Related
Just bought a gTablet after seeing CM7 support for it (not sure what the name of the rock I was living under is).
I was wondering if someone can give me the quickest steps to getting CM Rom on it please.
Thanks in advance.
FtrV8
Repartition 2048/0
NVFlash
mount system/data
flash rom
mount system/data
flash gapps
mount system/data
reboot into CM7
Thank you Ace. For the repartition is there a sticky to it? I can't find it or probably looking at the wrong thing.
Read the nvflash thread as there is a 50% chance you will need to nvflash to use gingerbread roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
Other helpful threads
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031250
Is NVFlash absolutely necessary to start with?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA Premium App
no but you better be prepared for it as about half the new tabs wont flash gb roms without nvflash first
Even easer way.
Find z4root and install.
Permanent root
Find Rom manager install.
Flash cwm
Download cm7 from Rom manager.
Don't forget gapps
Click backup and wipe.
Enjoy
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
triggerftu said:
Even easer way.
Find z4root and install.
Permanent root
Find Rom manager install.
Flash cwm
Download cm7 from Rom manager.
Don't forget gapps
Click backup and wipe.
Enjoy
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. z4root is unnecessery
2. Never use Rom Manager on a GTablet right now
3. Flash bekit 0.8 from the link I provided
4. Don't flash Roms from Rom Manager on the GTablet
5. 50% chance you will still be nvflashing as your partitions will be backwards
If by some miracle Rom Manager doesnt give you a "Magic Value Mistmatch" right away it will at some point and you will be nvflashing anyway
thebadfrog said:
1. z4root is unnecessery
2. Never use Rom Manager on a GTablet right now
3. Flash bekit 0.8 from the link I provided
4. Don't flash Roms from Rom Manager on the GTablet
5. 50% chance you will still be nvflashing as your partitions will be backwards
If by some miracle Rom Manager doesnt give you a "Magic Value Mistmatch" right away it will at some point and you will be nvflashing anyway
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really this all being exact what I did w/o issue not once but,multiple times with 100% success. And btw nvflash is NOT required. Also if you want to use cm ya gotta learn to play with the tools to do so.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
triggerftu said:
Really this all being exact what I did w/o issue not once but,multiple times with 100% success. And btw nvflash is NOT required. Also if you want to use cm ya gotta learn to play with the tools to do so.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AT this POINT in time.... regardless of others successes.... ROM MANAGER is not a good idea for the G-Tablet. It more than likely will cause the issues BadFrog suggests previously.
triggerftu said:
Really this all being exact what I did w/o issue not once but,multiple times with 100% success. And btw nvflash is NOT required. Also if you want to use cm ya gotta learn to play with the tools to do so.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What works for one tab does not work for another always. As far as tools go I am recommending he learn the tools that will benefit him when his tab crashes at some point and Rom Manager is not it. I promise you I can recover a gtab from almost any soft brick that Rom Manager will not. Those are the tools you need.
FtrV8 said:
Just bought a gTablet after seeing CM7 support for it (not sure what the name of the rock I was living under is).
I was wondering if someone can give me the quickest steps to getting CM Rom on it please.
Thanks in advance.
FtrV8
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
^
Well seeing how it is pointed tword CM7 the major worry about the new bootloader is minamal unless this person has ended up with a tablet with 1.2 preinstalled then yes useing nvflash is segested. But only to downgrade the bootloader. We arn't talking about a rom modifacation but a full change in the rom. That is what cm is not like tnt not like vegan and not like gadam.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
triggerftu said:
^
Well seeing how it is pointed tword CM7 the major worry about the new bootloader is minamal unless this person has ended up with a tablet with 1.2 preinstalled then yes useing nvflash is segested. But only to downgrade the bootloader. We arn't talking about a rom modifacation but a full change in the rom. That is what cm is not like tnt not like vegan and not like gadam.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Rom Manager has never been a good idea on the G Tablet. It has caused issues since the beginning. The new cwm works on some tabs and not others. bekit 0.8 works on all tabs. Some tabs can not use gingerbread roms with out nvflashing reguardless of what rom is already on there. You have been extremely lucky and that is not the norm. This has nothing to do with 1.1 vs 1.2
Just charging the tablet right now out the box. Waiting for a definitive route. :-(
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA Premium App
So I gather. NVFlash, Clockwork, partition (as CW) will allow me to do so, and then flash CM7 zip.
