fascinate.
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Oh i am aware of the Feature, what i was saying is it shouldnt affect flashing a rom.
also one thing i noticed is your using an older CWM, which rom are you trying to flash? If it is an MTD like CM7 then you should use the cwm 3 or 4 fixed for cm7
Check section 3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
xwhofarted said:
Oh i am aware of the Feature, what i was saying is it shouldnt affect flashing a rom.
also one thing i noticed is your using an older CWM, which rom are you trying to flash? If it is an MTD like CM7 then you should use the cwm 3 or 4 fixed for cm7
Check section 3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
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Tried the fix, ODIN starts and then fails in the middle saying NAND write failed.
What could this mean? ODIN fails to install the fix :/
Tried a different cable, so cable is not the issue here.
Can we get one thing straight here though? The phone is not bricked as I can get into ODIN and flash what seems to be only stock files?
As long as Odin can see it you can always go to stock. As long as Odin is ok there is hope.
As i have a Verizon Fassy, I may not be much more help.
Worst case find a Tellus Rom that you can Odin and do that.
Good Luck
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As long as Odin can see it you can always go to stock. As long as Odin is ok there is hope.
As i have a Verizon Fassy, I may not be much more help.
Worst case find a Tellus Rom that you can Odin and do that.
Good Luck
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Thanks
But any idea as to what would cause a NAND write fail? is the NAND locked or something?
So anyone have any idea?
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So anyone have any idea?
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My brothers dell 14 XPS can't ever flash in ODIN to him phone. Always has to use someone else's computer.
So I suggest you try another computer. Changing ports WONT do anything, neither will cables.
Have you tried heimdall instead of Odin?
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So I rooted my Note a few weeks back using the non-counter advancing rooting method via odin. Worked flawlessly, and I'm rooted without issue. Tired of waiting for stock ICS to come out so I want to start flashing ROM's. Trying to install the newest CWM through Odin....well Odin doesn't recognize when the phone is connected. Tried 2 different windows 7 VM's and one W7 machine. I flashed via one of the VM's and it worked fine. It's not working on any machine that I have. I also have a mac book pro, but no idea if there is a apple Odin. What do I do? Don't have the android APK and really don't wanna go that route through ADB.
Can I just reboot into recovery and 'install via sd' or whatever the selection is, navigate to CWM touch recovery zip and install? or will that potentially do some serious damage?
Also if it's available on the CWM website as a DL why isn't it an option through the app to install? Would make my life WORLDS easier at this point.
A rooted phone would not interfere with Odin, completely unrelated. Perhaps your cable is bad, or you are installing the wrong drivers.
That said, once you have CWM on your phone, there should be no reason to use odin again. The updates for CWM are flashable via CWM. Most every single ROM is flashable via CWM. I can't really tell from your description if you were successful installing a custom recovery yet.
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A rooted phone would not interfere with Odin, completely unrelated. Perhaps your cable is bad, or you are installing the wrong drivers.
That said, once you have CWM on your phone, there should be no reason to use odin again. The updates for CWM are flashable via CWM. Most every single ROM is flashable via CWM. I can't really tell from your description if you were successful installing a custom recovery yet.
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Trying to install a custom recovery. Sorry may not have made that clear in my rant. I've tried a couple different cables, and same luck. I DLed the CWM app from the Google Play, but have not installed a custom recovery. Trying to get CWM touch installed. Galaxy Note isn't an option when I try and install a custom recovery(CWM Touch Recovery...or hell any CWM recovery Note isn't an avialable model) via CWM.
So the options I've found so far are: Install custom recovery(CWM) via Odin, or install via ADB using android APK.
Are there other options to installing CWM recovery?
Sorry kind of a newb to all of this. I had a Dell Streak before this as my first android and it was a PITA to install Custom ROM's and root that I didn't mess with it much. Did root it and managed to soft brick my phone and bring her back to life. lol Then figured it was too much a pain to deal with.
ROM manager does not support our phone. I wouldn't use that app for now. So you're booting into download mode and Odin doesn't see your phone? I'm assuming you're in download mode?
froidroid said:
ROM manager does not support our phone. I wouldn't use that app for now. So you're booting into download mode and Odin doesn't see your phone? I'm assuming you're in download mode?
