I'm new to samsung rooting, I'm an HTC guy, so things are slightly different, anyway....I aquired a Galaxy S, and I'm trying to flash a bare bones ROM to use as a dedicated GPS/MP3 player, no airplane mode for me, I wanna strip the thing clean
Phone specs:
ATT phone with no service
Hardware vI500.05
Firmware v2.3.5
Baseband vS:i500.05 V.EH03
Kernel 2.6.35.7
Build number SCH-HI500.EH03
No matter what I try flashing, I always hang on the boot screen and have to resort back to the current version of verizon stock ROM.
Everything I'm coming across are old/dead downloads and nothing seems to have md5 check sums, I've downloaded the files mutliple times with no success.
I'd like to run a CM7 ROM that I can strip down, maybe I'm not doing something right, or matching CWM/Kernel/ROM's properly? I've followed all the different how to's to no avail.
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Hello Everyone,
Earlier I tried rooting my phone with a file I downloaded that was named r2-4399-6601-streak-superboot.zip. Basically, it worked, however I'm having the problem where the Menu and Home buttons alternate flashing very fast. Also, my menu sometimes stays lit up while the other two are dark.
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem? As far as I know I am still running the stock rom with the stock baseband. If it helps, I am at build number 6601, my baseband version is GAUSB1A111231-US. My OEM version matches my Baseband, except for the -US on the end. My kernel version is 2.6.29-perf and my firmware version is 1.6
Factory restore did nothing for me, that was the first thing I tried.
If anyone can help me get rid of this annoyance that would be great. I'm trying not to update my phone to O2's 2.1 rom as I am looking forward to the 2.2 update from Dell. I'll gladly unroot my phone if needed, if someone can tell me how...
hey, there is a known problem with flashing for anyone that has upgraded to dj_steves v1.2.0 & above espcially when using rebelsim as the baseband is not compatible yet. Other than that... your description sounds just like an app i got from the market called "streakLED" which flashes all different patterns on the buttons when you receive an sms text? My home button also stays lit when i have a message.
Not sure if this helps at all but i thought i would suggest it just incase
Sent from my Dell Streak
http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/08/superboot-root-method-works-with-att-dell-streak-build-6601.html
I've been to that link... But the only fix the guy had was to install 2.1. I don't feel like going through the trouble of doing that. especially since the 2.2 update is coming soon. I feel like it might just cause trouble for me.
What suxs is that at leats urs turns on a the way my just got stuck on the Dell logo an never finishes powering on an I get the flashing buttons as well..
check the stickies thread and factory reset ur phone then use "UNIVERSAL ANDROOT" you wont get the flashing lights if you root with that app.
oh and it usually takes two or sometimes three tries to acquire root
I had this problem also. It is caused by upgrading to a new ROM which is meant for a certain baseband (00 for unlocked Streaks, 21 for UK (I believe) Streaks and 31 for US Streaks) without actually upgrading the baseband as well. For me, it has been a mystery to figure out what the sequence is to get from one baseband to another and one ROM to another. I had this problem flashing lights problem with one Streak when I tried the flash it from one ROM/baseband to another in order to get 2.2 flashed properly (You can't go from AT&T 1.6 directly to DJ Steves 1.5.1). The only thing that fixed it for me was using the QDL Tool. It took my dead Streak with flashing light with God-only-knows what baseband and ROM sequence I had tried to a fully functioning, unlocked Streak with AT&T official 2.2. From there, it was an incredibly simple flash to DJ Steve's 1.5.1 using fastboot. Then I was done. Give the QDL Tool a try if you want 2.2 and it very well might take your phone from dead and worthless to something worth carrying around in your pocket.
yeah the qdl tool is by far the most simple way to get 2.2 on you streak, which you can root without any worries. i dont think theres actually a reason to still be on 1.6.
I used Oden to flash a Samsung Galaxy S II rom to it and now, it only shows the Samsung logo at bootup. No recovery menu. If I try to access the recovery menu, it kicks me out and reboots. Samsung galaxy player 5.0 All Touch Buttons including home.
If you can get into download mode by holding volume down at boot, you can just reflash stock.
Sent from my YP-G70 using Tapatalk
Um, okay, for future reference NEVER FLASH ANYTHING NOT SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR YOUR DEVICE! I learned that the hard way, so not saying your stupid, just think a little more before you try to flash a rom for a dual core phone that's only resemblence to a Galaxy player is the word Galaxy. I find that for some reason, each phone has to have a different strain of android, and their roms never, NEVER, mix. So, I am stating this just to warn others new to android, not to make you look bad (I made a similar mistake of trying to flash cwm that someone assured me couldn't possibly brick my device, what a noob I was!).
Yup... NEVER flash something not designed for your device unless you know EXACTLY what the hardware differences are and how to deal with them, or you've been given specific instructions on how to port firmwares to your device.
(I9100 ROMs are so easy to run on I777 that they can be autoported with a CWM-flashable package now, but that's because the I777 is 95% identical to I9100. There will be nothing that can be "hellraised" to the Players, except possibly being able to creat "common" ROMs that target both International and US with a small zip file containing the differences flashable in CWM.)