Sound correct?
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA Premium App
You may not need to nvflash. Im suggesting you set it up just in case. If you install bekit 0.8 and then cm7 and it gets stuck on the vs birds then you will be nvflashing. If it doesnt then you are okay
Easiest thing to do with a brand new gtab.
Step 1: Return your gtab.
Step 2: Go to an Apple store.
Step 3: Buy an ipad 2.
goodintentions said:
Easiest thing to do with a brand new gtab.
Step 1: Return your gtab.
Step 2: Go to an Apple store.
Step 3: Buy an ipad 2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Got one of those as well.
Ok, then just do step 1 and you're all done.
I love my gtab with all my heart, and my elderly dad loves his gtab. This is why I am discouraging everyone I come in contact with from getting this device. It ain't no ipad. What people will do is get this device thinking it's an ipad and then they get a huge disappointment when they figure out they have to do some work. If you already got an ipad 2, then buy another one. We don't need more people who bought this device thinking it's an ipad.
Sorry if that came out cranky. I'm having to deal with people who don't understand the difference between a customizable tablet and a locked down tablet.
goodintentions said:
Ok, then just do step 1 and you're all done.
I love my gtab with all my heart, and my elderly dad loves his gtab. This is why I am discouraging everyone I come in contact with from getting this device. It ain't no ipad. What people will do is get this device thinking it's an ipad and then they get a huge disappointment when they figure out they have to do some work. If you already got an ipad 2, then buy another one. We don't need more people who bought this device thinking it's an ipad.
Sorry if that came out cranky. I'm having to deal with people who don't understand the difference between a customizable tablet and a locked down tablet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Personally I have to deal with people like that on the cm forums all the time. But in my case they cannot tell the difference between an android phone (HTC, samsung, Motorola, Sony) and the Motorola Droid. People comeing in "i got a Droid from T-Mobile how do install this" kinda stuff. Then there's apple fan boys that joined the gameing forum. So yeah.
On topic. Dude pick your poison on how ya like to install your Rom. They all basicly work. Oh and on the RM comment the only cwm available for flashing through rom manager is the bekkit .8 cwm the reason I segest it is a 1 click method is easyer for a noob at the gtab than making things complecated. Finding nvflash alone was a trick to find on nvidia's website. So telling a person to root,flash,restart and install (after backing up the rom ) is easyer than tethering multiple times and restating the device 5times to get it all done.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite
i just bought a Fascinate today that was rooted. it's on 2.2.2, and as far as i can tell there is no custom rom on it. how do i go about unrooting, and if i do, will i be able to root again? i want a completely fresh start since i don't know what this guy has done on the phone.
also, the battery cover is pretty messed up. it still works but it has a lot of scratches. anyone know a good battery cover under $10 including shipping?
isoDUB said:
i just bought a Fascinate today that was rooted. it's on 2.2.2, and as far as i can tell there is no custom rom on it. how do i go about unrooting, and if i do, will i be able to root again? i want a completely fresh start since i don't know what this guy has done on the phone.
also, the battery cover is pretty messed up. it still works but it has a lot of scratches. anyone know a good battery cover under $10 including shipping?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Battery cover I cannot help you with, but the phone issue, go to droidstyle's guide for newbies. It will give you any and all options for your phone. It'll be in fascinates general section.
better to be safe than odining - me
mkuehl06 said:
Battery cover I cannot help you with, but the phone issue, go to droidstyle's guide for newbies. It will give you any and all options for your phone. It'll be in fascinates general section.
better to be safe than odining - me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for pointing me in the right direction. i'll read up on that. now time to decide what rom to use..
isoDUB said:
thanks for pointing me in the right direction. i'll read up on that. now time to decide what rom to use..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no problem dude, might wanna check amazon.com or ebay.com for the battery covers.
better to be safe than odining - me
mkuehl06 said:
no problem dude, might wanna check amazon.com or ebay.com for the battery covers.
better to be safe than odining - me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
question about the battery cover, do i need to buy one specifically made for the Fascinate or can i use ones made for the Vibrant and Galaxy S i9000? i found a stock black one for the Fascinate on Amazon, but it would be cool to get a chrome colored one i saw on ebay.