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This...if not restart everything from scratch. Uninstall the drivers and re-install them again and restart Odin. Also make sure you are using the latest version of Odin.
froidroid said:
ROM manager does not support our phone. I wouldn't use that app for now. So you're booting into download mode and Odin doesn't see your phone? I'm assuming you're in download mode?
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Correct isn't recognized in DL mode. The phone is recognized just fine when I plug it in regularly. Can transfer back and forth all day long.
The ICS ROM I wanna try uses CWM recovery to install. So trying to get everything to line up as to not end up with a brick. lol
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This...if not restart everything from scratch. Uninstall the drivers and re-install them again and restart Odin. Also make sure you are using the latest version of Odin.
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Believe I've done that before, but will try again. Latest version of Odin higher than 1.8.5 or something like that? If so that's what I'm using.
ROM manager does not support our phone. I wouldn't use that app for now. So you're booting into download mode and Odin doesn't see your phone? I'm assuming you're in download mode?
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ROM manager does not support our phone. I wouldn't use that app for now. So you're booting into download mode and Odin doesn't see your phone? I'm assuming you're in download mode?
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Not sure what's going on with XDA, but my reply didn't post. So here goes: Yes that is correct I would boot into DL mode and odin didn't see my phone.
So I opened one of my VM's( the one previously used to root) uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers and voila odin sees my phone again. CWM touch recovery installed. Now off to flash Team Perfections ICS. Only chose them as they have a step by step video of installation and it seems stupid easy. Also seems to be the most stable from reading. Could be wrong. I'll try it out and wait for official CM9.
Have you tried using a different PC. I remeber my desktop wouldnt let me odin all the sudden one day. I tried my laptop worked no problem. using a VM sounds sketchy id be afraid there were too many facets or some risk of data corruption on its way. That may be incorrect but data > virtual hardware > hardware > phone. just too much for me -_-
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Have you tried using a different PC. I remeber my desktop wouldnt let me odin all the sudden one day. I tried my laptop worked no problem. using a VM sounds sketchy id be afraid there were too many facets or some risk of data corruption on its way. That may be incorrect but data > virtual hardware > hardware > phone. just too much for me -_-
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I tried my physical windows machine and it wouldn't even install the drivers. Failed every time regardless what I did.
I got the VM to work fine. CWM recovery touch is installed now.
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Not sure what's going on with XDA, but my reply didn't post. So here goes: Yes that is correct I would boot into DL mode and odin didn't see my phone.
So I opened one of my VM's( the one previously used to root) uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers and voila odin sees my phone again. CWM touch recovery installed. Now off to flash Team Perfections ICS. Only chose them as they have a step by step video of installation and it seems stupid easy. Also seems to be the most stable from reading. Could be wrong. I'll try it out and wait for official CM9.
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All roms are that easy to flash once you have cwm, it's just booting into recovery, wiping, and flashing.
Try em all and see which one works best fir you
studacris said:
All roms are that easy to flash once you have cwm, it's just booting into recovery, wiping, and flashing.
Try em all and see which one works best fir you
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I hear ya. Just when I start reading about some ROM's they say: oh and you need to flash this, this and this or else your phone will blow up and likely kill your whole family.
Being somewhat new to the flashing business just flashing ONE zip file is enough for me. Yet alone a bunch of other things. Just starts to confuse me with the multiple flashes......do I install all the same( as far as "flashing" goes)? Just boot into recovery navigate to file...double click and it'll do it's thing? If so I suppose that's not all that difficult. I like the one and done approach though. lol
Yup.
If there are multiple zips, flash them all like the main ROM.
Sweet! Flashed the Objection ICS. Like it so far. Seems like the modem is kinda all over the map for lte speeds.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
Interesting problem. I bought an i717 off Amazon that was already running a custom ROM. So everything should be easy from there right? No. I had to flash CWM and root it still. I got it rooted. CWM is "there", but it wouldn't flash anything at all. Not my Titanium zips, not the JB ROMs I want to try out, not the radios, etcetera. ODIN is being an even bigger d'bag. Almost every time, it is now failing after Setup Connections.
The few times Odin works, it flashes correctly and boots the OS as if everything is fine. If I reboot or try to get into recovery mode, it hangs/crashes after briefly showing "Samsung".
Recently I flashed the stock recovery and boot ROMs.
I have been trying to change the CWM install as the next step.
Any advice? What am I missing? How are these devices setup?
