Flashed ICS using odin. During this process we tick repartion checkbox and select a .pit file (along with PDA,PHONE,CSC). No other rom i have flashed requires this.
I wish to return to gingerbread rom at some point. the stock rom i have only requires me to select PDA as other packages-phone+csc are contained within it. However the .PIT file is not.
So my question is if i simply flash stock rom back, won't that leave the .pit in the same state it was running ics ??
PIT included in XXKP8 is the same PIT as before. So IMHO You do not need to repartition while flashing. There were people that flashed ICS sucessfully without repartition. It also means that no repartition is needed when returning to GB.
As far as I know there is only one official PIT for SGS2 - u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit (md5: 1c7c7cf5a1955f7908a59181a52091ab), so flashing it does completly nothing (apart from increasing risk of bad flash) as Your device already contains it.
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Slig
I did try flashing without .pit or repartition but didnt work.
the problems i foresaw =
Originally running 2.3.4, after flashing ICS, I now can not run any version before 2.3.6 only this and ICS.
If .pit is same maybe i should just tick repartition when flashing 2.3.4 ??
Try reading this thread, ultramag69 managed to fix the same issue you are having, and they list the steps they went though.
Solved. If i want to swap between gingerbread and ics i have to repartition and add .pit. Phone will not mount anything unless i do this. Others have had no trouble without but for me i simply have to repartition and add .pit.
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So I'm thinking of trying out the Cyanogen 6-1 for my Vibrant and it says under the instructions to flash an "initial kernel" with ODIN. Only problem is that I've only ever flashed full builds in ODIN and I'm not sure what to do.
Do I just place the 7mb kernel in the PDA slot and put the 512 file in the PIT slot?
(can't imagine this would work)
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Nobody here knows?
I was under the impression that you didn't use a pit, just the kernel file in the pda. Odin will display kernel in the upper left status box. I tried it after flashing the JAC kernel and had to revert back to stock. Couldn't verify that it worked as I had to load up JFD to fix my problem.
I'm in the same boat as you. Enough to be dangerous, but not smart enough to recover from the brick without hours of searching. If I were to write this procedure, I'd write it out in very simple terms that anyone can understand (not "flash this", but more like "put this file here, this file there, etc"). Maybe someone who has CM on their phone could be kind enough to do that. Help out the people who haven't had a chance to spend hundreds of hours doing this...
So I decided to take the jump and flash the Gingerbread Bootloader. Now after reading through the pages I didn't notice a question I am curious about.
Now that I have this do I still have to ODIN back to stock for certain ROMs after Cyanogenmod or can I just wipe and flash?
Yes
CM7 / MIUI uses a different file system (partition table) so you must odin (with partition checked). The standard JFD pit+pda files normally found here dont have a sbl.bin so your bootloader wont be replaced.
Admittedly - it's been a while since I have bothered with an ICS/JB ROM due to broken GPS, but it seems that more people are having luck with their GPS, and since I have done the hardware fix and get amazing locks in Froyo, thought I might update to JB.
I can't seem to figure this out.
Phone rooted.
I'm running fishman's axura froyo 2.2 ROM.
I put phone into download mode and start odin.
Choose the standard 512 pit file and the GB bootloader tar.
Flash completes successfully and phone reboots.
Then just sits on the Vibrant start screen.
I then have to get my phone out of soft brick by using fishman's bionix odin flashable tar file ROM.
I've tried checking the "Phone Bootloader Update" box in Odin, but this makes no difference - still get's stuck on the Vibrant start screen.
Any ideas?
Thinking of giving one of the new JB ROM's a try (Hellybean), but need the GB bootloaders installed successfully before I do this.
Thanks.
Hi,
I assumed that you fulfill complete ODIN steps for stock, but perhaps you missed something, check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Also i suggest, after you in stock and get proper CWM for rooting, flash one 2.3.x GB rom first, and then you could flash GB bootloader.
Or you may not need GB bootloader i guess if you want to go JB ROM, just flash GB rom first or ICS then you go to JB rom.
You may try also Heimdall steps.
Hope it helps
Yo bro, reason why you have issues is because you also odined the 512 pit file. You're not supposed to use the pit file. Just the .tar bootloader. Place that in PDA.
"1. Enter Download mode on your phone.