isoDUB said:
question about the battery cover, do i need to buy one specifically made for the Fascinate or can i use ones made for the Vibrant and Galaxy S i9000? i found a stock black one for the Fascinate on Amazon, but it would be cool to get a chrome colored one i saw on ebay.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To be safe and ensure it fits, id get stock fascinate. But if its cheap and wanna take a chance then go for it.
better to be safe than odining - me
mkuehl06 said:
To be safe and ensure it fits, id get stock fascinate. But if its cheap and wanna take a chance then go for it.
better to be safe than odining - me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks. for the advice. guess i'll decide on the cover later. by the way, instead of unrooting, would a factory reset via the recovery menu wipe anything that was installed such as voodoo or other .zip packages?
isoDUB said:
thanks. for the advice. guess i'll decide on the cover later. by the way, instead of unrooting, would a factory reset via the recovery menu wipe anything that was installed such as voodoo or other .zip packages?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
na you need to odin a stock package. Look up my guide section 4...you can go to stock vzw froyo or gingerbread now.
droidstyle said:
na you need to odin a stock package. Look up my guide section 4...you can go to stock vzw froyo or gingerbread now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
froyo and gingerbread are both rootable right?
isoDUB said:
froyo and gingerbread are both rootable right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep that's correct.
alright. please bear with me a bit more. i've been looking through the dev forum here and i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013312
but i didn't find anything on Voodoo (and to be honest, i'm not exactly sure what Voodoo does). i want to flash Biffmod since i already have CM7 and i don't like MIUI or Touchwiz roms. besides Biffmod or Voodoo, is there any other essential stuff i'll need to install?
isoDUB said:
alright. please bear with me a bit more. i've been looking through the dev forum here and i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013312
but i didn't find anything on Voodoo (and to be honest, i'm not exactly sure what Voodoo does). i want to flash Biffmod since i already have CM7 and i don't like MIUI or Touchwiz roms. besides Biffmod or Voodoo, is there any other essential stuff i'll need to install?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
voodoo lagfix converts rfs (Touch Wiz) to ext4 filesystem. Mtd based roms use yaffs filesystem which is superior, so voodoo lagfix is not compatible and would be a downgrade quite frankly.
droidstyle said:
voodoo lagfix converts rfs (Touch Wiz) to ext4 filesystem. Mtd based roms use yaffs filesystem which is superior, so voodoo lagfix is not compatible and would be a downgrade quite frankly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
okay thanks for clearing that up. then i'll skip voodoo.
EDIT: need help! my computer doesn't recognize my Fascinate when i plug it in. all it does is charge. i tried both my front usb ports and my back one, but nothing. USB Debugging is on, USB Settings is set to mass storage.
Try reinstalling the samsung drivers...if that don't work try the google nexus drivers.
droidstyle said:
Try reinstalling the samsung drivers...if that don't work try the google nexus drivers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
where can i download those? also can i use something like z4root? i really hate relying on a USB Connection for the Fascinate. i don't know why but it only works once in a while. i was able to odin to gingerbread using your guide last night, but now i can't get the phone to connect no matter what i do. this is the one huge flaw with this phone for me.
EDIT: would it matter if the phone isn't activated? since i have to do the softkey enable trick everytime i turn it on.
You can find them on cayanogen website. search google drivers... I'm not sure if activating the phone makes a difference or not... I wouldn't think so but not certain. also maybe try a different computer...just throwing ideas out there.
droidstyle said:
You can find them on cayanogen website. search google drivers... I'm not sure if activating the phone makes a difference or not... I wouldn't think so but not certain. also maybe try a different computer...just throwing ideas out there.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just tried installing via this link
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
is that what you mean by google drivers? the instructions say to connect my device, but i can't get my pc to recognize it in download mode.. also i don't have another pc to try.
isoDUB said:
just tried installing via this link
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
is that what you mean by google drivers? the instructions say to connect my device, but i can't get my pc to recognize it in download mode.. also i don't have another pc to try.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well there is a app called mobile odin pro. our device is not supported yet, but if you talk to the dev maybe he(chainfire) will put us next in line. I believe his plans are to make all samsung devices compatible. with this you can odin md5 and .tar files from your device.
