Any word on what program those of us on osx can use to get root and flash Roms? Thanks!
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Windows haha jk hope you guys get an easy way to root and rom too. This thing is awesome once a couple mods are applied
I use parallels i install the kies software and odin
it works well
Even ADB works within that environment
It is a pain but seems that most of the flashing tools/rooting tools are in the windows/linux environment
Ceasare said:
Any word on what program those of us on osx can use to get root and flash Roms? Thanks!
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I use vmware fusion for windows on my mac. I've seen Odin for mac but I've never used.
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I use vmware fusion for windows on my mac. I've seen Odin for mac but I've never used.
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what I always use, fusion
I just boot into windows in bootcamp, I've had issues with virtual machines not working right, but in all fairness that's been over a year ago.
It is theoretically possible to do flash the rooted kernel through Heimdall Command Line via Terminal. I say theoretically because I tried it on a machine with Lion and one with Snow Leopard and I got errors with both. I ended up finding a windows computer and did it the Odin way.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
I have a mac machine that I have rooted my Samsung Epic Touch 4g on many times, using heimdall
heimdall flash --kernel zimage
can I do the same exact procedure on this phone, assuming I find a good rooted kernel, extract the zimage file from it, and flash it?
Thanks so much!
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Hey guys,
I understand that this thread exists. I have read through many pages and still cannot get this to work for me. I would love to root the phone however i cannot get it to work with my Macbook running Snow leopard. Please help I am a noob to this kind of stuff but would love a root. The reason it doesn't work for me is because I get to push everything but then my phone cannot be found in terminal. Please help guys!!!!
I just used Bootcamp. Installed Windows on my iMac. Downloaded Samsung drivers, Super One Click, and un-rooted. I think that's easiest. Just get on a windows pc or BootCamp.
I had a similar problem. I could get everything pushed except for superuser. I had to download it from the market directly. Also it could be your rom. I was having problems connecting to my mac until the ED01 release. Make sure you are on that version. The best write up I found was in the android central forums by Cory Streater. Worked like a charm except the super user problem. Hope that helps a little.
Just use heimdall to flash cwm, then flash a rom that is rooted
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rand4ll said:
Just use heimdall to flash cwm, then flash a rom that is rooted
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Have you done this personally? From what I understand and have actually found out from experience is that because of a faulty secondary bootloader the Samsung fascinate cannot have files flashed to it via heimdall or even with Odin running windows via virtual machine on a Mac. Bootloading a fascinate via Mac = not possible. Someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong.
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If you can get the use of a PC there is a file you can flash to your phone that will root it. Let me know if I can help you.
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Have you done this personally? From what I understand and have actually found out from experience is that because of a faulty secondary bootloader the Samsung fascinate cannot have files flashed to it via heimdall or even with Odin running windows via virtual machine on a Mac. Bootloading a fascinate via Mac = not possible. Someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong.
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There is a native mac version of heimdall...the front end gui doesn't work last I checked but the command line sure does
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There is a native mac version of heimdall...the front end gui doesn't work last I checked but the command line sure does
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Mac + Heimdall is not the problem. Mac + samsung fascinate bootloader is the problem. You can install the fascinate drivers on a mac and you can mount your sd card with a mac but when you try to put the fascinate into download mode (access the bootloader) with a mac it will not work because of a faulty secondary bootloader. So, basically you can get heimdall pulled up on a mac but it won't let you flash anything to it. At least this has been my experience. If you know something I don't please share. I have a macbook pro and I am screwed in this regard.
Weird, I was able to put mine in download mode and flash the modem.bin file on my wifes mac...though never tried a rom or recovery...i normally use heimdall on archlinux though...i did the modem the one time on a 10.5 macbook pro.
If nothing else I guess u could use bootcamp to install windows and do it that way instead of vm...
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I might put ubuntu on my PC, but will I still be able to flash ROMs?
Thanks
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Odin won't work but this will:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
Okay so first of all I've been trying to root this Galaxy Player for a while apperantly there's a rom with root already on it so I downloaded it and tried to flash it using Heimdall for Mac. Now the device won't boot it is stuck on the Samsung part with a yellow triangle and does nothing after that. I tried to restore it by using the pit file but it still won't work is there anything I can do? Please help thanks
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Using the Heimdall software I successfully unbricked the player. I had to force the device in download mode then download the recovery image. Then I flashed it using the kernel option. I'd like to root this device using either the Android SDK or Heimdall can anyone help me thanks
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You never mentioned if you have the us or international version. If you have a physical home button it is international, capacitive home button is us. In Odin you just flash it in PDA mode, I would expect it to be similar for you, but I've only used odin
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I'm using the United States version no physical button. Odin doesn't work on a MAC computer I also have a version of Linux that's compatible with Ubuntu repositories so if there's some other kind of software I can use. I just strictly use Unix like operating systems
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http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=166
those are the files for rooting your device. i used odin but im sure you can use heimdall.
