Is there a rooted gb kernel with CWN baked into it?
I want to try and root my phone with Heimdall, and, with my E4GT, there were kernels with CWM baked in you could use and root, and get CWM built in with one easy flash; is there anything like this for the Note?
thanks!
wase4711 said:
Is there a rooted gb kernel with CWN baked into it?
I want to try and root my phone with Heimdall, and, with my E4GT, there were kernels with CWM baked in you could use and root, and get CWM built in with one easy flash; is there anything like this for the Note?
thanks!
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I dont think So, DaG's .2 kernel is the latest GB OC'd kernel and it has Root....but i do not think it has CWM. you will still have flash that via odin. then you can use Braways CWM GUI apk. this tool is freaking awesome!!!
I looked at that one; when I unzipped it, I only saqw a boot img, not a Zimage
which I what I believe I need to flash it in Heimdall; mac only house here, so I have always used heimdall to flash my other samsung phones, and I always was able to extract a zimage file from the .tar..
Any suggestions?
thanks!
EDIT: NM, I think I can just flash the boot.img file
thanks again!
Yes u can flash the boot image....then recovery img
wish777 said:
Yes u can flash the boot image....then recovery img
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in the same heimdall session? I think it will reboot after you flash the kernel
wase4711 said:
in the same heimdall session? I think it will reboot after you flash the kernel
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put it all to the same heimdall file (the file you flash)
but I don't think heimdall works, at least I couldn't get it to work with the note
Can you post a link to the kernel and inform us if it works? I need to do the same thing! Mac only here!
braway said:
put it all to the same heimdall file (the file you flash)
but I don't think heimdall works, at least I couldn't get it to work with the note
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you couldn't get heimdall to recognize your phone, or, you couldn't get the file you wanted to flash to work?
thanks
Ceasare said:
Can you post a link to the kernel and inform us if it works? I need to do the same thing! Mac only here!
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I havent flashed it yet, bro, but this is the kernel I will use once I do..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504920
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you couldn't get heimdall to recognize your phone, or, you couldn't get the file you wanted to flash to work?
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heimdall recognized the phone
but i couldn't even pull the PIT...
and without PIT, you shouldn't be able to flash (afaik, because the PIT should define where which image goes, I might be wrong )
braway said:
heimdall recognized the phone
but i couldn't even pull the PIT...
and without PIT, you shouldn't be able to flash (afaik, because the PIT should define where which image goes, I might be wrong )
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I believe I read somewhere that heimdall doesn't support the qualcomm MSM8960 (snapdragon s3) and similar family chip sets (also present in the skyrocket), so flashing via windows is currently the only option
well, on my last phone, a sammy Epic Touch 4g, you didn't need to have a pit file to do anything; you could flash a image, a modem, and a zimage file with commands like
heimdall flash --kernel zimage
heimdal flash --modem modem.bin
I never used the front end of heimdall, it was all done in a terminal window.
Supposedly, you can use heimdall this way on most Samsung phones, so I am tempted to try it.
I have yet to see anyone with this phone really post that they were successful doing it this way..
wase4711 said:
well, on my last phone, a sammy Epic Touch 4g, you didn't need to have a pit file to do anything; you could flash a image, a modem, and a zimage file with commands like
heimdall flash --kernel zimage
heimdal flash --modem modem.bin
I never used the front end of heimdall, it was all done in a terminal window.
Supposedly, you can use heimdall this way on most Samsung phones, so I am tempted to try it.
I have yet to see anyone with this phone really post that they were successful doing it this way..
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yes, i also tried that, also didn't work (from my system)
i think the bootloader is slightly different, and heimdall does not support this one yet, but maybe you can get it working, and I did something wrong
(but it can also be what icenight89 said, even though I don't see what this has to do with the cpu )
if you didn't get the "claiming interface" error, and it still didn't work, there is something else at play...
I will probably try it tomorrow anyways, but after hearing your experience, I don't have much faith it will work.
frankly, I have only had the phone for a week, so I am still "learning" how to use it.
