The Quest for CWM on the Player 4 & 5 - Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0

I am not the dev to get this done.
hell i am not even a dev. i never could get it running on Ubuntu to start learning out to create stuff.
so.. here is a starting point for those who want to get CWM running.
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There are a 100 different methods of flashing a device with CWM, and being that this is a new device it will take some time and a good dev to get it going.
but since this is a samsung device and the groundwork on the SG I and SGII has already been laid, i think roms and CWM are only a short time away.
I imagine the SG II CWM methods would be our best starting point.
i figured i would start a thread for anyone who wants to post their progress in getting CWM flashed.
if you have any testing methods please post them.
need someone to test. just ask.. but please have a viable recovery method available to that user incase it bricks the player.
Needed
- Stock flashable Recovery
- Stock flashable Rom (incase the entire phone goes belly up)
i guess since there is no true recovery rom for the Player 5 we need a full Rom w/ recovery to reflash, or the stock recovery to reflash the device incase the device gets bricked when attempting to get a working CWM.
Known Recovery Methods
How to enter Samsung Stock Recovery mode
-Hold Home, Vol +, and Power all at the same time.
-When the Samsung logo appears let go of Power.
-Use Vol + and - for moving up and down the menu
-Hit the Home button to enter on an item. (or click ok)
How to enter Download Mode (for flashing odin files)
-Hold Home, Vol - and Power at the same time.
-When samsung Logo appears let go of Power
-to exit download mode hold Power until it powers off. (its about 5 seconds)
ADB Methods
(performed via CLI using adb while your phone is running and hooked to a PC)
Reboot - adb reboot
Reboot into Recovery (stock or soon CWM) - adb reboot recovery
Reboot into download mode (for odin flashing) - adb reboot download
Odin Flashing Tool (used when your phone is in download mode)
Here is a link to Odin 1.3
I use 1.3 because its probably the most widely used.
there is a 1.8x but i dont know of a change log to show a reason why we should use it.
short on time, will clean it up and add more soon.

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Got it!!!
Jig< ---- investment

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v_lestat said:
I am not the dev to get this done.
hell i am not even a dev. i never could get it running on Ubuntu to start learning out to create stuff.
so.. here is a starting point for those who want to get CWM running.
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There are a 100 different methods of flashing a device with CWM, and being that this is a new device it will take some time and a good dev to get it going.
but since this is a samsung device and the groundwork on the SG I and SGII has already been laid, i think roms and CWM are only a short time away.
I imagine the SG II CWM methods would be our best starting point.
i figured i would start a thread for anyone who wants to post their progress in getting CWM flashed.
if you have any testing methods please post them.
need someone to test. just ask.. but please have a viable recovery method available to that user incase it bricks the player.
Needed
i guess since there is no true recovery rom for the Player 5 we need a full Rom w/ recovery to reflash, or the stock recovery to reflash the device incase the device gets bricked when attempting to get a working CWM.
Known Recovery Methods
How to enter Samsung Stock Recovery mode
-Hold Home, Vol +, and Power all at the same time.
-When the Samsung logo appears let go of Power.
-Use Vol + and - for moving up and down the menu
-Hit the Home button to enter on an item. (or click ok)
How to enter Download Mode (for flashing odin files)
-Hold Home, Vol - and Power at the same time.
-When samsung Logo appears let go of Power
-to exit download mode hold Power until it powers off. (its about 5 seconds)
Odin Flashing Tool (used when your phone is in download mode)
Here is a link to Odin 1.3
I use 1.3 because its probably the most widely used.
there is a 1.8x but i dont know of a change log to show a reason why we should use it.
short on time, will clean it up and add more soon.
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Will this be appliable to all models of the players/S wifi because I have a internationnal model?
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Johnsondr80 said:
Got it!!!
Jig< ---- investment
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I have seen post that you will try to port it to the galaxy player/S wifi 5. Will you port it to the player 4 too?

