Hi,
I accidentally flashed the wrong clockworkmod onto my phone (brushed the wrong phone type). I'm still in the booted up phone and am afraid to reboot it. What's the best way to fix this screwup? Ideally, i'd like to either flash stock recovery without undoing phone settings or install the proper clockworkmod recovery, which I can't find on the phone list. Here are my phone specs:
I'm on android 2.3.6 kernel 2.6.35.11, build GINGERBREAD.UCLA1.
Thanks!
Battery pull, go back to download mode, flash the correct CWM. The new/correct one should overwrite the old/incorrect one.
Edit:
CWM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526431
Stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504999
snovvman said:
Battery pull, go back to download mode, flash the correct CWM. The new/correct one should overwrite the old/incorrect one.
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Noticed the "CWM" thread above. Downloaded the ZIP file and installed with Odin. How would I verify that I now have the correct one installed?
Yes Flash with Odin. I am using Beta3 and all seems well with it. No FC's as of yet.
vintshave said:
Can you tell me where to find the right one? There doesn't seem to be much on CWM for the Note on here. Would I just flash with Odin?
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See my edited post above. Specify file in PDA, flash away.
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See my edited post above. Specify file in PDA, flash away.
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I DID flash the recovery-i717-cwm-b3.tar file. The I tried to execute a backup from the app - it was so fast, i could tell it didn't work. I rebooted the phone and used the menu system in recovery mode to do the backup. I also noticed that the recovery "menu" was much shorter than the one in my Skyrocket. Is this CWM ROM just far enough along in development to work properly with the app? If this is the case, what functionality should I avoid using in the app?
John
Most if not all of the functions work great so far. No FC here. Remember, Its still in beta stages but its coming along.
-On another NOTE, Samsung goes 5.3"
Wrong CWM recovery on LG Vortex
I used ROM Manager and flashed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7 to my Vortex running 2.2.1....now I am stuck in recovery after attempting to flash CM7, but the Home button (or any other button) will not work to select the highlighted option. I am doing research to see if I can find some kind of option to fix my mess up but it is not looking good. I had to take out the battery, hold volume up and power and home while i plugged in the charger just to get into recovery because i was stuck on the splash screen. If anyone can provide assistance on this I would be very appreciative.
sanchitocordova said:
I used ROM Manager and flashed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.7 to my Vortex running 2.2.1....now I am stuck in recovery after attempting to flash CM7, but the Home button (or any other button) will not work to select the highlighted option. I am doing research to see if I can find some kind of option to fix my mess up but it is not looking good. I had to take out the battery, hold volume up and power and home while i plugged in the charger just to get into recovery because i was stuck on the splash screen. If anyone can provide assistance on this I would be very appreciative.
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wrong device, wrong forum
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DroidScoop said:
Download our ADB Kit. From there you can flash ROMs recoveries and perform wipes from an cmd prompt on your PC. We've provided all of the commands on our post just shoot a message if you have any questions!
Sent from my Moto X Infused GS3
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I am not sure hat it is appropriate to pedal your wares here.
this is a free and open source community. I will not follow your link, so I am not sure whether you are charging for your services or not. but soliciting your products here I think is against the forum rules.
I will look for a moderator to address this issue in a more official manner. if I am wrong I apologize, but that is how I interpret your post
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wrong device, wrong forum
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The thread topic looks as though it is related to my situation as I, as well, flashed the wrong recovery, I guess I was confused. I apologize. You being a senior member, I would expect that you could direct me, as I am a junior member. I was unable to find my device in the forums, so I could not find a better place to post, but I will take it elsewhere.
captemo said:
no apology needed
due to many different variances and carriers of this device, it is just a bad habit to get into o follow threads for a wrong device. even flashing files from different variances can be catastrophic.
may I ask or suggest maybe there are multiple carriers for your device and simply have a different model# ? that would at least get you closer to the center of the dart board.
although XDA is high on my list as far as trusted developmental websites, there are several other forum communities. maybe you could run a search for that if you haven't?
I will help if I can and plenty others will. again, even though problem may be similar, the solution may not and I am sure you know these device aren't cheap. I would hate for you to take your phone o beyond repair.
good luck my friend
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Thank you. I also have XDA very high on my list of trusted websites, which is why I come directly here to do any Android related research. This situation that I find myself in right now is the result of an easily overlooked detail.
wrong cwm installed
i am using moto g - dual sim version and by mistake flashed a wrong cwm recovery.
please help
i just don't know what to do
please help
sethmotog said:
i am using moto g - dual sim version and by mistake flashed a wrong cwm recovery.
please help
i just don't know what to do
please help
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I see you also posted this question in the Moto G section. There you mention your phone still works. If so install this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
NO CLUE....
440bro said:
i see you also posted this question in the moto g section. There you mention your phone still works. If so install this.
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yeah i have downloaded it.
Now what.
I can't make out what to do in that.
When i select list of devices, my device is not there
when iselect last option 'device not listed above' it asks 'xt1033 is not supported, have you installed a clockworkmod based recovery manually?'
if i select no- its says 'sorry until xt1033 is supported..............'
yes and select the one - 'rom manager has been set up to use your existing recovery installation.'
Related
Ok, here's official clockworkmod and ROM Manager support
For a full/better How To, click here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
This thread is a quick rundown, as well as a primer on how to create a proper clockwork compatible kernel.
First, use odin or redbend_ua to flash this kernel:
http://koush.tandtgaming.com//samsung/fascinate/zImage (you will need to package it accordingly for odin, I am lazy and did not do so, see the other thread)
Then, open up ROM Manager and flash recovery (choose Fascinate!).
All done!
Note, using reboot recovery or adb reboot recovery will take you to a "stock" recovery. Simply apply the update.zip on your SD card and clockworkmod will start up. (This method is better known as fakeflash)
Starting up recovery through ROM Manager will take you directly into clockworkmod.
How this works for those that want to develop on this further and create kernels that are ALSO clockworkmod compatible:
I extracted a initramfs from a stock recovery. I modified recovery.rc and fota.rc to allow adbd (and other small fixups). I modified default.prop to enable adbd and root shell. I replaced /res/keys with a test signed version to allow applying update.zip files.