I also think that the official ICS is only days away, so, one part of me says to wait another week or so, and then root it once the official ics come out, and our dev's can REALLY do their thing with ICS.
braway said:
heimdall recognized the phone
but i couldn't even pull the PIT...
and without PIT, you shouldn't be able to flash (afaik, because the PIT should define where which image goes, I might be wrong )
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When you were unable to pull the Pitt file, on which version of Heimdall were you working?
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Excuse the noobiness, but how does one put it all on the same file? I am trying to not brick my phone, for I am about to flash this kernal
braway said:
put it all to the same heimdall file (the file you flash)
but I don't think heimdall works, at least I couldn't get it to work with the note
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well, afaik you can also create a package, which contains a xml file, that describes what heimdall has to do,
also, i used the latest (1.3.2 Debian Linux (i386 / x86))
edit: just checked again, it fails at initializing the protocol, so it can connect, but the communication protocol seems to be different
here is the output for print-pit, but i think it is the same for trying to flash something:
$ sudo heimdall print-pit
Heimdall v1.3.2, Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Checking if protocol is initialised...
Protocol is not initialised.
Initialising protocol...
ERROR: Failed to initialise protocol!
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Related
Not the easiest mod, and there is a chance for brickage or data wipe... Noobs beware...
Needed
Rooted Samsung Fascinate (tested with EB01 superclean 2.4)
Working ADB
Latest Heimdall (the Epic 4g thread warns against odin use, it says he soft bricked with it, and I used Heimdall anyway)
Hacked param.lfs to flash HERE
New jpeg boot logo size 480x800 (preferably less than 64k.. I flashed a 65k one and it booted fine though... just be careful)
Steps:
Enter download mode
Flash hacked param.lfs IN HEIMDALL IN THE BOX THAT SAYS PARAM.LFS, NOT FACTORYFS
Reboot normally, if it boots into recovery just reboot again
Ignore garbled text on bootup
Copy your new bootlogo to /sdcard/logo.jpg
Open ADB shell
Enter these commands:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl6 /mnt/.lfs
cp /sdcard/logo.jpg /mnt/.lfs/logo.jpg
Reboot and enjoy!
Notes
Download mode might not show the download mode logo. It doesn't show on mine. Still works though.
In order to flash another logo, you have to re-flash the hacked param.lfs and then copy the new logo.
In order to flash completely back to stock, flash this param.lfs HERE
References/Credits
Connexion2005's support over PM! Thanks!
Connexion2005's site with info and bootlogos
Original i9000 Thread by Connexion2005
Epic 4G Thread
Vibrant Thread
Blademonkey's bootlogos
Thanks for the kudos. Glad I could drop a hint and you could finish it before I had time to even reply with a file!
connexion2005 said:
Thanks for the kudos. Glad I could drop a hint and you could finish it before I had time to even reply with a file!
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Hey, without you, I would have no idea what I was doing.
So I can have an apple logo before the bootanimation instead of a Samsung logo now!?!!!!
Jk
Haha
Thanks!
If that'll make you happy, actually, yes you can.
kmalinich said:
If that'll make you happy, actually, yes you can.
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that's awesome lol...who knows might make our updates come out on a set schedule
Is this perma-brickable like the SPH-M900, or is it possible to get back into download mode?
iwasaperson said:
Is this perma-brickable like the SPH-M900, or is it possible to get back into download mode?
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It's possible that if you really broke the param.lfs it wouldn't boot into download mode and show the graphic, but it would still be in download mode, just with nothing on the screen.
Has anyone, other than the original poster, have more guts than I do and tried this?
I am itching to do it (I want to piss off my friend by having an Apple logo ), but I am a bit afraid to try it...
I tried it, it worked.
like flash in odin using PDA section right
BlackHoleSlam said:
like flash in odin using PDA section right
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Yes, it would be PDA in Odin, but i highly recommend Heimdall...
kmalinich said:
Yes, it would be PDA in Odin, but i highly recommend Heimdall...