2. Open ODIN on your computer.
3. Plug in USB and check if ODIN recognizes the phone.
4. Remove all ticks from ODIN, except PDA.
5. Select PDA and browse to the bootloader TAR package file you wish to flash.
6. Click on Flash.
7. If ODIN says PASS, long press power for 10 seconds and it'll reboot, else, repeat 2-6 again... "
^Thats from the thread about bootloaders, not mine.
Heres the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
Hobbesfed is correct but most ics and jb ROMS don't require gb bootloaders anymore. Just be careful flashing bootloaders, if something goes wrong you will hard brick your phone. I do recommend gb bootloaders but it is somewhat of a risk to your phone. Good luck
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iTz KeeFy said:
Hobbesfed is correct but most ics and jb ROMS don't require gb bootloaders anymore. Just be careful flashing bootloaders, if something goes wrong you will hard brick your phone. I do recommend gb bootloaders but it is somewhat of a risk to your phone. Good luck
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can i flash the latest helly bean without GB bootloader. Currently i am on paranoid android.
Hobbesfed said:
Yo bro, reason why you have issues is because you also odined the 512 pit file. You're not supposed to use the pit file. Just the .tar bootloader. Place that in PDA.
"1. Enter Download mode on your phone.
2. Open ODIN on your computer.
3. Plug in USB and check if ODIN recognizes the phone.
4. Remove all ticks from ODIN, except PDA.
5. Select PDA and browse to the bootloader TAR package file you wish to flash.
6. Click on Flash.
7. If ODIN says PASS, long press power for 10 seconds and it'll reboot, else, repeat 2-6 again... "
^Thats from the thread about bootloaders, not mine.
Heres the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
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Yes, this is the thread I used.
I think the problem was that I used the 512 pit file, which I'm thinking re-partitioned stuff and caused the issue.
I noticed that after the flash was showing "PASS" that the phone automatically booted itself, again probably because of using the 512 pit file.
I noticed another poster said that you don't need GB bootloaders anymore? So does that mean I can flash say "Hellybean" straight from a rooted Froyo 2.2 phone? Seems (at least by the massive size (almost 400MB) that Hellybean 'All-in-one' includes kernel/gapps etc. Although the Hellybean OP still says that Gapps need to be flashed, I'm assuming this is in error perhaps from previous builds? Almost 400MB for a ROM is gargantuan so I'd expect gapps and the kitchen sink to be in there!
Not using GB bootloaders sounds sketchy to me, event he Hellybean thread seems to indicate that you need them, or at least be on CM9 to flash, but would love to know if it's possible as I've had historical issues flashing GB bootloaders.....thanks.
Globespy said:
Yes, this is the thread I used.
I think the problem was that I used the 512 pit file, which I'm thinking re-partitioned stuff and caused the issue.
I noticed that after the flash was showing "PASS" that the phone automatically booted itself, again probably because of using the 512 pit file.
I noticed another poster said that you don't need GB bootloaders anymore? So does that mean I can flash say "Hellybean" straight from a rooted Froyo 2.2 phone? Seems (at least by the massive size (almost 400MB) that Hellybean 'All-in-one' includes kernel/gapps etc. Although the Hellybean OP still says that Gapps need to be flashed, I'm assuming this is in error perhaps from previous builds? Almost 400MB for a ROM is gargantuan so I'd expect gapps and the kitchen sink to be in there!
Not using GB bootloaders sounds sketchy to me, event he Hellybean thread seems to indicate that you need them, or at least be on CM9 to flash, but would love to know if it's possible as I've had historical issues flashing GB bootloaders.....thanks.
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For Hellybean, Im pretty sure you still need to flash Gapps. You might not need to anymore, but before when I flashed Hellybean without flashing Gapps, I was missing Gapps. If I were you, I would flash Gapps anyway. Also, the ROM is 400 mb in size because it includes the ROM for Captivate, SGS1, Vibrant, etc. Anyway, according to Toast6977 : "I guess from what I've been reading, GB bootloaders are optional. If you decide to go ahead and flash it then follow the guide and you'll be fine. It takes around 10 seconds to flash." I myself have GB bootloaders and its really not a big deal to flash them. Just dont use the PIT file. Anyway, just follow the instructions from the ROM and you should be okay. I would probably go to ICS before JB but ICS has the EU bug. Which is why I go to GB first, but then you'll need GB bootloaders.