I imagine that the BIOS knows about 2 boot paths (bootloader and recovery ROM). The bootloader sets up and moves the program counter to the OS code ....and so on. Where is the link broken and why can't I directly get into recovery? Button combos haven't been working or I'm not doing it right.
Firstly:
WHY DOES ODIN SAY EPIC 4G?
Are you using the right phone or in the wrong forum?
The Odin issue is most likely due to one of the following failing:
driver/cable/usb port (on pc, or worse on phone)
Get yourself a different data cable, Uninstall drivers, reboot, reinstall drivers, swap usb ports on the pc using one attached to the motherboard no front ports or hubs, right click and run Odin as administrator.
Still fails rinse and repeat until all your pcs usb ports are tested.
I have found that the verizon data cable for the vcast from ecomoto work best the number on cable are skn5004a
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studacris said:
Firstly:
WHY DOES ODIN SAY EPIC 4G?
Are you using the right phone or in the wrong forum?
The Odin issue is most likely due to one of the following failing:
driver/cable/usb port (on pc, or worse on phone)
Get yourself a different data cable, Uninstall drivers, reboot, reinstall drivers, swap usb ports on the pc using one attached to the motherboard no front ports or hubs, right click and run Odin as administrator.
Still fails rinse and repeat until all your pcs usb ports are tested.
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I think "EPIC 4G" is the title listed in Odin's .ini file. That should have no effect on flashing.
ldmtwo said:
Interesting problem. I bought an i717 off Amazon that was already running a custom ROM. So everything should be easy from there right? No. I had to flash CWM and root it still. I got it rooted. CWM is "there", but it wouldn't flash anything at all. Not my Titanium zips, not the JB ROMs I want to try out, not the radios, etcetera. ODIN is being an even bigger d'bag. Almost every time, it is now failing after Setup Connections.
The few times Odin works, it flashes correctly and boots the OS as if everything is fine. If I reboot or try to get into recovery mode, it hangs/crashes after briefly showing "Samsung".
Recently I flashed the stock recovery and boot ROMs.
I have been trying to change the CWM install as the next step.
Any advice? What am I missing? How are these devices setup?
I imagine that the BIOS knows about 2 boot paths (bootloader and recovery ROM). The bootloader sets up and moves the program counter to the OS code ....and so on. Where is the link broken and why can't I directly get into recovery? Button combos haven't been working or I'm not doing it right.
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In addition to studacris' excellent suggestions, what version of Odin are you running? Are you running the most recent version? v1.85 last I checked. What version of CWM did you flash?
I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
BoostedB18C said:
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
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I read through that one too. Tried all of that. ODIN will not work. My phone is not being detected through USB. Again i've tried all the reinstalls of the drivers etc.... Tried different original cords. nothing.
I need a way to return to stock through my device. Maybe load to the external sd and flash. Can this be done?
Not sure what file to flash though.
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
hidden-one said:
I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Chance77 said:
Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Tried all of this as well. I installed kies and tried that route as some were saying the drivers may work through that method. They didn't so I tried uninstalling. I was in DL "odin" mode when trying to run odin also.
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
BoostedB18C said:
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
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My phone was a trade off for a iPhone 5.. Best move ever but the last owner had somewhat messed up the phone modding it. I did a full wipe and the previous owner had never done any backups. I wanted to start fresh. All that being said I wanted to start back fresh at stock and then do any modding that I preferred from a new state.
I just flashed MeanBean after reading back through the posts to my question. I realized I had not tried using odin while on a TW based ROM.
I'll see if this helps.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
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I too am having issues with my Note II not being recognized by Odin on my PC. I know my drivers are installed and I have a good connection with my USB cable/port since when I plug in my phone when powered on, I can see the phone and card just fine. However, when going into Download mode and running Odin 3.07, Odin isn't seeing my phone.
I discovered this while looking into another situation from another thread. While I'm not currently attempting to return to stock and aren't overly concerned about returning to stock since I could probably do it with Mobile Odin if push comes to shove. I am concerned, however, that if I'm unable to use MO and my phone isn't being recognized by Odin from my PC then I might be up the proverbial creek with a paddle.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
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Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
hidden-one said:
Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
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Glad it worked. And as an added bonus now I know if I do ever have problems and dont feel like spending the time to figure it out, I can just use mobile odin.