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i never had any luck getting it to work with odin (even putting it in the big tarball) ...like kmalinich said i had many soft bricks testing but none of them prevented me from going into download mode...you should be safe so as as you dont mess with the boot loaders but still use caution!
glad to hear u got this working on another phone besides the epic kmalinich...props!
Where can I find Heimdall?
Pfredd said:
Where can I find Heimdall?
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I thought heimdall only ran on linux
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
... and Mac, and Windows
BlackHoleSlam said:
like flash in odin using PDA section right
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If you flash that in an "PDA" section of Heimdall you will get what I got two hours ago, a serious brick!! You have to look in the Heimdall front end and notice there is a "param.lfs" box that you must flash it from (I assume anyway). Trust me I was dead in the water I had to delete heimdall for Odin to work again.
I think it should be clear in the first post, there are several posts about flashing it in PDA which is incorrect. Or am I wrong here?
baron4406 said:
If you flash that in an "PDA" section of Heimdall you will get what I got two hours ago, a serious brick!! You have to look in the Heimdall front end and notice there is a "param.lfs" box that you must flash it from (I assume anyway). Trust me I was dead in the water I had to delete heimdall for Odin to work again.
I think it should be clear in the first post, there are several posts about flashing it in PDA which is incorrect. Or am I wrong here?
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In Heimdall, everything except the PIT file is under the PDA/Code heading. I think that's what you're reading. The first flash selection under PDA/Code is FactoryFS...
Pfredd said:
Where can I find Heimdall?
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heimdall link
This worked perfect thank you
Worked for me with a 215kb photo!
Hey guys, I landed myself in a soft brick yesterday and odin wasn't working for me (which was a first). Then someone suggested I use Heimdall and it worked perfect. It brought me back to stock and I tried flashing CM7 from there. Now I am back in a soft brick but Heimdall is no longer working (and now odin doesn't even see my phone even though its in dl mode)
Here is what happens with the Heimdall process:
Uploading kernel...
Kernel upload successful
uploading Modem... <(this makes it no farther than 15%)
Modem upload failed!
Ending session...
If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
If you get this fixed your may want to avoid CM7 / 9 or ICS for a while.
While flashing CM7 it may or may not have repartitioned your phone. The Heimdall error - is that from 1-Click or the full program?
Does Heimdall see the phone?
Maybe try the full Heimdall program with stock and repartition. Also try Odin again but on a different computer.
I had in instance where I couldn't get into Recovery - I had the ! sign. Odin didn't see the phone but Heimdall did. 1-Click error so I fired up the full Heimdall program and just flash a new kernel. Then restarted in recovery and went from there.
Yet another reason I stay with Froyo / GB and not CM7/9 or ICS. I want to keep a stock style of partition setup and avoid repartitioning the phone all the time.
I am using the one from the link you gave me here: http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zl...Click.jar.html
Where can I find the full version? NVM I found it my only question now is which files should I use for the flash? The same as what I would use with odin?
Also yeah tried different comps for odin... same thing :/ but heimdall can see it just fine
"I had in instance where I couldn't get into Recovery - I had the ! sign. Odin didn't see the phone but Heimdall did. 1-Click error" <<< Thats exactly where Im at
On a side note: I just said that same thing... after I get it back I'm done with this phone lol I'm sticking with my HTC's... I've NEVER had so many problems in my life, no I remember why I stopped updating my vibrant 6 months ago LOL!
mervant said:
I am using the one from the link you gave me here: http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zl...Click.jar.html
Where can I find the full version?
Also yeah tried different comps for odin... same thing :/ but heimdall can see it just fine
"I had in instance where I couldn't get into Recovery - I had the ! sign. Odin didn't see the phone but Heimdall did. 1-Click error" <<< Thats exactly where Im at
On a side note: I just said that same thing... after I get it back I'm done with this phone lol I'm sticking with my HTC's... I've NEVER had so many problems in my life, no I remember why I stopped updating my vibrant 6 months ago LOL!