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nitin kumar said:
can i flash the latest helly bean without GB bootloader. Currently i am on paranoid android.
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Dude..... FACEPALM. You already are past GB. If you arent trying to get on GB, you dont need any GB Bootloaders. Besides, thats why they call them "GB Bootloaders." Also, you're on JB or ICS already. Why would you flash a GB bootloader?... PA is either ICS or JB.... So to answer your question, yes you can flash Hellybean without the bootloader....
Wasnt sure if this belonged in the Dev section or not so I figured I would leave that to the real devs and ask here..
Now I have a question about which parts of an Odin TAR file are safe to use for the purpose of hellraising an i9100 rom??
LS8 I got lucky and found an already deodexed CWM version but when LSD came out I did this so I could keep my phone as 'stock' as possible.
I know what files are what in the tar file, and obviously I shouldnt flash the modem, bootloaders, pit.. I know the factoryfs is the PDA file, etc, etc..
To flash the stock LSD, I put all the 'safe' parts into Mobile Odin, this included the cache and hidden images. For the kernel, I made sure to flash jeboo's i777 kernel, and I used the good old UCLE5 for the modem. I flashed with Mobile Odin and it basically softbricked. Booted to recovery, restored my nandroid, started over. This time I just used the factoryfs.img, along with jeboo's kernel, and the modem. Just to be safe, I rebooted into recovery right after and reflashed jeboos kernel just to make sure the build.prop and key layout file were intact.. Now it worked and Ive been running fine ever since..
Im just curious though, is there the possibility that I need to actually use either the cache or hidden or one of the other files?? Seeing as how they bootlooped me, I just assumed they were really i9100 specific.. With the changes to the filesystem in JB and the whole new preload folder thing, gotta make sure Im doing it right cause I dont quite get the changes theyve made yet.
I was going to update to the UK version of LSD that came out today but just wanted to double check with the pros first..
All the guides I found with Google just mentioned the basic SBL, PDA, Phone, and CSC image files, but obviously our Samsung firmwares dont come quite like that..
Hello I've bricked my sgs2 it's not so hard bricked. It goes to download mode easily, but the problem is I can't find 3 file rom - probably 2.3.6 android, cause every link on the interer is down [2011, 2012]. I tried flashing it with 1 file rom through odin but it fail. I need to repartition it with full 3 file rom.
Please is there anybody who can help me? Simply provide 3 file rom for odin with pit file for Samsung Galaxy S3 i9100...
Thanks
I have an untested 3 part + pit gingerbread (multi csc) firmware.....
I also have a 3 part jellybean firmware.
I can provide links to either or both of them if needed.....that is assuming your device is the international variant.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
@remialfa you didn't reply yet, but I'm guessing you still need the firmware....
Here are the links.....
Gingerbread
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086991760
Jellybean
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347838984
The Gingerbread zip contains a pit file, but the Jellybean one doesn't. There are posts on XDA that contain pit files, you just need to search for them.
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
Thank you I hope I will unbrick my sgs 2
You have a better chance of that if you use a pit with either of those firmwares than with just the firmware on it's own......
BUT......
You are advised to use the pit as a strictly LAST OPTION.
If flashing a pit fails, you end up with a device that CAN NOT be revived/recovered......
So...bearing that in mind, try with just the firmwares first.....The theory behind them is that they will format the partitions and erase ALL traces of previous software without rebuilding the partition layout....that is what the pit is for.....
And as I said, if the pit flash goes wrong, you end up with a device that has corrupted partitions which is then impossible to flash further.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
@remialfa let us know how you get on.....
What files you flashed, what procedure you followed.....
That way, if other members face the same issue as you, they'll know what to or not to try.......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
I tried to flash 3 files rom. Fail. I tried different computer, different cables nothing helps. Then I tried to flash kernel. Odin froze on nand writing I need to shutdown Odin after 30 minutes. I tried flashing bootloader and also Odin froze and I turned it of after 30 minutes.
I have no idea what to do....
I can turn on the phone to the download mode... Only that.
Is this possible to unbrick this phone?
Flashing with odin is a bit like the lottery....
It may not work the first 9 or 19 times, but the time after that, it does....
Perseverance is the name of the game.
Look at this thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345831
It has been written for situations like yours.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg