I've just upgraded to ICS through Kies and wanted to get straight back to root but for some reason, the new ICS Vodafone UK kernel posted by Chainfire (and verified by others) won't flash for me, it just does nothing for 30 seconds then says Fail.
I think I'm doing everything right but have tried it 3 or 4 times without success. Anyone else had this problem and can anyone help?
Cheers.
Wullie32 said:
I've just upgraded to ICS through Kies and wanted to get straight back to root but for some reason, the new ICS Vodafone UK kernel posted by Chainfire (and verified by others) won't flash for me, it just does nothing for 30 seconds then says Fail.
I think I'm doing everything right but have tried it 3 or 4 times without success. Anyone else had this problem and can anyone help?
Cheers.
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Your computer should be online, new firmware, computer will find and install drivers again on download mode. Did you get yellow thingy on Odin? If not that's the problem
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atifsh said:
Your computer should be online, new firmware, computer will find and install drivers again on download mode. Did you get yellow thingy on Odin? If not that's the problem
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Yellow COM thing you mean? Yeah I got that, everything seemed as normal.
Stuff to try when you can't flash with Odin:-
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again. Also run Windoze Update.
*Check the kernel you download for corruption. Programs like 7Zip, IZarc, WinRar, etc will allow you to 'test' the rom file you download. If there are any errors/any of the files fail the test, bad download. Try again/try downloading with a different internet connection if it keeps happening.
Try all of these if necessary. And I mean all, not just one or two & then go "It still won't work"; "Did you go thru every step ?" "No, I only did the first two" *facepalm*
Then, if all else fails, try a different PC. And if that doesn't work, go thru all the steps with the different PC. And if it still doesn't work, you're probably boned.
+ if you are on Windows 7 run it as administrator
Wullie32 said:
I've just upgraded to ICS through Kies and wanted to get straight back to root but for some reason, the new ICS Vodafone UK kernel posted by Chainfire (and verified by others) won't flash for me, it just does nothing for 30 seconds then says Fail.
I think I'm doing everything right but have tried it 3 or 4 times without success. Anyone else had this problem and can anyone help?
Cheers.
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Hello, I am Algerian So i don't speak english very well (like you ) so please don't laught about my language
I have the same probleme with my S2
pda : i9100BULPC
PHONE / I9100BULP6
CSC : I9100VODLP8
MY phone is : SGS2 I9100P
ME : neeewwwww USAGE OF ANDROID
Ihave try all your proposations without success .
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Hi,
I'm having problems with Odin 1.85 crashing all the time when i press start, i disabled Kies, still crashes, i'm running windows 7 Home premium on a brand new laptop, phones only a month old. i cant find similar problems around the threads here, is this just happening to me, or does anyone else have this issue? i'm pulling my hair out
Error message, or just instant crash?
Presume you've disabled the Kies system tray app?
What are you trying to flash?
i get a windows error msg saying "Odin has stopped working and needs to shutdown" the second i hit the start button, yes ive disabled kies also, XWKI8
Download a new version .
jje
Can only suggest uninstalling Odin and trying another version.. I'm also on 1.85, but used 1.3 for nearly a year without problems.
i tried that too, just downloaded Odin 1.3 and i still get the same error msg
One Odin or PC are the problem .
Two its the file and or the way you are using Odin that is the problem .
As it happens when you press start and you have replaced Odin my initial guess is its the file or how you put it in Odin .
method is open Odin put file to correct location
boot phone to download mode
connect SAMSUNG usb cable only .
jje
I'm using original samsung usb cable, i put the insecure kernel TAR file into PDA slot in odin, im doing everything by the book, ive watched countless versions on YT, and it still crashes, must try it on another laptop,Q. will i have to download Kies to the other laptop? or can i download drivers from another source?
never had a similar issue and ive been flashing for a long time now
try with odin 1.3, are you running it as admin?
also make sure you dont have kies running in the background
must just be me, or else ive got a dodgy insecure kernel or something, ive tried 1.3 too, must be some conflict somewhere, kies isnt running either
audboi said:
must just be me, or else ive got a dodgy insecure kernel or something, ive tried 1.3 too, must be some conflict somewhere, kies isnt running either
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Try this stop all running tasks via task manger which you do not need running while your flash your fone. If you dont know which files or apps to stop well disable any firewalls, antivirus, any other device using USB ports. As a rule!
Now run odin as administrator and follow outline help on how to flash your file/files..
PS: ARE You sure its odin and not your PC?
audboi said:
must just be me, or else ive got a dodgy insecure kernel or something, ive tried 1.3 too, must be some conflict somewhere, kies isnt running either
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Have you checked your antivirus/firewall settings to see if that is blocking it?