droidstyle said:
well there is a app called mobile odin pro. our device is not supported yet, but if you talk to the dev maybe he(chainfire) will put us next in line. I believe his plans are to make all samsung devices compatible. with this you can odin md5 and .tar files from your device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks. i tried some more troubleshooting, looking for drivers, and stuff like that. turns out, my old blackberry cable works i kinda feel stupid now lol. anyway one last question. i used your guide (section 5) and got CWM. now i'm trying to install Biffmod. his topic says that all i need to do is boot up CWM and install the .zip, but when i do, i get status 7 install aborted (something like that). what does this mean?
isoDUB said:
thanks. i tried some more troubleshooting, looking for drivers, and stuff like that. turns out, my old blackberry cable works i kinda feel stupid now lol. anyway one last question. i used your guide (section 5) and got CWM. now i'm trying to install Biffmod. his topic says that all i need to do is boot up CWM and install the .zip, but when i do, i get status 7 install aborted (something like that). what does this mean?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could be a bad download or you aren't in cwm4. Regardless of what rom im flashing I always use cwm4, never had any problems.
better to be safe than odining - me
This is my very first smartphone as I have been to poor to get one before now. I have Att SGS2. From what i have read i have made a bad decision when doing the factory upgrade to uckk6.
The thing is I want to root the phone, put on custom mods....but I am having a hard time grasping it. I don't want to mess anything up and I dont want to lose my photos and such that are on the phone.
I dont know where to even start.....backup program? or? what all programs or apps i need?
before I upgraded, i downloaded a super1click program and it said it was rooted...then i tried to use the phone and there was soooo much lag in the response time..... i hit the unroot button and tried to use the phone and same thing...restarted phone and it was fine. While it was rooted tho, the damn superuser part asked for money before i could even do anything, that was second reason for unroot and of course thinking i may mess up my phone.
I have tried asking all my friends and to no avail have succeeded in finding anyone that has rooted a phone and/or flashed custom roms.
Like I said in the title, i have been to many different sites even trying to read up and I would rather be safe than sorry. If someone could plz help me out here I would be very grateful.
I am hoping I don't get spazzed at like i seen in a few other posts of other ppl.
And i have seen where someone sent ppl to:
[Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCKH7/KK6 Return/Unbrick to Stock (or Root
but that doesnt get my foothold on where to start at.
Please don't write me off as a lost cause because I would like to enjoy the benefits of having a rooted phone and custom roms as the rest of you that are intelligent enough to do so. At one point I'm sure you were where i am. I am very eager to learn and can't wait!
While I was writing this i downloaded the Uckk6_stock_rooted.tar.7z not sure if i need it or what though.
Thanks
Follow this guide TO A TEE, and you shouldn't have any problems. It also won't trigger the flash counter so you can take it back for repairs and Samsung won't know you've done anything to it. Use (2C) Entropy's version using windows to root as the others won't work with the OTA update. If you have a MAC, use 2D. Folow the directions EXACTLY how their written. This will get you rooted. Drop down to 3B and again, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS EXACTLY HOW THEIR WRITTEN. After this is done, you have a Entropy's kernel with CWM. You can then download any COMPATIBLE rom to your internal SD card and flash the rom with CWM.
To save your pics and such, just hook your phone to your puter via the USB cord and copy/paste, or drag and drop to a file on your computer.
GUIDE
thx again axis01. i sent you a couple pm's with a few more detailed questions also
um.....got past the first part 2c......my wifi doesn't work now????
sorry for spazzing i guess. just trying to learn lol.
my phone wont connect to any wifi, turn it on, few seconds later it shuts itself off....... plz somone help asap! its 5 am now....gonna sleep, hopefully response tomorrow.
thx in advance
help came in later post to wipe. thanks
Did you root with kh7? I see you had kk6 stock. If you went back to kh7 (2.3.4) wifi breaks and have to wipe data. Look at entrophy's thread about it. The return to stock one
Head back over to sticky land... Rooting is the easy part.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285894
sent from my Galaxy SIII ...haha jk, I FOiLed ya!
I just don't understand why people who can't comprehend the process of rooting or flashing even try. It's not like this phone sucks stock that they just have to mod it to make it workable. None of this is rocket science, but if you don't understand it beforehand then JUST LEAVE YOUR PHONE ALONE! It will be 100 times harder to fix it if you don't know how you messed it up in the first place. It really isn't fair to expect people in here to bail you out when things go wrong because you didn't know what you were doing. The warnings aren't there to keep you from the good stuff. They're there so that you'll think before doing and only do once you understand.
