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Hi there, please go easy on me. I did search XDA, googled other places and tried other things but getting the same. I am coming from iOS, got SGS2 and played a bit with it. Decided to flash new ROM as samsung stock was slow.
1. Rooted my phone with SuperOneClick.
2. Installed ClockWorkMod.
3. Downloaded CM7, put it onto my SGS2 and installed with ClockWorkMod (volume up+power+home)
4. Went further and got mysellf Simplistic ROM ICS XXLPB installed it with ClockWorkMod
5. Wanted to go back to CM7 so tired installing it with ClockWirkMod but something went wring and I ended up with sem-bricked SGS2
Whenever I fire up the phoone, the battery logo appears but is doesnt show itis charging. When I connect to KIES is isnt connecting the only (good) thing is I can put it in a download mode and Odin sees it so I caan try flashing it but whotever rom I am flashing in, I am getting the same "Invalid MD5 value."
I wanna go back to stock rom ERA PL (I9100XXKE4 ERA 05.2011 2.3.3) when I unrar it i got the following files, seems like PIT file is missing. Have a look at the attached. How do I restore my phone with ondin?
cudo said:
Hi there, please go easy on me. I did search XDA, googled other places and tried other things but getting the same. I am coming from iOS, got SGS2 and played a bit with it. Decided to flash new ROM as samsung stock was slow.
1. Rooted my phone with SuperOneClick.
2. Installed ClockWorkMod.
3. Downloaded CM7, put it onto my SGS2 and installed with ClockWorkMod (volume up+power+home)
4. Went further and got mysellf Simplistic ROM ICS XXLPB installed it with ClockWorkMod
5. Wanted to go back to CM7 so tired installing it with ClockWirkMod but something went wring and I ended up with sem-bricked SGS2
Whenever I fire up the phoone, the battery logo appears but is doesnt show itis charging. When I connect to KIES is isnt connecting the only (good) thing is I can put it in a download mode and Odin sees it so I caan try flashing it but whotever rom I am flashing in, I am getting the same "Invalid MD5 value."
I wanna go back to stock rom ERA PL (I9100XXKE4 ERA 05.2011 2.3.3) when I unrar it i got the following files, seems like PIT file is missing. Have a look at the attached. How do I restore my phone with ondin?
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Im not an expert so you might want to wait for a more experienced persons comment....
but go to sammobile.com and download the firmware you want to flash....if PIT file is required you can search for it i believe, i remmeber ive seen a place earlier where you can download it.
Hope it helps
ab.riyami said:
Im not an expert so you might want to wait for a more experienced persons comment....
but go to sammobile.com and download the firmware you want to flash....if PIT file is required you can search for it i believe, i remmeber ive seen a place earlier where you can download it.
Hope it helps
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Thanks, but the thing is I got the stock firmware I wanna use, but I keep getting the same error "MD5 value invalid" is PIT a generic file for all roms or is it ROM related?
cudo said:
Thanks, but the thing is I got the stock firmware I wanna use, but I keep getting the same error "MD5 value invalid" is PIT a generic file for all roms or is it ROM related?
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Pit comes with each firmware but onSGS2 so far i believe its the same one . Details are on the site you got firmware from follow their instructions .
PIT file is not required and its dangerous for noobs to use .
Invalid MD5 value.
Two reasons why One bad download file corrupted or Two the more usual user is not following the instructions and making their own up .
jje
Thank you for your invaluable help.
can flash cm7 GT-i9100G ????
Go to intratech's thread about firmwares and download from there. And don't use PIT. You don't need it.
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Hello all,
I'm hoping someone can advise me with the following problem. I bought a unlocked S3 in Belgium (no branding, network locks etc), and the other day I noticed the latest firmware I9300XXBLFB on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
As I use OSX I found out that I needed to use Heimdall to flash it.
I download the ROM, unzipped it, then I renamed the tar.md5 to .tar extracted that which gave me the following files:
boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
system.img
Now the problem began with the PIT... I required one, and stupidly went off to google in search of an S3 .pit file.... which I found
So I selected the .pit, added the files to their relevant partition, and flashed....
Upon rebooting the phone had updated, however there was no factory reset, everything I had previously was there (to my surprise), but the system info showed the correct rom, baseband, blah blah.
Yesterday I noticed I could not access any internet services. Say I open GMail app, and tried to open a mail, it closed the app after a number of seconds (without displaying the mail contents btw).... no error, just back to the main screen.
I also had problems using 3G or WiFi... nether was stable.