Mate, I'm in the same boat where you used to be. Just a little worse.
Long story short: flashed, by mistake, the entire i9000 rom, including boot loaders, through Odin. Got a "black screen", "no reaction" brick. Computer won't detect no matter what button combo I throw at it.
Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi 5.0"
YP-GB70CWXAZ (8GB) brazilian edition
I need some details about jtag and the micro-usb port. Also, in the current state, can I try to format a sd card & see if the player recovers from it? Like the Samsung Development Board? When everything is screwed, the usb pins can be used as a jtag port to avoid opening the device, even though I already did it.
PS: I've already located the 12 pins (jtag) & another 4 points on the main board. Just don't know how to check if the second ones are also jtag. The blue coating is also scrapped & ready.
Thanks.
Peace.
You might want to try AdamOutler oneclickrecovery before messing with JTAG. You can find it here.
This will upload a bootloader so you can re-flash the device with odin.
I have tried to recover my YP-GB70 (32gb korean version) with AdamOutler tools with 80% success.
Anyway thanks a lot for the tool and your great help.
What I did:
under odin I flashed original YP-GB70 32gb PIT plus the provided "AdamOutler bootloader and the latest korean firmware (pb is the same with any earlier FW version)
The result i got is almost perfect, i passed SAMSUNG logo, the boot ring tone and went the GALAXY sky where it stay looping. (All wipes where done before.)
My questions are:
-What is missing in this Flash process?
-Is the bootloader specific for US version or device related?
-Any idea of what I should do to succeed?
You are welcome to expertize this issue because a solution will be a good tool for many imprudent guys like me.
attached picks of 3 diferent trials done lately.
best regards from France
Lolo9393
I am new to android so I'm trying to learn, and in the process jacked up my phone.
So I did something not so smart and updated my AT&T Galaxy S2 via these instructions:
androidauthority samsung-galaxy-s2-ice-cream-sandwich
(sorry it won't let me post the URL)
It actually worked, however, my back button doesn't work, and my search button doesn't work, I can make a call but can't hear anything and they can't hear me and vice versa.
I realized there are some samsung glaxy's out there that just have the home button, I figured I must have loaded one of those roms so I tried to load the "stock" rom to go back to where I was.
I can load the stock rom but when the phone boots up to the green android symbol startup wizard the phone just sends a cascade of errors one after another and you can't proceed any furhter.
So I went back to the orignial ICS from the post above, and the phone comes back up, only same problems but at least I can load it up and surf/get e-mail/text.
So I start playing around with mixing parts, and I find out that basebad is the "radio", and I can change that to different versions without changing the OS version, so I figure I must have some kind of mis match going on.
I used Odin and there is PIT, BOOTLOADER (I didn't touch bootloader) PDA PHONE and CSC.
Is it safe to assume if everything works but voice calls, that I need to find the right "phone" version? what about the back button and search buttons?
I have the "stock" PDA version, but I'm guessing that doesn't work because I need the matching PIT, and CSC? Where do/can I find those?
My phone shows network state connected, shows IMEI number and can surf the web but no voice, all other audio works.
Please help a newbie out, and help me understand what PIT, PDA/PHONE/CSC is all about so I can get my phone working again.
You're in the wrong forums flashing stuff for the wrong device.
Go to the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II forums before someone here gives you some bad advice.
Clickme for the right forum.
i9100 roms need to be hellraised to work on the AT&T SGS2, as the audio blobs and keymappings wont work otherwise.
Hello XDA gurus
I am trying to upgrade my Samsung Galaxy II (Belgium)
from (gingerbread)
stock-rom : GT-I9100_XEN_I9100XWKK2_I9100XENKJ1_I9100XXKI4
cf-root : CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KK2-v5.0-CWM5
to (ics)
stock-rom : GT-I9100_XEN_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XENLP3
cf-root : CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5
I use Mobile ODIN Pro (also tried CWM5) with pre-root option and
flash goes well. Andriod got upgraded, applications adjested and I
correctly end up with rooted ICS (and no CWM5):
Model number
GT-I9100
Android version
4.0.3
Baseband version
I9100XXLPS
Kernel version
3.0.15-I9100XWLP7-CL340913 [email protected] #3
But the system is not running well at all, in fact, -whatever-
application I try, after some time (sometimes seconds, sometimes
minutes) the system abrubtly falls back to the Samsung splash
animation ending up in showing the "Swipe screen to unlock"
again. This goes on forever, that is: no application works without
problems.
With some patience and some luck I managed to install cf-root (I
think using Mobile ODIN Pro) and reverted back to my gingerbread
latest backup (using v5.4 CWM5), which has been running well for
several months now.
Then I retried the upgrade (using v5.0 CWM5). Same behaviour: no
activity runs without suddenly falling back to Samsung splash
animation. In fact, perhaps nothing is wrong with the apps, and the
problem is with the app launcher itself? For example if I choose the
ADW Launcher instead of the TwLauncher, I seem to have a slightly more
stable system (and I managed to install cf-root again).
Questions:
* Does this kind of Samsung Galaxy II gingerbread-ICS upgrade issues
ring a bell?
* Am I missing some obvious step to correctly perform the upgrade?
Thanks for any hint.
The easiest would be to download the desired firmware for use with Odin (not mobile) or Heimdall and flash it like this. After that do a factory reset in the recovery. Mobile Odin cannot flash bootloaders for example.
Thanks a lot TheSniperFan
Is CWM not able to flash bootloader either?
I have no windows computer (only linux) so I have no Odin (I could perhaps
find a friend who does have a windows computer).
I can use 'adb' from linux, would that allow to flash bootloader ?
And, is the problem really the missing (or wrong) bootloader?
also in the ROM I see :
boot.bin
cache.img
factoryfs.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
param.lfs
Sbl.bin
zImage
is Sbl.bin the bootloader?
Have a nice day
No only Odin and Heimdall can.
You only have l Linux? No problem, I do all my Android stuff with Fedora. ;-)
You want the Heimdall suite. It's multi platform.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
cool!
I did not know about Heimdal ...
just compiled it for my 64bit gentoo, let's see how that goes...
Hi all,
Not sure how but after almost 24h of looping into samsung splash my device is running fine now. Keep fingers crossed that next reboot will take less time to finish...
The first boot takes longer. After that it should be fine.
Btw, you should ask in the device specific forum, if it's a device specific problem though. You have much better chances to get help there. I only found this thread because I was bored. ;-)
being bored is a luxury for you and a blessing for me and others
I appreciate!
24h seems long for a 1st 'slow' boot
In fact, I rebooted and the 'samsung animation fallback' issue is going on for another new 6h or so.
I have patience and do not complain since I experiment to begin with.
I also know it will eventually be OK ... maybe today maby tomorrow
as a conclusion I guess something must be fishy with my specific setup
I could (as I did) wipe cache and data again but for now I just hope system will settle into usable state soon
btw: I do not know if I can post to device specific areas yet ... for now I am gaining points with (hopefully) relevant post attempts ...
You've meant 24 hours of continuous reboots?
That's really much longer than it should EVER take.
I'm wondering what could be the cause of this.
Besides that you can post in the device specific forum right away. You cannot post links in the beginning though.
I recommend you to see if this issue is still present now. If yes, I could guide you through some steps to determine if it's a wrong firmware or a broken device. Let's hope that it isn't the latter.
Nofan Tasi said:
btw: I do not know if I can post to device specific areas yet ... for now I am gaining points with (hopefully) relevant post attempts ...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can post in the device forums, just not development forums, but since you're asking a question it should go in the Q&A anyway. You may get more help in the device specific area of the site.
Thanks all for the kind help
The reboot sequence is looping but not into -reboots-, what happens is that any running app abrubtly halts (usually in a few seconds) and the samsung aminated splash shows and brings me back to 'slide to unlock'. In practice I cannot finish any task.
All this might relate to heat. if I turn off device at night and next day (today) try booting again, still the issue is there but it stops eventually (say after 10 minutes, not 10 hours). Also: if I boot with wifi enabled, probability to have problems seems bigger.
have a good weekend.
One question:
What Galaxy S2 do you have?
I9100...?
Is there some letter after it like I9100G?
You see it when you reboot your device.
Your issues are NOT the usual issues that people around here have.
At the moment there are three problems I can think of, but you need to help me help you. ;-)
1. Firmware issue
2. Firmware for wrong Galaxy S2 (though I doubt that)
3. Faulty hardware
Do you have an USB-Jig?
Hi SniperFan
It's a plain I9100.
I have cleared
- cache
- dalvik cache
and done
- factory reset
All apps got reinstalled (and data from cloud sync-ed back)
System seems rather stable now.
Every now and then, only after reboot, I have the 'problem' again
(problem being that any app dies and samsung splash animation comes).
If wifi is off, this seems te happen less.
I must say: even with Gingerbread this would sometimes happen.
But never so persistent as it was this weekend right after ICS upgrade.
I guess clearing all and factory reset did help.
Once system is stable it stays stable.
Thanks for your kind support.
Good day! So I have an SGH-I757M locked to bell thats been sitting in my closet for quite a while now. when I pulled it out and turned it on it would splash to SAMSUNG and then the model number ( i later found out that was the beginning splash screen) and then stall out completely. I hooked it up to ODIN and used a version of the stock bell rom found on XDA and after it loaded up I could get to the beginning of the rom, but it would become glitchy and freeze.
I figured that I could now through a custom rom on it since I had gotten past the splash screen. having put the latest CWM Philz touch i started trying to customize the phone. I had to put a new modem set on there because the one one there was a gingerbread one and the roms wouldnt take. now when I put a rom on there i feel the phone vibrate when I turn it on but its a black screen. I can still get to download mode and CWM no problem. kinda at a loss here.