Miami_Son said:
I just don't understand why people who can't comprehend the process of rooting or flashing even try. It's not like this phone sucks stock that they just have to mod it to make it workable. None of this is rocket science, but if you don't understand it beforehand then JUST LEAVE YOUR PHONE ALONE! It will be 100 times harder to fix it if you don't know how you messed it up in the first place. It really isn't fair to expect people in here to bail you out when things go wrong because you didn't know what you were doing. The warnings aren't there to keep you from the good stuff. They're there so that you'll think before doing and only do once you understand.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
my apologies
Dude stop spazzing out. And don't encourage Miami. Hes helpful but has no patience with this type of stuff. Frankly it was pretty obvious from your first post you were gonna come back with freak out apocalyptic questioning about stuff thats pretty basic.
You did everything in 2c?
Can you still enter download?
Do you have clockwork mod recovery? (Hold all three buttons until you see basic text on your screen... usually like 10 seconds.)
Did you back your contacts up?
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Error........
nyamoV2 said:
Did you root with kh7? I see you had kk6 stock. If you went back to kh7 (2.3.4) wifi breaks and have to wipe data. Look at entrophy's thread about it. The return to stock one
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for that info. i did the wipe and it restored my wifi. should i update my superuser? for some reason in the market it's showing with an update
I was going to say wipe data but.wanted to be sure you backed your contacts up first.
Dude relax. If it says update, go ahead and update. What's the big deal?
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
33t said:
Dude stop spazzing out. And don't encourage Miami. Hes helpful but has no patience with this type of stuff. Frankly it was pretty obvious from your first post you were gonna come back with freak out apocalyptic questioning about stuff thats pretty basic.
You did everything in 2c?
Can you still enter download?
Do you have clockwork mod recovery? (Hold all three buttons until you see basic text on your screen... usually like 10 seconds.)
Did you back your contacts up?
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did everything in 2c.
When entering download mode i still get
Odin Mode
Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
I do have CWM and i backed up my contact on Kies.
As mentioned now, i have wiped the phone and wifi is working, but have read in forums where ppl have had it stop working again.
In creepyncrawlys guide I didn't read where it said it needed to be wiped?
Thanks
I've read everything in your thread so far and it sounds like everything is fixed. If wifi works and you have root, cwm, and superuser you should be good to go. Go install roms and enjoy. Really doubt your wifi is going anywhere. I'm far from a programmer or anything like that, and from my experience, if you follow the instructions it's hard to **** this phone up beyond repair firmware wise so freaking out is pointless.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
I bought the phone, rooted it and flashed a custom rom all yesterday. I was on KK6 2.3.6. Here is EXACTLY what I did:
Get Odin 1.7 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832827
Get Samsung Kies from here (only way my computer would pick up the phone):
http://mirror10.downloadandroidrom.com/download/Samsung/Kies_2.0.3.11082_152_4.exe?token=512181517
Follow 2c from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081
Then Step 3A in the same thread.
My phone restarted and I was rooted. My WiFi didn't work. Wiped all data in Clockwork Mod Recovery and I was all set. Then I unlocked my phone (this is optional). Then I flashed a ROM. Easy.
Seems like you're all set if I you did something close to that^
I used ICScrewD (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375255)
Another popular option is UnNamed (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1299474)
Kernels:
Entropy DD (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289460)
Siyah (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367800)
croftmx said:
I did everything in 2c.
When entering download mode i still get
Odin Mode
Product name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
I do have CWM and i backed up my contact on Kies.
As mentioned now, i have wiped the phone and wifi is working, but have read in forums where ppl have had it stop working again.
In creepyncrawlys guide I didn't read where it said it needed to be wiped?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like you're all set.
Don't use keis for anything. You only needed the drivers. Leave it closed. Figure out another way to get your contacts back.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Croftmx, take the bullets but don't shoot them back while you are in learning curve, you have freedom of writing your comments about others, but i am afraid that may be end of help you seek from many who intend to help.just be kind and get your issues fixed, and move on, pal.
croftmx said:
my apologies
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I sure wish I'd read the post before you edited it. Hope you got the help you needed.