Also You do have Odin folder on the C drive, not in program files? Open the Odin folder and you should see the app. Right click on odin and go to program/properties/compatibility. Is any of the boxes got a tick mark on them? (should only be in privilege Level if any)
yeah i tried what you said, still no joy, must be my PC, i just bought it last week though.I dont get it! could it be a problem with my tar file?
audboi said:
yeah i tried what you said, still no joy, must be my PC, i just bought it last week though.I dont get it! could it be a problem with my tar file?
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And you have the Samsung drivers installed Yes?
yes, just uninstalled them, gonna download and re-install them again
audboi said:
yes, just uninstalled them, gonna download and re-install them again
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Another thing I want you to try? When you start up Odin, is the Com highlighted in yellow with a Com number?
yes it lights up with a [COM 6], but the minute i press start it shuts down
audboi said:
yes it lights up with a [COM 6], but the minute i press start it shuts down
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Do you have another usb cable? A Nokia usb cable will work also if you can try that??
FlowerPotmen said:
Do you have another usb cable? A Nokia usb cable will work also if you can try that??
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i used an lg cable too, same result. installed kies on my sisters laptop for the drivers, started odin, and got the same result, i think its a problem with the phone or else my insecure kernel tar file, its not a windows 7 or XP issue, cause ive tried it on both with the exact same outcome, could it be carrier blocked or locked or a dodgy app in my phone causing this? its seriously taking up too much of my time, but im no quitter.im gonna root this phone one way or the other
Download another file and try. if samething more likely its your fone...
Ok, please, anyone, help me!
I've rooted my phone, using a zerg method ive seen on galaxys2root.com, at first everything worked brilliantly, customs roms and all, but the phone usb drivers are gone.
no pc or mac ive tried can detect my phone, i cant move any files (unless i do it over wi-fi), i cant select usb debug mode, it say cable is connected even when there is no cable connected, ive tried many methods to connect the phone but none work.
so now i cant use odin to flash anything since my phone is always being detected as an unknown device.
im desperate, i dont know what to do.
so please anyone help me out there ... i guess all i can offer for help is a 10$ steam game to whoever finds a solutiin
im not quite sure whats wrong with your usb but you can try mobile odin to flash.
The are 2 things that I Would try, try this first:
Download the CWM version of "Siyah kernel" (v3 is best)
Here is a link
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/05/10/siyahkernel-v3-2-1/
Flash it in to CWM recovery (if you need instructions on how to flash in to CWM let me know) (to enter cwm recovery do the following:
Turn phone off
Press the home+ volume up+ power button, and do not release your fingers off the buttons till you see the sgs2 boot logo)
If your phone still doesn't work properly after the above, do the following:
Find a CWM flasherble rom (any will do as you are only flashing it so as to be able to use Odin for what ever rom it is you want to install, although you can also find a nice rom that is cwm flasherble, pure ics v7. 3 is very nice!) and download it from your phone
Make titanium backup of all your apps
Go in to CWM recovery and select "install zip from sd card"
Click "yes"
And hopefully when that has finished it should have fixed the issue you are having, and then you can install the rom you were on originally or a rom that you like.
Hope this helped
Cheers
corey
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Probable not following instruction like
Question in wrong forum
Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
jje
Well, thanks for the reply guys but still not working, its driving me nuts, no pc can pick up my phone, its only being seen as unknown device, ODIN cant see my phone when its in download mode.
i installed that room, ICS resurrection remix, the problem managed to find its away to that also.
EDIT: Sorry about posting in the wrong forum.
Stuff to try when Odin doesn't work:-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google).
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.
*Check the rom/kernel you download for corruption. Programs like 7Zip, IZarc, WinRar, etc will allow you to 'test' the rom file you download. If there are any errors/any of the files fail the test, bad download. Try again/try downloading with a different internet connection if it keeps happening.
*Run Windoze Update.
Try all of these steps if necessary.
And if all this fails, try a different PC. And if the different PC doesn't work first try, go thru all the above steps on the different PC if necessary.
And if you still don't have any joy, probably user error somewhere along the line or a hardware issue.
I'm sure its a user error, cause the phone realizes that usb is connected when i connect. but no other device can recognize the phone (i tried 2 windows pc's and one os x machine).
I'm not an expert but is it possible that the phone information got deleted?
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I'm sure its a user error, cause the phone realizes that usb is connected when i connect. but no other device can recognize the phone (i tried 2 windows pc's and one os x machine).
I'm not an expert but is it possible that the phone information got deleted?
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Yes if Kies is not installed no USB drivers .
Also clean USB port on the phone .
Getting a lot of i used that xxx site and rooted or flashed now broke help asked from here without knowing what the original site asked you to do or firmware used .It becomes hard to guess what's wrong .
jje
Did you o a factory reset, and full wipe before you installed the rom?
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Ok, Kies is installed with drivers, everything was working fine, then i used a Zerg method i found on galaxys2root.com to root the phone, after that it all went to hell.
Well, for the heck of it, i install MIUI, and usb mount is still not working, this is driving me nuts!
Did you make sure you did a full wipe of the phone before you installed the rom?.
And have you tried flashing siyah v3.2?
Flash the kernel and tell me how you get on.
Cheers corey
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i made a full swipe, well ill flash siyah with miui now, just a sec mate, and really, thanks for replying everyone.
fishingfon, i installed Siyah, rebooted the phone, the pc picked it up and opened the autoplay, then it declared it as unkown device and back to square one.
everytime i reboot the phone, the pc sees it for a few secs now then unknown device... i THINK that we're on to something o.o
Have you tried using another usb cable? As if it is broken that would explain the problems you are having. Abd have you tried it of a different pc?
And if you have an external sd card in the phone, try removing it And then rebooting.
Cheers corey
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And make sure you "uncheck" the "usb debugging" in developer options,I dont know why but I have often not been able to connect my phone to the pc if the above is kept checked.
Cheers corey
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Same thing, could be an appilcation conflict on the phone ? when i reboot the window show and then goes, maybe the phone is a loading an app which screws up with the USB?
Have you tried the above?.
Have you tried enabling usb mass storage?.
I dint think it would be an app, as they are apps that people use all the time.
Did you make sure you used the currect root method for your model?
Did you make sure your phone was either a I9100 or and I9100T model before before tou rooted. If it was the wring model rhat might explain your problems, what model is your phone?
If none of the above works the only thing I can think of is that the phones hardware is broken.
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If you remove the backplate off the phone, and remove the battery, rhe should be a label with the model on it
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You could try downloading Mobile Odin Pro from Google Play. Then go to Samfirmware.com and download your original firmware that came with the phone,( NOT A CUSTOM ROM). Put the firmware on the root directory of your sd card. Run Mobile Odin and install the firmware.
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Alright, so I feel like a huge noob :| but i Boot Looped my Samsung Galaxy SII, I was trying to flash a new ROM but they kept failing, and I didn't do a backup the second time I formatted my phone (after restoring it from the first time I BLed it tonight). Also, I've seen on a few threads that I can do the Down Volume + Power to go to the downloader screen and then go to ODIN and flash a stock ROM but i cannot get my phone and ODIN to connect to each other (I made sure I had all KIES programs closed via task manager and that it connects via Device Manager).
Any Advice???
Update: Alright, after downloading like 2 different versions of ODIN I finally got it to connect!!!! But now I'm stuck, I cannot find a rom thats a .tar nor the stock rom for my phone (samsung galaxy s II I9100 sprint) and yes, i have looked on the thread where it has all the stock roms.
advise?
Stuff to try when Odin doesn't work (PC/phone don't recognise each other):-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.
*Check the rom/kernel you download for corruption. Programs like 7Zip, IZarc, WinRar, etc will allow you to 'test' the rom file you download. If there are any errors/any of the files fail the test, bad download. Try again/try downloading with a different internet connection if it keeps happening.
*Run Windoze Update.
Try everything on this list if necessary. And if all this fails, try a different PC. If the different PC doesn't work first try, go thru as many of the above steps as you need to with the 2nd PC. If that still doesn't work, either user error or possibly HW problem with phone.
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@Sejk97 Hahahaha ;-) Classic.
I've tried almost all of those and nothing....if none work any ideas on what to do???
And to the guy above me with the huge font :| i did all 8 steps 3 times before I ever thought about posting this :|
Or simply be connected to internet when you plug your phone in Odin mode. Specially if windows 7, it will install some drivers and will work after that
@atifsh I'm always connected to the internet, no go :\
@MistahBungle I tested both the different ROMs and they both tested fine
If you've tried all those steps with one PC & it's a no go, you'll need to try a different PC as per my post. Again, if still no go with the 2nd PC, who knows ? Could be anything.
Edit to add - If you've tried 'almost all of those', you need to try the things you haven't tried yet (almost all isn't all).
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@atifsh I'm always connected to the internet, no go :\
@MistahBungle I tested both the different ROMs and they both tested fine
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I've tried all but trying a different computer...this really sucks :|
r u good on usb phone drivers or pm me, in detail....
sorry
Theunheard said:
Update: Alright, after downloading like 2 different versions of ODIN I finally got it to connect!!!! But now I'm stuck, I cannot find a rom thats a .tar nor the stock rom for my phone (samsung galaxy s II I9100 sprint) and yes, i have looked on the thread where it has all the stock roms.
advise?
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Sprint user means you are in the wrong place, and have been flashing the wrong firmware to your Epic 4G Touch, aka SPH-D710. (look on the label under your battery) That's a totally different phone from an I9100. Your boot screen reads I9100 because you've been flashing I9100 firmwares.
I'd advise you to go to the Epic 4G Touch forums for help.
Heya guys,
So I flashed my phone back to stock about 3 or 4 weeks ago due to needing a more reliable ROM for a while. I've since then been trying to root my phone to no avail.
What has been happening is I install the correct drivers, load odin and chuck my phone into download mode (With USB debugging enabled). I've tried using the root files provided by both cf-root and the all-in-one toolkit, and it just... sits there trying to send the files to my phone (With cf-root it tries to send recovery.img, and all-in-one tries boot.img). My phone screen doesn't change, no progression bar, and the odin downloader doesn't move forward at all.
I am able to unplug my phone and start the phone again, but obviously the download hasn't been successful at all.
I am using Android 4.1.1, Build XXDLJ4.
I don't think its a PC issue, I've tried this on two seperate machines now with the same problems.
Question is then, does anyone know what to do to get the damn thing rooted?
Is Odin recognising your phone(colored window will appear along the top)?
The ID:Com is lighting up, if you mean at the top-top where it says "Odin - Model name" then no?
scgoms said:
The ID:Com is lighting up, if you mean at the top-top where it says "Odin - Model name" then no?
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Sounds like a driver's problem, try reinstalling them maybe, but check cables, ports etc first
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Sounds like a driver's problem, try reinstalling them maybe, but check cables, ports etc first
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He could try using the exynos exploit app Chainfire made.
The op could also use a different computer.
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and be sure kies is not running in background
Hello Developers
i have a problem here !
lately i wanted to install back the stock rom on my i9100 after a long trip in cyanogenmod and Miui
but it stuck on boot.bin in Odin >_< ( if i used a 32bit PC )
but if i used a 64bit pc device not recognized
i've changed the driver several times but nothing new happend !
hope anyone can help me with that
Stuff to try when Odin flash won't work:-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.
*Check the rom/kernel you download for corruption. Check the MD5 sum, or programs like 7Zip, IZarc, WinRar, etc will allow you to 'test' the rom file you download. If the MD5 sum of the downloaded package doesn't match or if there are any errors/any of the files fail the test, bad download. Try downloading again/try downloading with a different internet connection if it keeps happening.
*Run Windoze Update.
*And if all this fails, try a different PC. If it won't work first time on another PC, try as many of these steps as you need to on that PC
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hey , thank you for replying
i've used the same pc to install the same rom on two i9100 for my friends and it's working without any problem :S
with the same driver and the same odin and the same firmware but they used to work with android GB
Go thru the steps or not *shrugs*
same usb cable?
I fought one today, wouldn't tell the pc the little guy was there for backing up & flashing, that sucka.
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gastonw said:
same usb cable?
I fought one today, wouldn't tell the pc the little guy was there for backing up & flashing, that sucka.
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yea the same cable
btw it's not for samsung it's nokia MicroUSB cable but worked with me several time in sync and installing using odin with other devices
..........you really should try a samsung usb cable.
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i did uninstall several time and installed latest kies and installed the driver agian closed all kies processes used original cable wiped all data formatted all things inside CWM recovery mod nothing happed
still seeing thing in my 32bit device
ht tp://i.imgur.com/HlM885e.png
do i have to change the kernel or something ??
DarkEstra said:
i did uninstall several time and installed latest kies and installed the driver agian closed all kies processes used original cable wiped all data formatted all things inside CWM recovery mod nothing happed
still seeing thing in my 32bit device
ht tp://i.imgur.com/HlM885e.png
do i have to change the kernel or something ??
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Try this version of ODIN instead. Its what I use.
If that doesnt work then you should definitely get yourself a official Samsung cable in case there are pin connections missing in the non-samsung that is needed.
Also, no you dont need to change kernel when using download mode. You're using download mode right not recovery?? (Volume DOWN + Home + Power).
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i am using samsung original cable since the prevous reply
and i've tryed that v1.85 and no new to tell !
:C feels like i am the only person in the world who have this problem !
plus i've tryed it now on a 64bit device and i have the same problem as seen in the picture
h ttp://i.imgur.com/QhJg8g7.jpg
well dont use the pit file and the repartition option and plz tell us what kind of files are those they should be .tar files
Yeah, what files are you actually trying to flash? Give specific details of which specific filenames your trying to flash and link to where you downloaded files.
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h ttp://i.imgur.com/WFcXRyg.jpg
plus all the compressed files are in TAR format !
and i've used the same files to flash on other i9100's and it works 100%
but with my i9100 no :C