Here is my fascinate initramfs:
http://github.com/koush/fascinate_initramfs
One can build clockwork directly into the kernel if they so choose. Simply take the update.zip on your SD card and pack those files into the initramfs as well. I chose not to do this because I am lazy.
i know this is irrelevant but i hope you can help
i flashed the CMWrecovery file --- i followed the steps to the dot .. and now my phone can't get signal and is rebooting insanely ... help!!!
i did not uninstall the ext2 lag fix - i did not see that in the steps --
i even booted into standard recovery and completed a master reset -- same issue ---
masri1987 said:
i know this is irrelevant but i hope you can help
i flashed the CMWrecovery file --- i followed the steps to the dot .. and now my phone can't get signal and is rebooting insanely ... help!!!
i did not uninstall the ext2 lag fix - i did not see that in the steps --
i even booted into standard recovery and completed a master reset -- same issue ---
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join the freenode #samsung-fascinate channel... i will try to help you.
Has anyone else tested this? I've yet to get it to boot, so I would caution those looking to install CWM to use the files found in the other thread until we can sort out what's up with this zImage..
i have this up and running with root and cw the only problems im having is my market wont load and it only gives me the "top free" tab and the "just in" tabs on the market...i can not see the top paid tab. i did a odin full restore (everything back to stock) then i rooted and flashed this anyone give me a had to why my market is funny? or how i have bad serves now?thanks to everyone for getting us cw!!
ruthlessbeatle said:
i have this up and running with root and cw the only problems im having is my market wont load and it only gives me the "top free" tab and the "just in" tabs on the market...i can not see the top paid tab. i did a odin full restore (everything back to stock) then i rooted and flashed this anyone give me a had to why my market is funny? or how i have bad serves now?thanks to everyone for getting us cw!!
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So you're saying you downloaded this specific zImage2 file, then tar'd it, then flashed it over your kernel and it worked? Did you use odin, or redbend?
Or did you just post for help on the bottom of this thread?
namebrandon said:
So you're saying you downloaded this specific zImage2 file, then tar'd it, then flashed it over your kernel and it worked? Did you use odin, or redbend?
Or did you just post for help on the bottom of this thread?
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lol nahh i flashed it last night with odin but it was zimage not zimage2 is there a difference? i can boot into recovery and even installed zips off my sd card like i said the only real problems i have is serves and market
ruthlessbeatle said:
lol nahh i flashed it last night with odin but it was zimage not zimage2 is there a difference? i can boot into recovery and even installed zips off my sd card like i said the only real problems i have is serves and market
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Yes, there's a difference. When I posted asking if anyone had gotten this to work, I meant the kernel Koush specifically provided above, in this post. I know in general CWM recovery works.
I would try posting in the thread where you obtained your files for help. That way there are people who are using the same kernel that might help.
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Yes, there's a difference. When I posted asking if anyone had gotten this to work, I meant the kernel Koush specifically provided above, in this post. I know in general CWM recovery works.
I would try posting in the thread where you obtained your files for help. That way there are people who are using the same kernel that might help.
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turee that sorry. im noticing more and more problems like i dont have maps and missing apps here and there. thisis my fist time using odin and samsung...should i just odin back to stock everything and then try this recovery?
Alright...so I am confused now and I am not an Android noob....I see all the threads with how to flash the recovery and then this one....but I think we should have ONE thread that walks thru Rooting, flashing recovery etc....AND, in the first post, the instructions tell people how to pack files and etc., but a lot of people have no clue what that means...therefore, we need to have a "packed-ready" files for noobs. There are just a few too many botched phones.
As a noob myself, I think that sounds like a great plan.
Look closer my friend.
Clockworkmod installation how to
namebrandon said:
Look closer my friend.
Clockworkmod installation how to
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Thanks, I saw that thread....but what I meant was, for a new person to see the following can be extremely confusing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787834
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787168
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788256
You know what I mean?
Can someone post a link on how to backup the original stock kernel via ODIN (or some other application) before I go ahead with this? I'd like to just be able to go back to the unmodified kernel if I want to. After a five minute search I couldn't even find a tutorial on ODIN.
Hello all,
I have decided to make a guide that will hopefully help beginners to root your phone and be on your way to flashing a custom ROM.
There are many ways in which to root your phone, but I think the easiest way is through Chainfire’s CF-Root, which is a kernel that basically roots your phone, adds Busybox and ClockworkMod Recovery (this is necessary for installing/flashing custom ROM’s).
First off, you need Odin, which is a flashing tool specifically designed for the SGS2: Just type in "Odin 1.85" without quotations into Google and the first result should display "Odin - xdadevelopers - XDA Developers." Click on the link and Odin will download.
Now before going ahead with Odin, download Kies: http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/ ,which is like iTunes for Samsung Devices, the drivers are needed for Odin, but when the drivers have been installed, close Kies, right click on your toolbar at the bottom of your desktop, I'll assume your running Windows 7, and go into Task Manager. Now find anything with Kies running in the Task Manager, right click on them and kill them.
Kies gets jealous of Odin for being better, so it messes up Odin during the flashing process. So make sure you have the drivers installed from Kies and then killed off the Kies Processes.
Finally, lets get the flashing package required to root your phone. Here is the link to Chainfire's thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20075898
Find the kernel that matches your Kernel Version e.g. Under Settings > About phone > Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XXKG1-CL349526
What matters most (KG1) in this case, is in bold. Try to find the matching file under downloads CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG1-v4.1-CWM4.zip See the resemblance?
Also make sure you unzip the file to get your .tar file, Odin won't work with .zip files.
Now go ahead and put your phone into download mode. To do this, turn off your phone normally, wait till it is fully off, then hold down the power, home and down volume button until a warning screen is displayed. Then press the up volume button. If the screen says "In download mode. Do not turn off target" then you have got it!
Now fire up Odin with Administrator Access (right click on the Odin icon and select Run as Administrator). When you have opened it, installed the Kies Air drivers and killed Kies processes off in Task Manager, you’re ready to proceed. Now connect your phone to your computer via your micro USB cable. The ID:COM box should go yellow and say ADDED!! in the box at the left hand side. Now make sure that the only options ticked in Option are Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time AND NOT RE-PARTITION. Now click on the PDA button on the right, and this will open your Explorer window up. Find your CF-Root file, and click OK. Then just click Start. In the top left hand corner, one of the boxes will flash blue, and then Green. The bottom left hand box will say PASSED!! Your phone will automatically reboot.