So I reflashed yesterday evening.. at which point I found out how to read in my own .pit file off the phone... but of course I've flashed someone else's previously. I did an MD5 sum on the one I extracted off my phone, and also on the one I downloaded off the net and they still matched.
Still I had the same problems, so I thought perhaps I should drop down a ROM version.
I grabbed a zip file with I9300XXALF2_I9300OXAALF2_I9300XXLF2_HOME.tar.md5 and proceeded to flash it.
Now the phone won't fully boot, it just sits in the Samsung animation and the blue LED pulsing.
I'm guessing I've stuffed up the PIT... the big question is now, what the hell should I do.
FYI I can still get to recovery mode and Odin mode.
Any help / advice would be really appreciated guys.
All the best and thanks in a advance
PS: I just this minute reflashed using Heimdall the I9300XXBLFB. Now it boots up, on first boot it said Updating Android optimsing applications 1/65 and proceeded thru to the point it asks me which language I want... this normal??
kuntstubble said:
Hello all,
I'm hoping someone can advise me with the following problem. I bought a unlocked S3 in Belgium (no branding, network locks etc), and the other day I noticed the latest firmware I9300XXBLFB on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
As I use OSX I found out that I needed to use Heimdall to flash it.
I download the ROM, unzipped it, then I renamed the tar.md5 to .tar extracted that which gave me the following files:
boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
system.img
Now the problem began with the PIT... I required one, and stupidly went off to google in search of an S3 .pit file.... which I found
So I selected the .pit, added the files to their relevant partition, and flashed....
Upon rebooting the phone had updated, however there was no factory reset, everything I had previously was there (to my surprise), but the system info showed the correct rom, baseband, blah blah.
Yesterday I noticed I could not access any internet services. Say I open GMail app, and tried to open a mail, it closed the app after a number of seconds (without displaying the mail contents btw).... no error, just back to the main screen.
I also had problems using 3G or WiFi... nether was stable.
So I reflashed yesterday evening.. at which point I found out how to read in my own .pit file off the phone... but of course I've flashed someone else's previously. I did an MD5 sum on the one I extracted off my phone, and also on the one I downloaded off the net and they still matched.
Still I had the same problems, so I thought perhaps I should drop down a ROM version.
I grabbed a zip file with I9300XXALF2_I9300OXAALF2_I9300XXLF2_HOME.tar.md5 and proceeded to flash it.
Now the phone won't fully boot, it just sits in the Samsung animation and the blue LED pulsing.
I'm guessing I've stuffed up the PIT... the big question is now, what the hell should I do.
FYI I can still get to recovery mode and Odin mode.
Any help / advice would be really appreciated guys.
All the best and thanks in a advance
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UNZIP THE DOWNLOADED ROM ONCE FROM .RAR TO .TAR/MD5 FILE. AND PUT THE SINGLE .TAR FILE IN PDA SECTION IN ODIN AND FLASH IT. Really, start to read before you do anything
the instructions don;t mention requiring a pit, also, why remane .tar.md5 to .tar when the instructions say "Click PDA and select *.tar.md5". seeing as you can still connect with odin, you onlt have a soft brick and you can still use odin and flash something properly.
gee2012 said:
UNZIP THE DOWNLOADED ROM ONCE FROM .RAR TO .TAR/MD5 FILE. AND PUT THE SINGLE .TAR FILE IN PDA SECTION IN ODIN AND FLASH IT. Really, start to read before you do anything
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Erm, think you need to read first... I said I use Heimdall because I'm on OSX.
OrbNRG said:
the instructions don;t mention requiring a pit, also, why remane .tar.md5 to .tar when the instructions say "Click PDA and select *.tar.md5". seeing as you can still connect with odin, you onlt have a soft brick and you can still use odin and flash something properly.
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Once again, I'm using Heimdall not Odin. I'm on OSX not Windows.
Secondly the tar.md5 file is a tar file containing all the components that make the ROM.
kuntstubble said:
Erm, think you need to read first... I said I use Heimdall because I'm on OSX.
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Oke, my bad. I don`t use heimdal so can`t help you.
Go to recovery (power on with pressing VOL-UP + HOME + POWER when the phone is off) and do a factory reset / wipe data.
This wasn't caused by using a .PIT, though: never use a .PIT ever again, never ever.
HellcatDroid said:
Go to recovery (power on with pressing VOL-UP + HOME + POWER when the phone is off) and do a factory reset / wipe data.