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Try leaving out the modem in the flash.
FaultException said:
Try leaving out the modem in the flash.
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You cant with heimdall :/ I'm going to try using the full version like he suggested but cant find a working stock firmware link
This is getting extremely frustrating... Im reading the guide on heimdall and they say to add about 5 files but mine has nothing like that... I can only add the "heimdall firmware package" and the pit file :/ I tried getting the firmware file from sammobile but their download links dont work for some reason... nothing seems to ever go right with this phone
mervant said:
You cant with heimdall :/ I'm going to try using the full version like he suggested but cant find a working stock firmware link
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Yeah you can but you'll need the real version, and I'm pretty sure the new one is based on packages, so you may want to get the command line version.
Paraphrasing of course:
Code:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage --cache cache.rfs
--dbdata dbdata.rfs --param param.lfs
--factoryfs factoryfs.rfs
When you say full version are you talking about this?
http://i.imgur.com/CFAaH.png
http://i.imgur.com/apm5G.png
also would you know where I can get the stock firmware other than sammobile?
It may have loaded a kernel for you via heimdall. Can you get to Recovery?
Im at work and cant check but - I think the Odin .tar package is just the Heimdall individual packages. Extract the odin image. You will also need the 512 pit file.
Heimdall should have come with instructions. That front end you will prob be working with the 2nd tab since you dont have a full Heimdall package.
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Also look for difference Odin versions. Sound silly but some folks got an older version to work.
hi all Im noobish to android i've used heimdall and never before odin i looked at numerous post none have helped me so for xda and out
my problem is this odin wont recognize(id:com) my gplayer 5.0 usa in download mode ive installed/uninstalled drivers rebooted downloaded kies, tried using zadig i put on debugging tried the usb kies mode, nothing works it recognizes it when its connected normally tho im using everything fresh out the box its on 2.3.5
PLEASE can some anyone shade some light
You have to use an older version of odin. I forgot the version but it is 1.3. Dont take my word on the version number but I know for sure you have to use an older version.
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nightfire37 said:
You have to use an older version of odin. I forgot the version but it is 1.3. Dont take my word on the version number but I know for sure you have to use an older version.
Sent from my GenericGinger ROM + Entropy512 Kernal Samsung Galaxy Player 5 U.S. using xda app-developers app
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i've tried 1.3 to most recent no luck only thing i can find is maybe i need a u9 cable instead of the one it came with
vinnyj85 said:
i've tried 1.3 to most recent no luck only thing i can find is maybe i need a u9 cable instead of the one it came with
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I think u need version 1.7.There is a link herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720457
Or just use Hemidall.
joemhewitt said:
I think u need version 1.7.There is a link herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720457
Or just use Hemidall.
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i get a ERROR: Failed to send file part packet!
KERNEL upload failed!
Ending session...ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
in heimdall i have the .pit and zimage do you have a link to a complete rom with cwm i can flash with heimdall
im lost now this is my hardest cwm yet
First of all, the default tab heimdall shows you is not the one you'll be using most often (that's only for heimdall created packages). You want the tab labelled Flash.
Secondly, in Heimdall, you actually have to choose which components you're flashing. This is easier than it sounds as most files include the component somewhere in the file name (i.e. rfs, sbl, etc.). zimage files usually contain a kernel, so you'd select Kernel from 'partition name' box, then click add. Rom images are usually distributed as file archives (zip, tar, md5, etc.) with the actual components compressed inside them.
But before you can select a component, you have to point it to your PIT file,
dstarfire said:
First of all, the default tab heimdall shows you is not the one you'll be using most often (that's only for heimdall created packages). You want the tab labelled Flash.
Secondly, in Heimdall, you actually have to choose which components you're flashing. This is easier than it sounds as most files include the component somewhere in the file name (i.e. rfs, sbl, etc.). zimage files usually contain a kernel, so you'd select Kernel from 'partition name' box, then click add. Rom images are usually distributed as file archives (zip, tar, md5, etc.) with the actual components compressed inside them.