When it has, go to your app drawer, and check you have something called either "SuperUser" or "SuperSU." If you do, congratulations, you’re rooted. Another way to check it has been successful is to shut down your phone, and hold the home, power and volume up button. If you get into ClockworkMod Recovery, you’re great!
Now that you have root and ClockworkMod Recovery, the first thing you should do is boot into ClockworkMod Recovery by shutting down your phone, and using the home + power + volume up button sequence. When it loads, use the volume up and down buttons to navigate, and the power or home button to select depending on your CF-Root version.
Go to Backup and Restore, and then go to Backup to external sdcard. This will make a clone of your entire ROM, which is crucial if something with your custom ROM goes wrong, at least you can return to a point when you know the phone works.
After this, go to the Android Development Thread, and download a custom ROM you like the look of. Most will be in the .zip format, so Odin won’t be necessary. Just put the file on your sdcard, boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, make the necessary wipes outlined on the ROM’s thread, then Install zip from sdcard, then choose zip from external sdcard, find the ROM file, and then yes. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE INSTALL GUIDELINES ON THE ROM’s THREAD.
That’s you! When the phone is rebooting for the first time, the boot will take considerably longer as your phone is rebuilding the dalvik cache that you most likely wiped during your ROM install. Nothing to get worried about. If you wish to return to your stock ROM, boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, go to Backup and Restore, and restore from an external sdcard. Voila!
If I have left anything out, or you have a question, please post below!
Chris.
A big thanks to Chainfire who made the root process oh so easy for the SGS2!
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for bricked phones or your phone causing a zombie apocalypse, however this process is very safe if followed correctly.
Theres already threads very neatly written by devs on everything.
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Nice effort, but you have to know one guide is more than enough for the same.
Intratechs guide
Well I'm sorry that you don't want the Q&A section cleared out of rooting requests. People never use the search function and who would know that they have to go to Intratech's thread to find out when they join XDA? Just looking through the Q&A section, there are still questions popping up about rooting, so is one thread enough?
Chris.
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Aprreciate your effort...
But even they read hundreds of Guides / FAQs they will not be satisfied until they get atleast one teaspoon feeding directly from a senior member of XDA, a live answer, this is a nature of a Noob which can not be rewritten....
Thanks anyway...
themadba said:
Well I'm sorry that you don't want the Q&A section cleared out of rooting requests. People never use the search function and who would know that they have to go to Intratech's thread to find out when they join XDA? Just looking through the Q&A section, there are still questions popping up about rooting, so is one thread enough?
Chris.
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when people join xda , they have to read out the stickies out there, and it has all the info. thats why stickies are there
Wow... I am amazed. You all complain when people don't use the search function for rooting. I spend my time to create a thread to help these people stop clogging up the Q&A section, and you start complaining about me. How can you win?
Chris.
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themadba said:
Well I'm sorry that you don't want the Q&A section cleared out of rooting requests. People never use the search function and who would know that they have to go to Intratech's thread to find out when they join XDA? Just looking through the Q&A section, there are still questions popping up about rooting, so is one thread enough?
Chris.
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So we delete the FAQS and Guides .
We bring in a new rule that Questions no longer go in Q&A
Another rule allows multiple posts on the same subject .
Its not one thread is enough fact is so many but not all new users are lazy and want it all on a plate .
The reason that it can be hard to find stuff is that the forum is full of repetitive questions and other i cannot be bothered to read the instructions posts . That makes it difficult to find anything at all .
jje
JJEgan said:
So we delete the FAQS and Guides .
We bring in a new rule that Questions no longer go in Q&A
Another rule allows multiple posts on the same subject .
Its not one thread is enough fact is so many but not all new users are lazy and want it all on a plate .
The reason that it can be hard to find stuff is that the forum is full of repetitive questions and other i cannot be bothered to read the instructions posts . That makes it difficult to find anything at all .
jje
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So do you want me to delete the thread as it is multiple posting? I bet you have had to link someone to Chainfire's thread since this morning. It is usual, no?
Chris.
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themadba said:
Wow... I am amazed. You all complain when people don't use the search function for rooting. I spend my time to create a thread to help these people stop clogging up the Q&A section, and you start complaining about me. How can you win?
Chris.
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Don't take it so personally.
As you know, there are guides and stickies everywhere.
Does your guide - or any other proposed guide, for that matter - improve upon or add more substance to previously posted guides? If the answer is no, it shouldn't be posted.
While well-meant, I don't see anything new or improved in your guide compared to others.
You ask "how can you win?". Answer - it doesn't matter, it's not a competition.
B3311 said:
Don't take it so personally.
As you know, there are guides and stickies everywhere.
Does your guide - or any other propsed guide, for that matter - improve upon or add more substance to previously posted guides? If the answer is no, it shouldn't be posted.
While well-meant, I don't see anything new or improved in your guide compared to others.
You ask "how can you win?". Answer - it doesn't matter, it's not a competition.
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First off, I didn't take it personally or else that would be pathetic. Secondly, if other guides are just great, then why is there still questions about root popping up? Thirdly, I never implied that it was a competition. I mean that you can't win if you ask a question, or post a help guide to cut out the questions.
Chris.
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thanks alot for the guide dont listen to these idiots your post has been very helpfull for me i have now rooted my sg2! you can never get too much guidance and there isnt a sticky on rooting or at least i didnt find it anyways.
centrezuk said:
thanks alot for the guide dont listen to these idiots your post has been very helpfull for me i have now rooted my sg2! you can never get too much guidance and there isnt a sticky on rooting or at least i didnt find it anyways.
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That's what I have been trying to say, but there you go. Thank you for your feedback. Glad it helped you.
Chris.
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First off, I didn't take it personally or else that would be pathetic. Secondly, if other guides are just great, then why is there still questions about root popping up? Thirdly, I never implied that it was a competition. I mean that you can't win if you ask a question, or post a help guide to cut out the questions.
Chris.
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Firstly - "I'm amazed...." "you all complain...." "I spend my time...." - all your quotes. You hardly sound neutral.
Secondly - Because this site is littered with lazy sods who don't read or search. Don't flatter yourself - your offering isn't going to change that one iota.
Thirdly - Your interpretation. Whatever.
As said, I don't think your guide adds anything to previously posted ones. Sue me.
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Firstly - "I'm amazed...." "you all complain...." "I spend my time...." - all your quotes. You hardly sound neutral.
Secondly - Because this site is littered with lazy sods who don't read or search. Don't flatter yourself - your offering isn't going to change that one iota.
Thirdly - Your interpretation. Whatever.
As said, I don't think your guide adds anything to previously posted ones. Sue me.
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That is also your interpretation. Mr Big Man by coming out with nonsense like “sue me." If I annoy you, you can leave my thread. I'm not stopping you. Your side of the story was noted, and thrown in the bin. Thank you.
Chris.
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centrezuk said:
thanks alot for the guide dont listen to these idiots your post has been very helpfull for me i have now rooted my sg2! you can never get too much guidance and there isnt a sticky on rooting or at least i didnt find it anyways.
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Am I "one of these idiots"?
I found a stickied rooting guide in 5 seconds, would you like the link? Find it yourself and stop bleating.
"Guidance"??
I think you meant "you can never get too much spoonfeeding".
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themadba said:
That is also your interpretation. Mr Big Man by coming out with nonsense like “sue me." If I annoy you, you can leave my thread. I'm not stopping you. Your side of the story was noted, and thrown in the bin. Thank you.
Chris.
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Still not taking it personally then
I think I'll stay, thanks. Fun here.
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Am I "one of these idiots"?
I found a stickied rooting guide in 5 seconds, would you like the link? Find it yourself and stop bleating.
"Guidance"??
I think you meant "you can never get too much spoonfeeding".
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Still not taking it personally then
I think I'll stay, thanks. Fun here.
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That's fine, I never intended to solve all the rooting request problems, just to have a nice guide. But clearly that isn't accepted on this site.
Thanks for staying, you would be missed if you left
Chris.
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A Big thanks to Cris & chainfire...
themadba said:
Hello all,
I have decided to make a guide that will hopefully help beginners to root your phone and be on your way to flashing a custom ROM.
There are many ways in which to root your phone, but I think the easiest way is through Chainfire’s CF-Root, which is a kernel that basically roots your phone, adds Busybox and ClockworkMod Recovery (this is necessary for installing/flashing custom ROM’s).
First off, you need Odin, which is a flashing tool specifically designed for the SGS2: Just type in "Odin 1.85" without quotations into Google and the first result should display "Odin - xdadevelopers - XDA Developers." Click on the link and Odin will download.
Now before going ahead with Odin, download Kies: http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/ ,which is like iTunes for Samsung Devices, the drivers are needed for Odin, but when the drivers have been installed, close Kies, right click on your toolbar at the bottom of your desktop, I'll assume your running Windows 7, and go into Task Manager. Now find anything with Kies running in the Task Manager, right click on them and kill them.
Kies gets jealous of Odin for being better, so it messes up Odin during the flashing process. So make sure you have the drivers installed from Kies and then killed off the Kies Processes.
Finally, lets get the flashing package required to root your phone. Here is the link to Chainfire's thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20075898
Find the kernel that matches your Kernel Version e.g. Under Settings > About phone > Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XXKG1-CL349526
What matters most (KG1) in this case, is in bold. Try to find the matching file under downloads CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG1-v4.1-CWM4.zip See the resemblance?
Also make sure you unzip the file to get your .tar file, Odin won't work with .zip files.
Now go ahead and put your phone into download mode. To do this, turn off your phone normally, wait till it is fully off, then hold down the power, home and down volume button until a warning screen is displayed. Then press the up volume button. If the screen says "In download mode. Do not turn off target" then you have got it!
Now fire up Odin with Administrator Access (right click on the Odin icon and select Run as Administrator). When you have opened it, installed the Kies Air drivers and killed Kies processes off in Task Manager, you’re ready to proceed. Now connect your phone to your computer via your micro USB cable. The ID:COM box should go yellow and say ADDED!! in the box at the left hand side. Now make sure that the only options ticked in Option are Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time AND NOT RE-PARTITION. Now click on the PDA button on the right, and this will open your Explorer window up. Find your CF-Root file, and click OK. Then just click Start. In the top left hand corner, one of the boxes will flash blue, and then Green. The bottom left hand box will say PASSED!! Your phone will automatically reboot.
When it has, go to your app drawer, and check you have something called either "SuperUser" or "SuperSU." If you do, congratulations, you’re rooted. Another way to check it has been successful is to shut down your phone, and hold the home, power and volume up button. If you get into ClockworkMod Recovery, you’re great!
Now that you have root and ClockworkMod Recovery, the first thing you should do is boot into ClockworkMod Recovery by shutting down your phone, and using the home + power + volume up button sequence. When it loads, use the volume up and down buttons to navigate, and the power or home button to select depending on your CF-Root version.
Go to Backup and Restore, and then go to Backup to external sdcard. This will make a clone of your entire ROM, which is crucial if something with your custom ROM goes wrong, at least you can return to a point when you know the phone works.
After this, go to the Android Development Thread, and download a custom ROM you look the like of. Most will be in the .zip format, so Odin won’t be necessary. Just put the file on your sdcard, boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, make the necessary wipes outlined on the ROM’s thread, then Install zip from sdcard, then choose zip from external sdcard, find the ROM file, and then yes. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE INSTALL GUIDELINES ON THE ROM’s THREAD.
That’s you! When the phone is rebooting for the first time, the boot will take considerably longer as your phone is rebuilding the dalvik cache that you most likely wiped during your ROM install. Nothing to get worried about. If you wish to return to your stock ROM, boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, go to Backup and Restore, and restore from an external sdcard. Voila!
If I have left anything out, or you have a question, please post below!
Chris.
A big thanks to Chainfire who made the root process oh so easy for the SGS2!
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for bricked phones or your phone causing a zombie apocalypse, however this process is very safe if followed correctly.
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A big thanks to cris & chainfire... I have rooted my SGS2... The Golden words " search & read"
chamila
Are the i9100 and the t989 the same?
There might be a better place for me to find this answer, but I couldn't find it on XDA forums, so I decided to post here. Can someone tell me if the roms for the i9100 and the t989 are the same?
From what I understand, one is an international version and one is the American version of the phone? I just rooted my phone not too long ago and i wanted to install this ROM from slimroms (slim bean).
When I got to the site, I noticed only the I9100 was supported and I hope my phone will work as well. Can someone tell me if both phone's rom are the same? Thank you for your time.
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There might be a better place for me to find this answer, but I couldn't find it on XDA forums, so I decided to post here. Can someone tell me if the roms for the i9100 and the t989 are the same?
From what I understand, one is an international version and one is the American version of the phone? I just rooted my phone not too long ago and i wanted to install this ROM from slimroms (slim bean).
When I got to the site, I noticed only the I9100 was supported and I hope my phone will work as well. Can someone tell me if both phone's rom are the same? Thank you for your time.
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Totally different phones.
http://www.google.com/search?q=difference+between+i9100+and+t989
Edit: also, the T989 has its own forum at http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329
this guide is for peole who jus cant get s-off or just need the 4ext recovery but cant get it because of bootloops etc
this gude also assumes u have installed have android sdk to the root of your computers C: driv
1. Head to http://www.htcdev.com/ruu/PG8610000_...2fs_unlock.exe
2. Follow the steps to unlock your device. Then,reboot into Fastboot.
(by pressing the power button on your phone and you should see Fastboot USB. If you don't, just press the power button when Fastboot is highlighted.)
it's time to push a recovery.img.
1. Download http://animeondroid.host22.com/recovery.img = Thanks 4ext team.
2. Once that is downloaded, place the recovery.img into your adb location (at C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools).
Now if you're not using a 64-bit OS then you won't need the ' (x86).'
3. Okay. once the .img is in there then use the command prompt.
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools
4. Press Enter. This will change the directory to your adb location.
5. Now power your phone into fastboot in the bootloader once again. Just hook your phone up to the usb and then go into the bootloader and press power after it loads. You should see Fastboot USB.
6. Type in:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
If you're recovery img isn't named this, then rename it to recovery.img, it's easiest ^>^
7. Then hit enter and the phone will be flashed with the recovery.
8.Boot into recovery and enable smartflash so tht even though youre s-on you can flash any rom/kernal
EDIT: tell the recovery that your device is actually s-on by turning smart flash on
This is done when you install recovery and answer the question that you are s-on with "yes"
You can also change that setting later on via RecoveryControl -> Recovery settings, or by editing 4ext.prop manually
Recovery will autodetect any changes done to "boot" and only attempt to flash your boot partition if it was really changed
for me incase of updates or broken inks
Also rawr im a dinosaur tht is all XD
I just bought the app lol
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But thanks !
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This thread belongs over in the E3D General Forum along with mpgrimm2's guide that includes the same information and more in this post.
Also note that he links directly to th 4EXT website for the download of that recovery instead of some third party site. The recovery.img file for 4EXT is also available in the OP of the thread for that recovery here on the E3D Development Forum.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
This thread belongs over in the E3D General Forum along with mpgrimm2's guide that includes the same information and more in this post.
Also note that he links directly to th 4EXT website for the download of that recovery instead of some third party site. The recovery.img file for 4EXT is also available in the OP of the thread for that recovery here on the E3D Development Forum.
ramjet73
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i apologize for not being perfect XD :silly: just thought it belonged here to help those rooting and installing custom recoveries which is a part of developement dont ya think? without posts like mine we would have alot more confusion because of other guides in the dev secton, no less, which include a ton more steps tht could confuse some ppl
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i apologize for not being perfect XD :silly: just thought it belonged here to help those rooting and installing custom recoveries which is a part of developement dont ya think? without posts like mine we would have alot more confusion because of other guides in the dev secton, no less, which include a ton more steps tht could confuse some ppl
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No, there is a reason for the sticky that says to read first before posting in the development thread. This is just a guide that belongs in "general" unless you add something that you developed yourself. No one is trying to flame you, its just crazy how many people post here and they did not dev anything.
Koopa210 said:
No, there is a reason for the sticky that says to read first before posting in the development thread. This is just a guide that belongs in "general" unless you add something that you developed yourself. No one is trying to flame you, its just crazy how many people post here and they did not dev anything.
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technicly i developed a guide lol just sayin :laugh: :angel:
bricked evo3d
Hi,
I tried to flash your 4ext file over my cwm but now neither works. If I choose RECOVERY in the fastboot I only get the greenHTC onwhite.
HOW CAN I REPAIR MY RECOVERY to either of the two?
Is there some way to download a whole ics stock rom that I could either run from bootloader or from cmd?
Thank you all.
Link not working
http://animeondroid.host22.com/recovery.img link is not working, can someone provide an alternative or a mirror link please?
nikhilnaik said:
http://animeondroid.host22.com/recovery.img link is not working, can someone provide an alternative or a mirror link please?
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You can get the recovery.img version of 4EXT Recovery in the downloads section of the OP for the CDMA thread, but it should work on GSM models as well.
ramjet73
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys this is the only thread I could fine that I could post on that was relative to my problem. I need help, I recently downloaded 4ext recovery on to my htc amaze 4g i dont know how to use it, and I just wanted to get back to my regular phone with its original settings. I have tried and tried but whenever i restart it just keeps on going back to 4ext recovery mode, how do i get back to my old regular system settings, I have a backup so any ideas are welcome even if it means deleting all of my stuff. thanks guys really appreciate it!
Selling Evo 3D slightly broken
JojoSK said:
Hi,
I tried to flash your 4ext file over my cwm but now neither works. If I choose RECOVERY in the fastboot I only get the greenHTC onwhite.
HOW CAN I REPAIR MY RECOVERY to either of the two?
Is there some way to download a whole ics stock rom that I could either run from bootloader or from cmd?
Thank you all.
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Yea, I have the same problem, and i can't get anywhere, but I'm selling my phone on Ebay if anyone is interested: cgi dot ebay dot com /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121120247665
It is sold for parts not working, because its in this state, i cannot figure out this stuff, so im selling it.
All works
http://animeondroid.host22.com/recovery.img link is broken
Please Help me
sakisa950 said:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
If you're recovery img isn't named this, then rename it to recovery.img, it's easiest ^>^
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after I followed the instruction my phone was rooted and unlocked the bootloader but the hell S is still ON!
now my rom doen't start and i can't flash the new recovery...
it fails with no error
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I forgot to say that installation of rom completes successfully but after rebooting ,after the HTC white page
everything goes black slowly
Anyone know if there is a way to reboot directly to Download Mode from inside Stock Recovery? The only option I see "reboot system".
Anyone?
Thanks
http://goo.gl/pVRC0P
i605 running LiquidSmooth
Rootabaga said:
Anyone know if there is a way to reboot directly to Download Mode from inside Stock Recovery? The only option I see "reboot system".
Anyone?
Thanks
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While I understand that everybody has to start somewhere, you really need to do some research first. If the first question is how to get into download mode from inside a stock recovery then you will soon end up with a paperweight. Im not answering your question because I'm an a$$, I'm not answering to save you the headache of having to deal with getting a replacement device.
QBall45 said:
http://goo.gl/pVRC0P
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If you don't know the answer to my question, please, don't bother to respond. I searched extensively before posting my question, as I always do. If you actually read ANY of the responses in the google search that you so kindly posted, you would see that NONE of them answer my question. This is exactly why I posted the question here, thinking someone might be willing to help. I was obviously quite mistaken.
These links should be of interest to you:
http://bit.ly/1pVOBfQ
http://bit.ly/1rkxepU
TheBr0ken said:
While I understand that everybody has to start somewhere, you really need to do some research first. If the first question is how to get into download mode from inside a stock recovery then you will soon end up with a paperweight. Im not answering your question because I'm an a$$, I'm not answering to save you the headache of having to deal with getting a replacement device.
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You guys really are something.
First of all, I have researched extensively. To suggest that I haven't is a gross error on your part, not to mention that your entire response is obscenely condescending and presumptuous. As a rule I only post here after I have made a significant effort to find the answer I am looking for on my own. I know exactly what I want to do and why. Furthermore, I am 100% responsible for my own actions. I really don't need you to save me from myself.
The ability to boot directly into Download Mode from recovery without booting the OS has many benefits, which is exactly why many custom recoveries have this feature built in. I would simply like to know if there is a way to do this with the stock recovery. If there is, great. Let me know. If there isn't, fine. If you don't know, either say so or don't answer at all. If you would like to alert me to the potential risks, thank you, that would be very nice of you. Nevertheless, responses like the one you gave are absolutely uncalled for.
I would direct you to the response I gave to Q-Ball. Neither of your responses add any value to this forum.
Our response was justified.
The answer you need is available in the stickied threads.
But... I will save you time. The simple answer is I don't think you can boot to download mode while in stock recovery. Just pull the battery, reinsert the battery, hold down volume + home + power. Once you see the Samsung logo release the power button while maintaining hold on vol down + home.
The bottom line is you must have really jacked up your device or you're attempting to recover from a soft brick. There's not much reason for using download mode with stock recovery... Unless you're in the process of rooting in which case thee thread you should be following will have detailed instructions laid out for you to follow.
i605 running LiquidSmooth
QBall45 said:
Our response was justified.
The answer you need is available in the stickied threads.
But... I will save you time. The simple answer is I don't think you can boot to download mode while in stock recovery. Just pull the battery, reinsert the battery, hold down volume + home + power. Once you see the Samsung logo release the power button while maintaining hold on vol down + home.
The bottom line is you must have really jacked up your device or you're attempting to recover from a soft brick. There's not much reason for using download mode with stock recovery... Unless you're in the process of rooting in which case thee thread you should be following will have detailed instructions laid out for you to follow.
i605 running LiquidSmooth
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I'm just going to make a guess here but the op more than likely has the corrupt data partition problem which there is a sticky for in the general section. The instructions just say to odin a recovery after you use stock recovery to wipe with which is probably why he is asking if there is a way to reboot directly to download mode from stock recovery. Now like I said I am just guessing here.
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BluGuy said:
I'm just going to make a guess here but the op more than likely has the corrupt data partition problem which there is a sticky for in the general section. The instructions just say to odin a recovery after you use stock recovery to wipe with which is probably why he is asking if there is a way to reboot directly to download mode from stock recovery. Now like I said I am just guessing here.
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Bingo! Give that man a cigar! :good: Are you psychic?:laugh:
That is exactly what I am dealing with. I was hoping there was a direct way to reboot to Download Mode from Stock Recovery to avoid booting the OS and without having to pull the battery.
Apparently there isn't a way. Thanks for the info
Rootabaga said:
Bingo! Give that man a cigar! :good: Are you psychic?:laugh:
That is exactly what I am dealing with. I was hoping there was a direct way to reboot to Download Mode from Stock Recovery to avoid booting the OS and without having to pull the battery.
Apparently there isn't a way. Thanks for the info
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Sad that we had to get a psychic here in order to find out the issues you were having. If we had more info from the beginning, nobody would have been "assuming" anything
TheBr0ken said:
Sad that we had to get a psychic here in order to find out the issues you were having. If we had more info from the beginning, nobody would have been "assuming" anything
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Stop. Just stop. Really.
My work colleague is an idiot - Despite warnings from his S3 that phone memory was low he continued taking videos and pictures and he has no sd card in the phone. Now the phone boots up but the pattern unlock screen is unresponsive. I offered to try to help him as he said "The last 2 years photos of my life are on there" so clearly a factory reset will lose them all so that's not an option.
So I installed Kies, thinking I'll just grab them to my PC for him - but alas no. MTP USB driver installation fails every time and yes I've googled my socks off, tried all the regedit fixes, even tried installing Win 7 32 bit on a spare hard drive.
I've checked that the ribbon connector for the screen is attached, tried linux boot disks that don't see the phone and now I'm all out of ideas. Any help would be vastly appreciated :fingers-crossed:
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Most of the time the screen being locked wont let PC interact with the device. There are many different models of S3, give me your model number and I'll guide you to where you can find answers.