Hello, i've been using these forums in particular the Samsung Galaxy S2 thread "
[Rom] AOKP(Jellybean 4.1.2) | Task650 & Ktoonsez (11/9)" for awhile now, probably going on a year. Just today i tried updating to the aforementioned update in that thread from 11/9, and while installing the ROM segment, i got an Error, and said installation aborted, tried once more, same thing, upon trying to reboot my phone it is now stuck in an endless reboot loop, which is why i believe it is bricked. I have found sites that tell me to get back to the stock rom, since i believe that is my only option now, but first and foremost id like to know how to manually get into recovery mode.
Other sites have said holding down Home Volume Up and Power simultaneously will do this, i've tried multiple times, hasn't worked, so unless there's something i'm missing there i'd love to know if there is some other way. Also if there is anything i can do besides simply going back to stock ROM which is a long and drawn out process Id love to know.
Thank you for ANY and all answers in advance.
First off, make sure you have the i777. I know you said you've been using Tasks' AOKP rom, but forgive us for not trusting you yet. Too many people are trying to flash roms that aren't built for their model.
Secondly, recovery mode is volume up AND down, while holding the power for the i777. Hold all three until you get into recovery.
Also, what sort of error did you get? If you can get into recovery your phone isn't bricked.
Sent from my i777
4thCrater said:
First off, make sure you have the i777. I know you said you've been using Tasks' AOKP rom, but forgive us for not trusting you yet. Too many people are trying to flash roms that aren't built for their model.
Secondly, recovery mode is volume up AND down, while holding the power for the i777. Hold all three until you get into recovery.
Also, what sort of error did you get? If you can get into recovery your phone isn't bricked.
Sent from my i777
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've been flashing form this thread for nearly a year as i mentioned so i definitely have the right model, i'm not sure what type of error it was, all i know it it said something like E:/Error cancellation aborted.
Ok in the midst of posting this i finally got into recovery thank you, and i tried reinstalling again. it says "Installing Update...
Symlink: some symlinks failed
E:Error in /emmc/aokp_JB_I777-ota-eng.task650.ktoonsez-11.9.2012.zip
(Status 7)
Which i know is a common issue in the FAQ. but the only suggestion is to install some other ROM< which i cannot do b/c i cannot get the phone past boot screen, so i believe i'll be using a guide i found on cnet to go back to stock rom.
pisky1 said:
I've been flashing form this thread for nearly a year as i mentioned so i definitely have the right model, i'm not sure what type of error it was, all i know it it said something like E:/Error cancellation aborted.
Ok in the midst of posting this i finally got into recovery thank you, and i tried reinstalling again. it says "Installing Update...
Symlink: some symlinks failed
E:Error in /emmc/aokp_JB_I777-ota-eng.task650.ktoonsez-11.9.2012.zip
(Status 7)
Which i know is a common issue in the FAQ. but the only suggestion is to install some other ROM< which i cannot do b/c i cannot get the phone past boot screen, so i believe i'll be using a guide i found on cnet to go back to stock rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't use stuff from other sites.
Sent from Team Pirate! Using Tapatalk 2
Nick281051 said:
Don't use stuff from other sites.
Sent from Team Pirate! Using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have no problem doing that as long as their some guide on this site to go back to stock rom for me. This guide requires me to go to download mode, which i'm assuming is a different button combination than Recovery?
Id like to know that if thats known.
pisky1 said:
I have no problem doing that as long as their some guide on this site to go back to stock rom for me. This guide requires me to go to download mode, which i'm assuming is a different button combination than Recovery?
Id like to know that if thats known.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm thinking if i can get into download mode, i can follow the steps that the thread i've been following far give you for status 7 errors, and get my back up and running how it was.
Just need to know how lol.
First thing is IF you need to go back to stock find creepycrawly's return to stock thread. I would HIGHLY SUGGEST TO ONLY USE GUIDES FROM THIS FORUM.
Now onto your issue I personally would get a remove able sdcard, download the aokp zip again and double check the md5. My bet is you just got a bad download. Place the new aokp on the external sdcard, reboot back into recovery and choose to install from sdcard (NOT from internal sdcard since you cannot boot up). Then flash the new aokp.
Another thought is did you make a nandroid backup? You should be able to get into recovery and restore from internal sdcard if you made a nandroid. This will get you back to where you were originally. Then redownload the aokp and check that the md5 matches EXACTLY. Then flash the newer aokp. You are not bricked at this point. Follow up here after you try my suggestions and let us know how it went.