But before you can select a component, you have to point it to your PIT file,
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ive dont this pointed it to pit and choose kernal i get the error
ERROR: Failed to send file part packet!
KERNEL upload failed!
Ending session...ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
then i get the phone ! computer screen(i use oneclickunbrick to get out)
on another note i finally got odin to recognize my device in download mode id:com but when i flash kernal i get same screen of death because it fails
guy thanx for the support i found some thing in another devices forum that seem to work, i went to device manager in windows while in download mode to manually update the samsung driver in libusb
FWIW I used Odin 3.+ and a STOCK Samsung usb cable to unbrick my 5.0 without issue.
Hi,
Does anyone have a PIT table for a sgh-i777? I'm not sure the exact version - somewhere in the 2.3's (2.3.6?). I've got an sg2 that I'm locked out of that I need data from. ADB is disabled, so I'd like to flash CWM via Heimdall. Is that possible without wiping the device?
Thanks
You can extract the pit file from your device with Heimdall. Not sure how to do it in command line but with the frontend just got to the utilities tab, put your phone in download mode- click save as under the Download pit section-----give it a name and save it.
Some one correct me if I'm wrong ,Yes you can flash CWM without wiping the device, after all it just flashing a kernel.
PIT table for SGH-i777
vdubguy said:
You can extract the pit file from your device with Heimdall. Not sure how to do it in command line but with the frontend just got to the utilities tab, put your phone in download mode- click save as under the Download pit section-----give it a name and save it.
Some one correct me if I'm wrong ,Yes you can flash CWM without wiping the device, after all it just flashing a kernel.
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Thanks for the reply vdubguy.
I keep getting this error:
Code:
$ heimdall download-pit --output PIT.txt
Heimdall v1.3.1, Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -3
Any thoughts on what this might be? I can run Heimdall and it says complete, however nothing is happening, I think this is why...
There is a good pit file in tar format in the Download Repository, (see my signature.) However, a pit is rarely needed for the I777.
What do you mean locked out. If you're locked out by password protection, you can get around that by trying to boot the phone 5 or 6 times in a row without the password. It will eventually let you in.
or... you should be able to return to stock with the stock firmware using the guide linked in my signature. Do you have access to a windows pc so you can use odin? That would be more straight forward.
As far as Heimdall goes, your error message looks like you don't have the libusb installed correctly.
inthezone787 said:
Thanks for the reply vdubguy.
I keep getting this error:
Code:
$ heimdall download-pit --output PIT.txt
Heimdall v1.3.1, Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -3
Any thoughts on what this might be? I can run Heimdall and it says complete, however nothing is happening, I think this is why...
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Running Ubuntu 12.04 or newer?
vdubguy said:
Running Ubuntu 12.04 or newer?
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Yes, 12.04.
creepyncrawly said:
There is a good pit file in tar format in the Download Repository, (see my signature.) However, a pit is rarely needed for the I777.
What do you mean locked out. If you're locked out by password protection, you can get around that by trying to boot the phone 5 or 6 times in a row without the password. It will eventually let you in.
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It's a friend of mine's phone. I'll try rebooting, but have quite a few times and it hasn't let in. Should I be doing anything other than power off/power on?
or... you should be able to return to stock with the stock firmware using the guide linked in my signature. Do you have access to a windows pc so you can use odin? That would be more straight forward.
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Would this delete the data stored on the device?
As far as Heimdall goes, your error message looks like you don't have the libusb installed correctly.
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Is there a specific package I should target?:
$ sudo apt-get install libusb
libusb-0.1-4 libusb++-dev libusbmuxd-dev libusb-ruby
libusb++-0.1-4c2 libusbip0 libusb-ocaml libusb-ruby1.8
libusb-1.0-0 libusbip-dev libusb-ocaml-dev libusb-ruby1.9.1
libusb-1.0-0-dev libusbmuxd1 libusbprog0 libusbtc08-1
libusb-dev libusbmuxd1-dbg libusbprog-dev libusbtc08-dev
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You might need to run heimdall as root. I had to do that on my Fedora system to flash my phone.
mvi57 said:
You might need to run heimdall as root. I had to do that on my Fedora system to flash my phone.