You may can flash a custom recovery or a temporary recovery(not sure because I don't know what is available for the model you're working with and what isn't), if you can get one of those recoveries then you may can use the factory reset in recovery(it wont wipe his photos) or adb to get the phone working.
Remember to create an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums.
Droidriven said:
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Most of the time the screen being locked wont let PC interact with the device. There are many different models of S3, give me your model number and I'll guide you to where you can find answers.
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Hi there and many thanks for the welcome. The model number is GT-19300 :fingers-crossed:
Azarameus said:
Hi there and many thanks for the welcome. The model number is GT-19300 :fingers-crossed:
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Your issue is unusual because of how it got that way, I'm not certain exactly which subforum or thread you need but I will link you to the GT I9300 Main Forum linked below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3
You can check through the subforums there for anything you think applies, the Q&A and the 2 development subforums are most likely where you will find help, this thread will be moved to the GT I9300 Q&A forum linked below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help
If you get replies you can check them and respond there, you might want to find some off topic threads to post in until you have at least 10 posts so that you can post in the development forums there if you need to, there is a 10 post minimum before you can post there. Good luck.
Droidriven said:
Your issue is unusual because of how it got that way, I'm not certain exactly which subforum or thread you need but I will link you to the GT I9300 Main Forum linked below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3
You can check through the subforums there for anything you think applies, the Q&A and the 2 development subforums are most likely where you will find help, this thread will be moved to the GT I9300 Q&A forum linked below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help
If you get replies you can check them and respond there, you might want to find some off topic threads to post in until you have at least 10 posts so that you can post in the development forums there if you need to, there is a 10 post minimum before you can post there. Good luck.
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Ok thanks again. I can get it into Recovery mode but all I've tried so far is clearing the cache, as I don't want to do anything that might lose his pictures.
Azarameus said:
Ok thanks again. I can get it into Recovery mode but all I've tried so far is clearing the cache, as I don't want to do anything that might lose his pictures.
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If it is stock recovery then I believe if you can get to download mode then you can flash a custom recovery and flash the superSU zip to root the device then factory reset/wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache, this will clear the lockscreen but won't erase his pictures, music, etc., it may let him back into his phone, he will just have to be careful because the device will be rooted and he could make things worse if he doesn't know what he's doing. If that works and he gets back in his phone but isn't comfortable with the risk of having a rooted device without understanding its usage then the device can be un rooted by going into the superSU settings and choosing the unroot and uninstall option. He'd still have custom recovery though. You might even be able to just flash the recovery to do the wipes and not have to root, I'm not sure about that though because I've never used recovery without root so I can't speak from personal experience.
I've never owned the i9300 so I'm not sure if you can do that or not safely from the state you are in so you may want to verify in this forum before you try it, but I don't see an issue with you doing it, its commonly used to root the S3 variants and doesn't wipe any important data or factory reset the device
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Droidriven said:
If it is stock recovery then I believe if you can get to download mode then you can flash a custom recovery and flash the superSU zip to root the device then factory reset/wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache, this will clear the lockscreen but won't erase his pictures, music, etc., it may let him back into his phone, he will just have to be careful because the device will be rooted and he could make things worse if he doesn't know what he's doing. If that works and he gets back in his phone but isn't comfortable with the risk of having a rooted device without understanding its usage then the device can be un rooted by going into the superSU settings and choosing the unroot and uninstall option. He'd still have custom recovery though. You might even be able to just flash the recovery to do the wipes and not have to root, I'm not sure about that though because I've never used recovery without root so I can't speak from personal experience.
I've never owned the i9300 so I'm not sure if you can do that or not safely from the state you are in so you may want to verify in this forum before you try it, but I don't see an issue with you doing it, its commonly used to root the S3 variants and doesn't wipe any important data or factory reset the device
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Whew, most of that went right over my head lol. An idiot's guide please? Bearing in mind that my PC can't currently connect to the phone I'm guessing that I need to put the custom recovery file (where to find one?) on an SD card via a PC card reader and try it from there in download mode? I think he'll be delighted just to get his pictures and videos back even if the phone never works again, so it being rooted won't be an issue.
Azarameus said:
Whew, most of that went right over my head lol. An idiot's guide please? Bearing in mind that my PC can't currently connect to the phone I'm guessing that I need to put the custom recovery file (where to find one?) on an SD card via a PC card reader and try it from there in download mode? I think he'll be delighted just to get his pictures and videos back even if the phone never works again, so it being rooted won't be an issue.
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No, to get to download mode you need to have the phone off, then press and hold the volume down+home+power button, when you see the caution screen you press up, if you can get to this mode you may can flash a TWRP recovery through Odin from PC to phone.
But first, before we get to Odin, do you or he know what android version he had before this happened, Kit Kat? Lollipop? I need to see if there are locked bootloaders on your device builds and which ones they are and which are safe to flash TWRP, if the i9300 is like some of the other Samsung devices with certain locked bootloaders that can't be unlocked or downgraded then flashing TWRP could and probably would brick the device. I need some info so I can check for you.
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Droidriven said:
No, to get to download mode you need to have the phone off, then press and hold the volume down+home+power button, when you see the caution screen you press up, if you can get to this mode you may can flash a TWRP recovery through Odin from PC to phone.
But first, before we get to Odin, do you or he know what android version he had before this happened, Kit Kat? Lollipop? I need to see if there are locked bootloaders on your device builds and which ones they are and which are safe to flash TWRP, if the i9300 is like some of the other Samsung devices with certain locked bootloaders that can't be unlocked or downgraded then flashing TWRP could and probably would brick the device. I need some info so I can check for you.
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I honestly have no idea which android build it is running on, as I can't get into the settings page or anything else and I very much doubt if my friend knows as he is pretty much clueless on such things, hence the problem. All I know is that its a few years old and when it starts up there is a three.co.uk white screen icon before it gets to the unresponsive lockscreen. I am also almost as clueless with android devices (I'm only a PC guy) - so far my only experience has been to set up kodi with addons for TV viewing which is why I came here to ask you expert guys
Methinks I won't try to get into download mode just yet in case it makes things worse
All your help is much appreciated, thank you!