Sent from My SGH-I777 Running Spiderman Themed AOKP or Spiderman Themed CM10
pisky1 said:
I'm thinking if i can get into download mode, i can follow the steps that the thread i've been following far give you for status 7 errors, and get my back up and running how it was.
Just need to know how lol.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Covered thousands of times in this forum.
Volume up and down plus power gets to recovery
Volume up and down plus plug in USB gets you to download. These should be the first things anyone knows before Modding their phone.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Pirateghost said:
Covered thousands of times in this forum.
Volume up and down plus power gets to recovery
Volume up and down plus plug in USB gets you to download. These should be the first things anyone knows before Modding their phone.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was referred to this thread nearly a year ago by a friend, and i've had no issues so far, so i kind of arrogantly didn't look too far into things like that, which now i'm obviously regretful of. I've gotten into Download mode, am i right in assuming that download mode only accesses stuff on the external SD< b/c i cannot access my internal drive when entering it, which would make my previous theory about being able to follow the standard Status 7 recovery tutorial if i could get into download mode, wrong.
Sadly to respond to the other poster, no again, with the same about not knowing how to get into download mode, i never made a nandroid, mainly because almost everything on my phone is disposable, i don't take pictures really at all, and all my numbers/contacts are synced up to GMAIL, i guess i never thought of a situation arising like this where that didn't matter, i simply wanted to use my phone lol.
Back to a previous comment you said that i now realize i answered too hastily, about if i have the I777, when my phone boots up it says I9100, but what's weird, and i said it before i was referred here by a good friend of mine who knows my phone, and is a much more experienced rooter than i am, so i guess i just took their word for it, and as i said i've flashed ROM's on this phone for nearly a year now, and it's been seamless, not a single problem up until this point, so im wondering if the i777 vs i9100 conflict caused anything.
[EDIT:] Disregard the following comments... I don't believe they will help.
---------------------------------
I've got the answer to all of your questions:
Stickies and Search. READ.
I'm absolutely 100% serious and positively right. Your problems are very well known and thus very well documented.
Try searching in Google:
Status 7 error I777 xda
I777 shows i9100 on boot xda
Any other queries followed by "xda"
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
clay101eve said:
[EDIT:] Disregard the following comments... I don't believe they will help.
---------------------------------
I've got the answer to all of your questions:
Stickies and Search. READ.
I'm absolutely 100% serious and positively right. Your problems are very well known and thus very well documented.
Try searching in Google:
Status 7 error I777 xda
I777 shows i9100 on boot xda
Any other queries followed by "xda"
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK GSwagger2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I want to thank everyone on this thread for their patience, and their answers, i actually used a guide from another site because it had gotten really good feedback, the only problem is it does not have the I777 official firmware, but rather the i9100, for the international version of the phone so my back key does not work, i am currently looking for the correct version, on this thread, and across the internet if anyone can find the official firmware let me know, thanks in advance, and again thanks everyone who answered in the past, your patience and answers were greatly appreciated.
pisky1 said:
I want to thank everyone on this thread for their patience, and their answers, i actually used a guide from another site because it had gotten really good feedback, the only problem is it does not have the I777 official firmware, but rather the i9100, for the international version of the phone so my back key does not work, i am currently looking for the correct version, on this thread, and across the internet if anyone can find the official firmware let me know, thanks in advance, and again thanks everyone who answered in the past, your patience and answers were greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Forums have these things called stickies. Within these stickies are tidbits of information .. typically these tidbits are important enough to warrant the sticky status and as such should be read carefully. All the info you seek is contained within these stickies
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Just get into recovery mode and do the three wipes to fix the bootloop. If it doesn't, DOWNLOAD and FLASH others rom from the original development thread and then install the latest aokp from task to prevent the error status 7. otherwise, please edit the build.prop
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
pisky1 said:
I want to thank everyone on this thread for their patience, and their answers, i actually used a guide from another site because it had gotten really good feedback, the only problem is it does not have the I777 official firmware, but rather the i9100, for the international version of the phone so my back key does not work, i am currently looking for the correct version, on this thread, and across the internet if anyone can find the official firmware let me know, thanks in advance, and again thanks everyone who answered in the past, your patience and answers were greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For one you could have easily found the sticky threads with the i777 stock firmware. Second now that you flashed a i9100 I HOPE it didn't contain the boot loaders for the i9100. But I guess you will find out at some point I'm sure.