This wasn't caused by using a .PIT, though: never use a .PIT ever again, never ever.
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Done that also, made no difference :-(
I don't care which ROM I recover correctly but I do want to get the phone working LOL
Use a windows pc and stop using mac?
Its really easy to fix your problem via Odin....
U can use usb jig to unbrick ur phone,and in the future,use odin for all the flashing on ur s3..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
pedja381 said:
U can use usb jig to unbrick ur phone,and in the future,use odin for all the flashing on ur s3..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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Stupid reply USB Jig does not unbrick a phone .
ODIN how can the OP use Odin and why would you think its better than Heimdall ??? .
jje
OK the phone is running, but it's bizarre ...
Basically I'm connected to my WiFi signal, and Chrome works 100%... but the normal browser does'nt... just hangs, then closes.
GMail if I open it I can see all the mails, if I click on one, it just sits there with the circle going round, then closes, although if I scrolll thru all mails it does load more... very strange.
Seems any default apps that where installed have connection issues... It's really pi**ing me off....
Anyone?
BTW: *#1234# reports:
AP: I9300XXBLFB
CP: I93000XXLFB
CSC: I9300OXABLFB
It doesn't matter if you change .tar.md5 to .tar i always do it to.
What was the name of the pit you flashed?
Hi,
I downloaded GalaxyS3RootMac which contained a file called
s3pit.pit
MD5 (s3pit.pit) = c67ccbe3628793a9f0dba761c15e0896
Thats the one I used ... stupidly ... so I guess I overwrote mine own one...
I had this exact same thing with browser. That was caused eather from wrong csc or that I mistakenly flashed the firmware using phone field in odin and not pda. Try to change your csc to something else using *#272*IMEI#. That wipes the phone.
Tried what you recommend but still same problem
I choose BTC btw
It previously was on KOR
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People read the damn topic before posting.
Usb jig is for accessing download mode, which he can do just fine without.
The phone is softbricked, not soft-hardbricked.
I've never used Heimdall but afaik it has caused issues in the past.
Is anyone you know using Windows or can you install Windows as Bootcamp on your Mac?
If so, please try again with Odin, but factoryreset your phone before and after.
Please also confirm you're actually on hardware i9300 or i9300T, not e.g. i9308
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d4fseeker said:
People read the damn topic before posting.
Usb jig is for accessing download mode, which he can do just fine without.
The phone is softbricked, not soft-hardbricked.
I've never used Heimdall but afaik it has caused issues in the past.
Is anyone you know using Windows or can you install Windows as Bootcamp on your Mac?
If so, please try again with Odin, but factoryreset your phone before and after.
Please also confirm you're actually on hardware i9300 or i9300T, not e.g. i9308
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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Hi, well you're completely correct I could go bootcamp although I prefer not to. If all else fails I'll do it that way. Sadly today I can't get my hands on a Windows system to use.
The phone is a Benelux model I believe (bought from Mobistar), under that battery it says i9300 from what I remember.
Cheers for the logical response
I got exactly the same problem as the OP with the S3, a Macbook Air on Lion, and Heimdall yesterday. I was frustrated but ended up trying Odin on a Windows 7 virtual machine to re-flash a stock firmware. It went through perfectly and I was saved.
Hi,
I recently bought a second-hand GS3. Unaware at the time that the phone had been rooted I'd now like to return the phone to its original self by UNROOTING it.
i have followed steps here on xda and also watched galyxys3root.com's unroot vid but to no avail.
the programs i have downloaded to do this are
-Triangle Away
- Odin
- 2 seperate stock firmwares from samsung-updates.cm for my region (ireland)
- 7 zip
I am still stuck though
I Open the firmware zip, to reveal two files, a .tar.md5 file and a .dll file
From here i believe i should be able to open the md5 file on Odin, however trying to open this file as a pda in Odin doesn't work because Odin can't even seem to recognise that the file even exists.
I have tried extracting the md5 file, this leaves 5 img files, i then extracted them using a program i found on xda called sgs2toext4 but from here none of the files could be recognised on odin either.
I also tried simply dragging the md5 file onto the phone's sd card but it wouldn't let me
At this point i am really lost as to what I am doing wrong. I know i need to flash the rom i've downloaded but how do i get odin to recognise the file?
I am a pretty serious noob in need of some pretty serious help.
tekkr said:
Hi,
I recently bought a second-hand GS3. Unaware at the time that the phone had been rooted I'd now like to return the phone to its original self by UNROOTING it.
i have followed steps here on xda and also watched galyxys3root.com's unroot vid but to no avail.
the programs i have downloaded to do this are
-Triangle Away
- Odin
- 2 seperate stock firmwares from samsung-updates.cm for my region (ireland)
- 7 zip
I am still stuck though
I Open the firmware zip, to reveal two files, a .tar.md5 file and a .dll file
From here i believe i should be able to open the md5 file on Odin, however trying to open this file as a pda in Odin doesn't work because Odin can't even seem to recognise that the file even exists.
I have tried extracting the md5 file, this leaves 5 img files, i then extracted them using a program i found on xda called sgs2toext4 but from here none of the files could be recognised on odin either.
I also tried simply dragging the md5 file onto the phone's sd card but it wouldn't let me
At this point i am really lost as to what I am doing wrong. I know i need to flash the rom i've downloaded but how do i get odin to recognise the file?
I am a pretty serious noob in need of some pretty serious help.
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hi
the simplest way to unroot is just to simply flash a stock firmware..
you can go to sammobile.com, make an account there and download your desired firmware.. use odin and just extract the .zip file you download and put it on PDA in odin and click start
i hope this helps
I recently bought a SGT 10.1 GT-P7510 on Craigslist. The tab was rooted and running the inFamous ROM 1.9.1 from AOKP. Worked great for a few days. One day, I turned it on and the wifi wouldn't turn on. At all. I'm brand new to Android, so after reading through forums and mucking about a bit, I tried a few things and ended up doing a factory reset. No dice. The wifi still wouldn't turn on. I gave it to a friend who's more experienced.
I got it back and now the OS won't boot at all. Upon startup, it just shows the Galaxy Tab 10.1 logo. When I hold the power to turn it off, it turns back on after about 3 seconds. I can still boot into Recovery and Download mode. Attached are some pictures of what I found in recovery mode:
Essentially, it looks like the internal sd card got formatted and wiped clean. There's nothing in that directory (or any other directory, for that matter). I'm thinking the tablet is completely empty, save some form of BIOS. Also, I can mount everything EXCEPT the SD card. That option doesn't change when selected
Is there anyway I can get any kind of OS back on here? I don't care if it's the original Honeycomb that came with it or the inFamous rom that was on there when I bought it. I'm just wondering if it can be salvaged or if it's bricked beyond belief.
I'm on a Mac running OS X 10.7, so I can't use Odin. I've tried my hand at Heimdall, but I can't find any firmware that'll load properly (keep getting an error message that the .tar file is the wrong size). Can anyone help me get this thing running again? It would be very much appreciated.
medleysa said:
I recently bought a SGT 10.1 GT-P7510 on Craigslist. The tab was rooted and running the inFamous ROM 1.9.1 from AOKP. Worked great for a few days. One day, I turned it on and the wifi wouldn't turn on. At all. I'm brand new to Android, so after reading through forums and mucking about a bit, I tried a few things and ended up doing a factory reset. No dice. The wifi still wouldn't turn on. I gave it to a friend who's more experienced.
I got it back and now the OS won't boot at all. Upon startup, it just shows the Galaxy Tab 10.1 logo. When I hold the power to turn it off, it turns back on after about 3 seconds. I can still boot into Recovery and Download mode. Attached are some pictures of what I found in recovery mode:
Essentially, it looks like the internal sd card got formatted and wiped clean. There's nothing in that directory (or any other directory, for that matter). I'm thinking the tablet is completely empty, save some form of BIOS. Also, I can mount everything EXCEPT the SD card. That option doesn't change when selected
Is there anyway I can get any kind of OS back on here? I don't care if it's the original Honeycomb that came with it or the inFamous rom that was on there when I bought it. I'm just wondering if it can be salvaged or if it's bricked beyond belief.
I'm on a Mac running OS X 10.7, so I can't use Odin. I've tried my hand at Heimdall, but I can't find any firmware that'll load properly (keep getting an error message that the .tar file is the wrong size). Can anyone help me get this thing running again? It would be very much appreciated.
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Watch this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBs98R9rTs&feature=youtube_gdata_player ..All you need is there..
Thanks or the quick response. However, the link in the description for the Firmware files 404ed on me.
I downloaded the .tar file rom sammobile.com, but when I tried to load the package into Heimdall, it gave me an error that said the .tar file was the wrong file size. Is there somewhere else I can find the Firmware file for the GT-P7510?
medleysa said:
Thanks or the quick response. However, the link in the description for the Firmware files 404ed on me.
I downloaded the .tar file rom sammobile.com, but when I tried to load the package into Heimdall, it gave me an error that said the .tar file was the wrong file size. Is there somewhere else I can find the Firmware file for the GT-P7510?
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I think there's Samfirmware. Though I haven't try there yet.
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medleysa said:
Thanks or the quick response. However, the link in the description for the Firmware files 404ed on me.
I downloaded the .tar file rom sammobile.com, but when I tried to load the package into Heimdall, it gave me an error that said the .tar file was the wrong file size. Is there somewhere else I can find the Firmware file for the GT-P7510?
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Take a read through this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686 ... I don't use heimdall.. I missed that in the original post..it was late, sorry...see if this helps. If not.. Let me know and I'll see if I can search down a fix
medleysa said:
Thanks or the quick response. However, the link in the description for the Firmware files 404ed on me.
I downloaded the .tar file rom sammobile.com, but when I tried to load the package into Heimdall, it gave me an error that said the .tar file was the wrong file size. Is there somewhere else I can find the Firmware file for the GT-P7510?
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-P7510&pcode=XAB#firmware
That's where to get the factory firmware
I have never had much luck with Heimdall. I have used Odin with pretty decent success.
Thanks so much for all your help. Unfortunately, I'm still having trouble with Heimdall. Whenever I try to load the firmware package, an error pops up saying "firmware.xml is missing from package." I'm guessing that this firmware isn't Heimdall friendly, or vice-versa. Any advice on how to circumvent this error?
medleysa said:
Thanks so much for all your help. Unfortunately, I'm still having trouble with Heimdall. Whenever I try to load the firmware package, an error pops up saying "firmware.xml is missing from package." I'm guessing that this firmware isn't Heimdall friendly, or vice-versa. Any advice on how to circumvent this error?
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Here is the link I meant to give ya... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348392 .. If the answer to heimdall errors isn't in there.. I have no idea... Set up a VM and use Odin..
Update:
I could never get Heimdall to read the .tar file and could need figure where to put what where. I guess I'm using a different version or am not tech savvy enough to understand what/how I'm doing wrong (which is a high possibility). I took it to my parents and loaded Odin using windows 7. Got the PIT file from a forum here and used the link to download stock firmware for 4.0.4. Ran Odin and it worked like a charm! My tab is running Samsung's stock 4.0.4 seamlessly, and my wifi is once again working. So much trouble over a small radio, but it is integral to the entire point and function of any tablet.
Thanks to everyone that sen in advice! I'm loading Virtualbox on my Mac tomorrow and using an extra key for Windows from my folks. Next step: rooting, setting up CW recovery, and booting Infamous AOKP 4.2!
Hi guys, I've been flashing different roms lately on my sgs3 international with no problems until today. I tried to flash a particular rom using TWRP which failed. I restored a nandroid backup with no problems, and wondered if the flashing fail was because TWRP needed updating, so i downloaded the latest version and flashed it via Odin, which seemed to go ok, until the phone tried to reboot and got stuck at the 'Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-1300' screen, and wouldn't get any further. I tried a few more times to boot it but it was a no-go. I removed the battery and left it out for an hour or two and retried, nothing. I downloaded CWM recovery, with the intention of replacing TWRP, but Odin refuses to see the .tar file, no matter where I put it. It still sees the new TWRP.tar file though. I downloaded a stock Sammy rom, Odin wont see it. Ive tried Odin versions 1.85 and 3.09, but no-go.
I've scoured XDA, and the net for hours, but it all stops with Odin not seeing any .tar files. I'm all out of ideas guys. Can somebody please help me with this?
Many thanks, Dave
Zigg49 said:
Hi guys, I've been flashing different roms lately on my sgs3 international with no problems until today. I tried to flash a particular rom using TWRP which failed. I restored a nandroid backup with no problems, and wondered if the flashing fail was because TWRP needed updating, so i downloaded the latest version and flashed it via Odin, which seemed to go ok, until the phone tried to reboot and got stuck at the 'Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-1300' screen, and wouldn't get any further. I tried a few more times to boot it but it was a no-go. I removed the battery and left it out for an hour or two and retried, nothing. I downloaded CWM recovery, with the intention of replacing TWRP, but Odin refuses to see the .tar file, no matter where I put it. It still sees the new TWRP.tar file though. I downloaded a stock Sammy rom, Odin wont see it. Ive tried Odin versions 1.85 and 3.09, but no-go.