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Thanks. Ran as root and got a new problem:
Code:
$ heimdall detect
Device detected
$ sudo heimdall download-pit --output PIT.txt
Heimdall v1.3.1, Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Checking if protocol is initialised...
Protocol is not initialised.
Initialising protocol...
Handshaking with Loke...
ERROR: Failed to receive response!
Thoughts?
inthezone787 said:
It's a friend of mine's phone. I'll try rebooting, but have quite a few times and it hasn't let in. Should I be doing anything other than power off/power on?
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If you are locked out by a password, actually you can get into recovery the way I described, but not sure about the booted phone, probably not. The method is to type a wrong password into the password field and accept. After you do 6 times I think it is, it will let you boot on into recovery. I don't know if it will work when booting the phone, but worth a try. If it's stock kernel, then not going to be very helpful to get into recovery.
By the way, you can't flash CWM onto an I777. You have to install a custom kernel which has CWM baked in. If you try to flash CWM, you'll at least soft brick it, if not worse.
Would this delete the data stored on the device?
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Depends on what data you want to recover. Doing a wipe data/factory reset removes all personal settings, installed applications and other random stuff from the system partition. A wipe does not touch the sd card memory, so if the data you want is stored on the sd card, like most installed applications will do, then a wipe will not touch it. For instance, your photos, music, etc will all be safe.
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By the way, you can't flash CWM onto an I777. You have to install a custom kernel which has CWM baked in. If you try to flash CWM, you'll at least soft brick it, if not worse.
...Depends on what data you want to recover. Doing a wipe data/factory reset removes all personal settings, installed applications and other random stuff from the system partition. A wipe does not touch the sd card memory, so if the data you want is stored on the sd card, like most installed applications will do, then a wipe will not touch it. For instance, your photos, music, etc will all be safe.
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Thanks for the reply. If I'm reading you correctly, then if I use ODIN or heimdall to flash the kernel, that will wipe data on the device? What I'm looking for is SMS, stored on the phones flash itself.
If so, do you know of any way of getting root (even temp root) without adb enabled that doesn't wipe data?
Also, yes it is a stock phone, stock Android recovery, 2.3.x (I'm thinking 2.3.6).
inthezone787 said:
Thanks. Ran as root and got a new problem:
Code:
$ heimdall detect
Device detected
$ sudo heimdall download-pit --output PIT.txt
Heimdall v1.3.1, Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Checking if protocol is initialised...
Protocol is not initialised.
Initialising protocol...
Handshaking with Loke...
ERROR: Failed to receive response!
Thoughts?
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I assume your already in download mode?
vdubguy said:
I assume your already in download mode?
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Yeah, in download mode. Have also tried downloadin PIT via heimdall-frontend, gives me a libusb -0 error
You've already been told how to get into the phone.
Why are you messing with pulling your PIT file? what do you plan on doing with it?
want CWM, flash a kernel.
MotoMudder77 said:
You've already been told how to get into the phone.
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When was I told this? If you're describing the 'turn on and off to get into recovery', as discussed, that doesn't work. It's a stock phone. If you're discussing the flashing - yes, I understand that. Read the other posts. I haven't asked that again.
Why are you messing with pulling your PIT file? what do you plan on doing with it?
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"ADB is disabled, so I'd like to flash CWM via Heimdall" - That's from my very first post. Pretty straight forward.
want CWM, flash a kernel.
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Yes. I'm following. Again, I'm there. But I don't want to wipe data. That's why I'm asking if it does or does not, before just trying it and losing all the critical data on the phone.
inthezone787 said:
When was I told this? If you're describing the 'turn on and off to get into recovery', as discussed, that doesn't work. It's a stock phone. If you're discussing the flashing - yes, I understand that. Read the other posts. I haven't asked that again.