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So iv flashed the rom now I still don't have super user access I use Heimdall still anyone know how to root this device with the Android SDK?
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i decided to try to get heimdall working on osx (i also only use unix, and only have windows handy in a vm for using odin)
I renamed the .tar.md5 files to .tar and extracted the .img from them.
first i tried
Code:
heimdall flash --factoryfs factoryfs.img
with heimdall 1.3.2 i had problems uploading factoryfs.img so i downgraded to heimdall 1.3.1
with 1.3.1 it flashes factoryfs.img, but then my device just bootloops
i have tried heimdall from a linux vm as well but i get the same results.
the fix is easy, i simply open my windows vm, attach the device in download mode (i love my usb jig!), open odin, check pda, click pda, select my factoryfs.tar.md5 and click start
i too would like to get this working in heimdall, let me know if you have better luck with it!
I know that copying the su binary to the system/bin doesn't work because apperantly its a read only file system
IV tried copying the su binary keep getting read only status. There has to be a way to use the Android SDK to get this thing rooted. I rooted my Nexus 7 using psneuter still no luck with the Galaxy Player thouh
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If you want root you need to flash the file in odin.
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So what your saying is that i can flash the su binary to the xbin or bin... Or just flash the rom im afraid of a boot loop i experienced
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I get the same boot loop results using heimdall. I'm trying to find a fix. Until we find it, use it in Odin and it works.
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Hey all. Decided to go back to Froyo stock. When I try to ODIN in download mode, it doesnt detect the phone!
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MacPro:~ nomadman$ heimdall detect
Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.
I'm no OS X Mountain Lion. I tried ODIN 1.7 in WinXP virtual machine and it doesnt detect it either. I know the USB cables work. I use it to transfer my backup from the vibrant to my OS X desktop. I also tried using all the USB ports on the machine. Do you think it's because the vibrant is using a jelly bean custom rom? I've been at this for 3 days without getting anywhere.
in OS X Mountain Lion and virtual XP, i installed Kies Mini and all I get is "please connect your mobile phone" in Download Modes.
HELP?
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Have you tried nexus S drivers? Sometimes they are needed when on a ICS or jellybean rom.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Have you tried nexus S drivers? Sometimes they are needed when on a jellybean rom.
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I have no come across nexus S requirements. But i'll download the driver from samsung and see if Odin and Kies detects the phone in download mode. There is no problem detecting the phone when it booted up. adb detects the phone fine.
the nexus s has the same driver for the t-mo vibrant. Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0
I installed that in windows several times.
Have you put the phone in download mode? Odin or Heimball wont detect it otherwise. Sorry if you have but you didn't mention it. Im not familiar with mac pc so not really sure, make sure it has admin privileges also.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Have you put the phone in download mode? Odin or Heimball wont detect it otherwise. Sorry if you have but you didn't mention it. Im not familiar with mac pc so not really sure, make sure it has admin privileges also.
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Yes the phone is always on download mode every time I try to Odin or Heimball. It's just OSX or winXP doesn't recognize the phone at all. I really think I'm stuck without a downgrade option.
Is it possible to flash a zip file from ICS recovery to an earlier recovery so I can flash a froyo rom? This is really irritating.. Last ditch effort, i'm installing ubuntu on VM and see if I can odin that way. If not, then OS X is the issue and I have to find a PC to odin.
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Is it possible to flash a zip file from ICS recovery to an earlier recovery so I can flash a froyo rom? This is really irritating.. Last ditch effort, i'm installing ubuntu on VM and see if I can odin that way. If not, then OS X is the issue and I have to find a PC to odin.
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No, there are no stock flashable zip files. You can't go backwards, it will soft brick your phone. I have heard a few people say they have flashed from JB to Froyo but I personally have never tested it. Supposedly you can wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache, then format system under mounts and storage, then flash a froyo kernel and then a froyo rom but I don't recommend trying that. I would try a windows pc, sounds like its the mac having issues, not the phone.
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I installed Windows 8.1 and got Odin 1.7 to work. Thanks for the support Keefy!
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I installed Windows 8.1 and got Odin 1.7 to work. Thanks for the support Keefy!
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Awesome man, glad to hear your up and running!
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I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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Did you ever find an answer to this?
What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
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Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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I tried running JOdin on my mac, and it would not recognize my phone on download mode. Right now I'm installing Parallels to see if I can get it to work on windows, on my mac, eh.
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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Glad you got it up.. And picked N3bula:thumbup:
Mobile Odin usually says it goes through but it definitely doesn't work..
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