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I honestly have no idea which android build it is running on, as I can't get into the settings page or anything else and I very much doubt if my friend knows as he is pretty much clueless on such things, hence the problem. All I know is that its a few years old and when it starts up there is a three.co.uk white screen icon before it gets to the unresponsive lockscreen. I am also almost as clueless with android devices (I'm only a PC guy) - so far my only experience has been to set up kodi with addons for TV viewing which is why I came here to ask you expert guys
Methinks I won't try to get into download mode just yet in case it makes things worse
All your help is much appreciated, thank you!
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The device was never updated, it never had stock upgrades? If not then I can narrow down what was on it, when was the device bought?
If you can boot to download mode and if it is recognized in Odin then you've got a chance, at the moment your PC isn't recognizing the phone but if it successfully connects to Odin then you've got a chance, otherwise I'm not sure what success you'll have.
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The device was never updated, it never had stock upgrades? If not then I can narrow down what was on it, when was the device bought?
If you can boot to download mode and if it is recognized in Odin then you've got a chance, at the moment your PC isn't recognizing the phone but if it successfully connects to Odin then you've got a chance, otherwise I'm not sure what success you'll have.
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I would put a spare miniSD card in, flash TWRP recovery in odin, access the storage from there and copy the files to the SD card. Easy as pie.
The international version of the S3 (GT-i9300) already has an unlocked bootloader. So no problem there.
Important to note is that if the device is not rooted the TWRP recovery won't "stick" when the device is allowed to reboot automatically after the odin flash. So in odin you have to UNTICK(!) the reboot option and after flash reboot directly to recovery via holding Vol UP + Home + Power for about 7 sec.
Droidriven said:
The device was never updated, it never had stock upgrades? If not then I can narrow down what was on it, when was the device bought?
If you can boot to download mode and if it is recognized in Odin then you've got a chance, at the moment your PC isn't recognizing the phone but if it successfully connects to Odin then you've got a chance, otherwise I'm not sure what success you'll have.
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I showed him this thread at work earlier and although he growled somewhat at being called an idiot in my OP, he had to agree he was lol. It turns out he bought his partner the same phone around the same time so I checked and it has Automatic upgrades ticked and is on build 4.3 so we can hopefully assume the problematic one is on the same version. When I mentioned the possibility of bricking to him he became unsure as to whether I should proceed with flashing. If he was to send the phone to Samsung themselves would they be able to retrieve his data safely, albeit with some cost and waiting?
Thanks again for your input
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I would put a spare miniSD card in, flash TWRP recovery in odin, access the storage from there and copy the files to the SD card. Easy as pie.
The international version of the S3 (GT-i9300) already has an unlocked bootloader. So no problem there.
Important to note is that if the device is not rooted the TWRP recovery won't "stick" when the device is allowed to reboot automatically after the odin flash. So in odin you have to UNTICK(!) the reboot option and after flash reboot directly to recovery via holding Vol UP + Home + Power for about 7 sec.
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That sounds good - all he wants is his files back safely. It certainly isn't rooted. So once that is done and I'm back in recovery mode how do I get out of there, just reboot it from there?
Thanks for the help, it is much appreciated
Azarameus said:
That sounds good - all he wants is his files back safely. It certainly isn't rooted. So once that is done and I'm back in recovery mode how do I get out of there, just reboot it from there?
Thanks for the help, it is much appreciated
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Yes, after you copied the files via the "File Manager" in TWRP you simply choose "reboot system". Rebooting to system will automatically restore the original recovery you are used to. Or you can choose to shutdown in TWRP, remove the SDcard "safely" first and then reboot.
Even more: After you copied all the photos/videos from internal storage (which should be under /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/camera) to SDcard you could simply delete a few of those.
If them taking up too much space is the problem for the lockscreen not working, deleting a few would of course free up some space again, which would then most likely make the lockscreen work again.
But let me make one thing clear: Flashing anything always brings with it the slight(!) possibility something could go wrong, because you are writing to the EMMC of the phone. BUT I can't imagine a samsung staff member doing anything different. He/she would also need to gain access somehow...
After all it's your choice but hundreds of people (including me) have used odin and twrp on different devices for years now without any problem whatsoever. :good:
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Ah one more thing. I would definitely make a full backup (System/Data, EFS and bootloader) while I'm at it! You just choose "backup" in twrp, then the "MicroSD card" under "storage" and go from there. Pretty self explanatory. Never hurts to have a backup!
Hawaiihemd said:
Yes, after you copied the files via the "File Manager" in TWRP you simply choose "reboot system". Rebooting to system will automatically restore the original recovery you are used to. Or you can choose to shutdown in TWRP, remove the SDcard "safely" first and then reboot.
Even more: After you copied all the photos/videos from internal storage (which should be under /storage/sdcard0/DCIM/camera) to SDcard you could simply delete a few of those.
If them taking up too much space is the problem for the lockscreen not working, deleting a few would of course free up some space again, which would then most likely make the lockscreen work again.
But let me make one thing clear: Flashing anything always brings with it the slight(!) possibility something could go wrong, because you are writing to the EMMC of the phone. BUT I can't imagine a samsung staff member doing anything different. He/she would also need to gain access somehow...
After all it's your choice but hundreds of people (including me) have used odin and twrp on different devices for years now without any problem whatsoever. :good:
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Ah one more thing. I would definitely make a full backup (System/Data, EFS and bootloader) while I'm at it! You just choose "backup" in twrp, then the "MicroSD card" under "storage" and go from there. Pretty self explanatory. Never hurts to have a backup!
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Ok thanks again. I am going to attempt this tonight, will update on any progress
Azarameus said:
Ok thanks again. I am going to attempt this tonight, will update on any progress
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Well, that worked! My idiot friend is happy now. Thanks a million for the help - you guys ROCK!
Azarameus said:
Well, that worked! My idiot friend is happy now. Thanks a million for the help - you guys ROCK!
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Nice! And were you able to get the lockscreen working again?
Hawaiihemd said:
Nice! And were you able to get the lockscreen working again?
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Yes indeed, all is working now as it should. The village idiot actually danced off to his car when I returned his phone - he has strict orders from me to move all his stuff to the SD card and make regular backups to his PC!
Thanks again - would never have done it without you guys