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creepyncrawly said:
What do you mean locked out. If you're locked out by password protection, you can get around that by trying to boot the phone 5 or 6 times in a row without the password. It will eventually let you in.
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inthezone787 said:
"ADB is disabled, so I'd like to flash CWM via Heimdall" - That's from my very first post. Pretty straight forward.
Yes. I'm following. Again, I'm there. But I don't want to wipe data. That's why I'm asking if it does or does not, before just trying it and losing all the critical data on the phone.
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Flashing a kernel in Heimdall will not wipe data. Tho im not sure it will allow access.
Odds are, your screwed if creepy's advice doesnt work. **** gets lost all the time, Highly doubt anyone will die over a few lost text messages.
But best of luck, I cant help anymore than what was already posted,.
The pit file has nothing to do with any of this... you can flash a custom kernel with heimdall. Not sure if adb works in recovery, but wiping data will allow you to get in.
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I don't have personal experience with it, but I understand that Siyah kernel is self rooting. I assume the Gigerbread version of Siyah is also self rooting. You could look into that. If you can get siyah onto the phone, and break past the security lock, with root you can extract data from the system partition from the kernel without booting into the system, I think. I'm pretty sure the sms data would be stored in the system partition, so a wipe data/factory reset would remove it. Good luck with it.
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I don't have personal experience with it, but I understand that Siyah kernel is self rooting. I assume the Gigerbread version of Siyah is also self rooting. You could look into that. If you can get siyah onto the phone, and break past the security lock, with root you can extract data from the system partition from the kernel without booting into the system, I think. I'm pretty sure the sms data would be stored in the system partition, so a wipe data/factory reset would remove it. Good luck with it.
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Wouldnt it be in the data partition. Wiping data doesnt touch system partition.
I wanted to flash a new firmware with my macbook using heimdall but to do this i need the PIT file for this phone. does anyone have any idea where to get this file?
thanks for the help
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i think i found out that you can download the pit from the device using heimdall. but when i click this i get "Failed to send data!Releasing device interface..."
usb debugging is activated. phone is in download mode and detected.
pmcee said:
i think i found out that you can download the pit from the device using heimdall. but when i click this i get "Failed to send data!Releasing device interface..."
usb debugging is activated. phone is in download mode and detected.
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Yes, you're right - you can retrieve the pit file (i think its a kind of partition table) using heimdall from the device itself.
I had the same problem with heimdall and my (linux) PC as well, and i'm not sure whether my heimdall setup is screwed (didn't have time to try a different phone) or the protocol changed for the alpha...
edit: i tried with a different samsung phone now - that worked
It seems, heimdall doesn't play with the galaxy alpha...
Did anyone suceed in using heimdall with the alpha?
DThought said:
Yes, you're right - you can retrieve the pit file (i think its a kind of partition table) using heimdall from the device itself.
Did anyone suceed in using heimdall with the alpha?
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Did not dare to try this yet, but you can install USB2 functionality on VirtualBox, and you can download a Windows virtual machine from modern.ie.
You can give VirtualBox hardware access.
This way you can use odin if you are on Linux.
Or not, like I said, didn't dare try this yet. What if something breaks your phone? Just a thought. Try at own risk.
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Did not dare to try this yet, but you can install USB2 functionality on VirtualBox, and you can download a Windows virtual machine from modern.ie.
You can give VirtualBox hardware access.
This way you can use odin if you are on Linux.
Or not, like I said, didn't dare try this yet. What if something breaks your phone? Just a thought. Try at own risk.
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I don't see a reason for Odin if you simply can do:
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heimdall download-pit --out slte.pit
heimdall flash --BOOT boot.img --pit slte.pit
Me neither. But if the Alpha does not work with Heimdall, at least for some of us, there's a quite compelling reason to use Odin.
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Me neither. But if the Alpha does not work with Heimdall, at least for some of us, there's a quite compelling reason to use Odin.
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I've compiled the latest version available in git and it works just fine ...