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zaclimon said:
Will this be appliable to all models of the players/S wifi because I have a internationnal model?
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I have seen post that you will try to port it to the galaxy player/S wifi 5. Will you port it to the player 4 too?
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I only have a 5. And only for a few days. So I dont know.
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Johnsondr80 said:
Got it!!!
Jig< ---- investment
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haha gotta love modders !
but thats not something for most people. thats a rare little device that only certain people can even make.
(i could probably make them by the dozens if someone where to pay.
but if you are not stuck in a bootloop or unbootable state as the jig is used for
never forget too that there is always adb
adb reboot
adb reboot recovery
adb reboot download

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Well adb dont work on soft brick.
I made two of them. Saved my but a few times.
They sell em 10 bucks a pop
But at any rate.
Its better to have a jig and not need it than to need a jig and not have it.
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Johnsondr80 said:
Well adb dont work on soft brick.
I made two of them. Saved my but a few times.
They sell em 10 bucks a pop
But at any rate.
Its better to have a jig and not need it than to need a jig and not have it.
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oh i know the jig is perfect for that cat who killed the phone by odin flashing cwm. (i warned him but he did it anyways)
i was just stating that its not something that everyone can do, most wont have soldering irons.
but it is a must have for dev's i believe.

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v_lestat said:
oh i know the jig is perfect for that cat who killed the phone by odin flashing cwm. (i warned him but he did it anyways)
i was just stating that its not something that everyone can do, most wont have soldering irons.
but it is a must have for dev's i believe.
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Soldering gun....radioshack.....$10usd
Oem restiors......$2 usd
Any old usb cable.....at a thrift store......$.50usd
Building a jig.....lifeskill.....30minutes
not having to buy a new device......savings......few hundred usd.
being a buddy's hero and proving to be tech superior in front of all your friends in a moment of "I just fu¢«€¡ Up my phone royally!"............PRICELESS!
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ha! i was waiting for the "priceless" comment at the end of your post.
but again i have to point out that this wont help that dude who flashes cwm with odin since he has nothing but a black screen.
but as long as you can get to the Sammy logo your ok.
If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you.
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Before any of this I would think that we need a stock Odin image just to be safe
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rosser725 said:
Before any of this I would think that we need a stock Odin image just to be safe
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Im building one
Only peice I got left to get is the kernel from this one here.
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Johnsondr80 said:
Im building one
Only peice I got left to get is the kernel from this one here.
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Found the kernel.
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Johnsondr80 said:
Found the kernel.
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oh yeah !
10 char

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Johnsondr80 said:
Found the kernel.
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I'm starting studying CWM for the 4.0...

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rosser725 said:
Before any of this I would think that we need a stock Odin image just to be safe
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You don't learn to swim by dipping your toes in the water.

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Johnsondr80 said:
Soldering gun....radioshack.....$10usd
Oem restiors......$2 usd
Any old usb cable.....at a thrift store......$.50usd
Building a jig.....lifeskill.....30minutes
not having to buy a new device......savings......few hundred usd.
being a buddy's hero and proving to be tech superior in front of all your friends in a moment of "I just fu¢«€¡ Up my phone royally!"............PRICELESS!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk
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OR... you can simply purchase three(3) 100Kohm resistors from radio shack, twist them together, and fish around in the USB port until you hit pins 4 and 5 (on the top and bottom on the same side of the usb port)... It's really that simple. Tape them up so you dont make contact with your skin and throw off the ohm reading.

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rosser725 said:
Before any of this I would think that we need a stock Odin image just to be safe
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I'm working on this.. This is all that's left
2: use market app Terminal Emulator and run the following commands on the device
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/mnt/sdcard/data.rfs
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/cache.rfs
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/mnt/sdcard/efs.rfs
Another native method for those of you with Mac or Linux... With windows you use putty. Get market app SSHDroid then SSH in to your device and copy-paste the code block in.
3: copy the files "data.rfs", "cache.rfs" and "efs.rfs" from your SDCard. put them onto your computer and compress them to save space. They will compress down quite a bit.
4. host them somewhere they can be deleted... a personal mediafire account or PM me for access to my server.
I can make an Odin3 1-Click back-to-stock from there.

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nvm
10 character

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I got a flashable md5 file for odin if anyone is still needing it. Go to my thread.