Like I said EVERYTHING you need CAN and ONLY should be found HERE on xda developers. Anything else is a crap shoot. Maybe you will get lucky and maybe not.
now that you flashed the i9100 firmware you will have to actually READ FURTHER than you did before to see HOW to fix your button issue. It can be easy if you know what your doing or can be hard if you don't. Good luck. I'm out...
Sent from my SCH-I800 using xda premium
RockRatt said:
For one you could have easily found the sticky threads with the i777 stock firmware. Second now that you flashed a i9100 I HOPE it didn't contain the boot loaders for the i9100. But I guess you will find out at some point I'm sure.
Like I said EVERYTHING you need CAN and ONLY should be found HERE on xda developers. Anything else is a crap shoot. Maybe you will get lucky and maybe not.
now that you flashed the i9100 firmware you will have to actually READ FURTHER than you did before to see HOW to fix your button issue. It can be easy if you know what your doing or can be hard if you don't. Good luck. I'm out...
Sent from my SCH-I800 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I simply did a factory reset, then install the i777 stock firmware, and i'm up and running, i'm gonna do this for awhile i intend on getting a new phone in the next couple months, at that point i'll go back to rooting. So nothing to worry about, thanks again for everyone's help.
Hey guys, I've recently come across a VZW GS4 and I'm stuck on rooting. I know nothing about Samsung phones so this is pretty new to me. I tried towelroot and it was not sucessfull even after entering the different codes. The picture below is of the "About phone" section in settings. If you could just point me in the direction of a thread that would help me or let me know what do you, I'd really appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2959613
aznjosh said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2959613
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I flashed the first thing, as per your recommended post and wifi will not enable afterwards. I open towelroot v3 and it asks to be connected to the internet. So now I'm stuck there. Any advice?
YOu need to flash modules or Goglies wifi fix
Ahhhhh, I see how that could help. Thank you very much.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Free mobile app
XxD34THxX said:
YOu need to flash modules or Goglies wifi fix
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I flash in ODIN? Just the same place as the NC5, under AP?
EDIT: Okay so not in ODIN. Like I said, I know nothing about Samsung devices. Seeing as how it is a .zip file I assume I need to flash it in a recovery on the phone. I jumped to conclusions with the wifi fix so I am now going to actually look up the proper way to apply it.
ConnorAAVance said:
How do I flash in ODIN? Just the same place as the NC5, under AP?
EDIT: Okay so not in ODIN. Like I said, I know nothing about Samsung devices. Seeing as how it is a .zip file I assume I need to flash it in a recovery on the phone. I jumped to conclusions with the wifi fix so I am now going to actually look up the proper way to apply it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you haven't found it, you flash the fixes in Safestrap recovery
aznjosh said:
If you haven't found it, you flash the fixes in Safestrap recovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is safestrap just the stock recovery or is it a custom like TWRP or CWM? And another thing, whenever flash an old firmware so I can root, it doesn't seem to actually change. I'm still at NK4 every time I change it. You know what I'm doing wrong? I've looked into a few different posts nothing is working. I've tried towelroot and Kingo.
And I suppose I should actually address your reply instead of just going on a tangent, I did and it put the phone in a bootloop and I have yet to address that. I just reflashed NK1 deal with it for the moment.
ConnorAAVance said:
Is safestrap just the stock recovery or is it a custom like TWRP or CWM? And another thing, whenever flash an old firmware so I can root, it doesn't seem to actually change. I'm still at NK4 every time I change it. You know what I'm doing wrong? I've looked into a few different posts nothing is working. I've tried towelroot and Kingo.
And I suppose I should actually address your reply instead of just going on a tangent, I did and it put the phone in a bootloop and I have yet to address that. I just reflashed NK1 deal with it for the moment.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can try the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I would ask your questions in the root threads to get better answers
aznjosh said:
You can try the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I would ask your questions in the root threads to get better answers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is the thread I've been looking at most actually. But I just can't catch a break. Every time I try to download the files I want, my G3 fails instantly and my friends Wi-Fi just won't download at all. I think I now know an even better reason to why I've never bothered getting a Samsung haha.