I've scoured XDA, and the net for hours, but it all stops with Odin not seeing any .tar files. I'm all out of ideas guys. Can somebody please help me with this?
Many thanks, Dave
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Try running Odin in administrator mode and placing .tar file on your desktop and delete the twrp file first so Odin definitely can't see it.
tallman43 said:
Apart from the trouble you are having with Odin you say you tried to boot it a few more times but failed. Did you mean it failed to boot into a rom or boot into twrp or both.
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Both, actually. I can get into download mode, but nothing else. Thanks for replying so quickly.
Zigg49 said:
Both, actually. I can get into download mode, but nothing else. Thanks for replying so quickly.
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I thought so sorry i didn't read you post correctly have you tried my suggestion above I edited my post.
tallman43 said:
I thought so sorry i didn't read you post correctly have you tried my suggestion above I edited my post.
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Trouble is, I can only launch Odin directly from the rar file I downloaded for some reason. It doesn't want to install itself, or give me a shortcut to be able to run it as admin.
Zigg49 said:
Trouble is, I can only launch Odin directly from the rar file I downloaded for some reason. It doesn't want to install itself, or give me a shortcut to be able to run it as admin.
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Also, I have deleted the TWRP file, but it didn't make any diffrence. (wasn't in admin admittedly).
Off to bed now. Thanks for taking the time to help, hopefully You, or someone else will have solved it by tomorrow
That why its not working you need to extract it from the rar file with 7z or similar unzip program
tallman43 said:
That why its not working you need to extract it from the rar file with 7z or similar unzip program
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Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I've been out all day.
But, and don't think I'm arguing here, how come it saw the TWRP .tar file, and let me flash it? I've always had to launch Odin in this way, and it's never let me down before. That being said, I will try and manage a permanent install, and hope it does the trick, thanks.
Zigg49 said:
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, I've been out all day.
But, and don't think I'm arguing here, how come it saw the TWRP .tar file, and let me flash it? I've always had to launch Odin in this way, and it's never let me down before. That being said, I will try and manage a permanent install, and hope it does the trick, thanks.
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So, this is what I did. Don't ask me why, it was more an act of desperation than anything else, was unpack the CWM onto my desktop and lo and behold, Odin started to play and recognised the unpacked .md5 file, how weird is that? I've read in the past, about folk who have mistakingly unpacked the .rar file, and then Odin not doing its thing, but never the other way round!
Ok, so good news, right? Err, nope, 'cos even after I managed to flash CWM, the phone still wouldn't boot!
Soooooo....remember the stock sammy rom I mentioned? Well, I did the same thing with that ie. unpacked the .rar and flashed the .md5 file, and, long story short, it went in, albeit after what seemed like a very long writing process. So here I am with a working phone again, although I realise now that it was a Vodaphone file, and my phone is unrooted, but, hey, it's working .
All I have to do now is re-root it, and flash a rom of my choice.....what could possibly go wrong? (cue maniacal laughter)
Zigg49 said:
So, this is what I did. Don't ask me why, it was more an act of desperation than anything else, was unpack the CWM onto my desktop and lo and behold, Odin started to play and recognised the unpacked .md5 file, how weird is that? I've read in the past, about folk who have mistakingly unpacked the .rar file, and then Odin not doing its thing, but never the other way round!
Ok, so good news, right? Err, nope, 'cos even after I managed to flash CWM, the phone still wouldn't boot!
Soooooo....remember the stock sammy rom I mentioned? Well, I did the same thing with that ie. unpacked the .rar and flashed the .md5 file, and, long story short, it went in, albeit after what seemed like a very long writing process. So here I am with a working phone again, although I realise now that it was a Vodaphone file, and my phone is unrooted, but, hey, it's working .
All I have to do now is re-root it, and flash a rom of my choice.....what could possibly go wrong? (cue maniacal laughter)
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Glad to see you got it working but it's not weird at all you could have saved yourself alot of trouble by saying in your first post that your files where originally in .rar format. It is normal procedure to unpack .rar files for them to work in programs and especially for them to work in Odin so that it can recognize them.
tallman43 said:
Glad to see you got it working but it's not weird at all you could have saved yourself alot of trouble by saying in your first post that your files where originally in .rar format. It is normal procedure to unpack .rar files for them to work in programs and especially for them to work in Odin so that it can recognize them.
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Ahh, ok . But I've always just directed Odin to the .rar file, and never had this problem before. Oh well, you live and learn, eh?
Thanks for your help:good: