Well its been awhile, messing with galaxy player 4.0 I did a factory data reset from the device and it wiped out everything and stuck me inside clock word mod recovery. If this was last year I would know what to do but I can't remember. I tried a couple different roms but none took they just kept putting me through a boot loop. did facotry data reset delvik and cache. I can get to download mode and clock work mod. What should I do guys I can't remember what to do to even search the forum its been awhile please help!
ps running steves kernel I don't think I ever put a real rom just rooted and kernel
no one can tell me what I did or what to do? I know I wiped out android somehow and now it needs to go back considering I never had a custom rom on Id like to know one that works with steves kernel or be pointed to a new kernel to be installed with odin
in development there is a thread by user Zaclimon that has instructions for restoring to a stock but rooted ROM for the 4.0, that is the accepted method of fixing your problem.
Steves was further progressed by klin1344 (who has moved on also), the latest GB kernel is Terrasilent. but all of that is in the past now, we have a mostly functioning ICS ROM now, called NEBULA and a Linaro build based off of Nebula and several ROM ports based off the Linaro build.
well that got me to a different boot loop.... It acted as though it installed properly but it apparently not.
coley909 said:
well that got me to a different boot loop.... It acted as though it installed properly but it apparently not.
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If you bootloop after restoring to stock, boot into stock recovery, it will automatically wipe some things then reboot on its own, sit back and wait for it to finish booting.
it boots back into cwm then I hit reboot system thats when I fall into the boot loop.
coley909 said:
it boots back into cwm then I hit reboot system thats when I fall into the boot loop.
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Restoring to stock should put the stock Recovery back, if you still have CWM after restoring you did something wrong, redo the restore from Zaclimon's 4.0 restore to stock thread and follow every instruction for your version of the 4.0 (if your a US version, use the heimdall method, not the Odin .tar method).
when I run the driver program samsung isn't an option. it comes up in odgin but nothing samsun in hemidall
I just get gadget serial. I know this is it becasue its unkown device in device manager.
coley909 said:
I just get gadget serial. I know this is it becasue its unkown device in device manager.
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With the player in download mode, plug it into the USB your going to use for heimdall (use one on the opposite side of the computer from the one you use for Odin, because heimdall will overwrite the samsung drivers on that usb header) then open Zadig.exe and from the options menu in zadig choose "list all devices", something samsung should now show up in the dropdown list, then click the install driver (may say replace driver, I can't remember), once that finishes you should now be ready to use heimdall to restore.
daniel644 said:
With the player in download mode, plug it into the USB your going to use for heimdall (use one on the opposite side of the computer from the one you use for Odin, because heimdall will overwrite the samsung drivers on that usb header) then open Zadig.exe and from the options menu in zadig choose "list all devices", something samsung should now show up in the dropdown list, then click the install driver (may say replace driver, I can't remember), once that finishes you should now be ready to use heimdall to restore.
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I got it to show YP-G1
Also where do these files come from
PARAM: param.lfs
CACHE: cache.rfs
DBDATA: dbdata.rfs
FACTORYFS: factoryfs.rfs
KERNEL: zImage
coley909 said:
Also where do these files come from
PARAM: param.lfs
CACHE: cache.rfs
DBDATA: dbdata.rfs
FACTORYFS: factoryfs.rfs
KERNEL: zImage
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param.rfs, cache.rfs, dbdata.rfs and the other 2 are part of a download package that is in one of the first posts in the restore thread, just follow the instructions on that thread.
heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531850
Could you tell me which has the parts im missing I must be over looking it.
ok I got it but start is greyed out now, I loaded all the files the driver but I can't click start
kernel upload keeps failing....
ok now factoryfs stops at 35 everytime
assuming your a US version of the player, this is the package you should download http://www.mediafire.com/?c76jdkgkn7qf310
Also you need to get the US PIT file (attached)
If it keeps failing part of the way thru make sure your using the factory USB cable and that it's seated properly on both ends, if that doesn't work you might be having an issue with the USB port and as always you can try rebooting the computer, sometimes it helps, and possibly your antivirus/firewall could be blocking it (unlikely but possible) try disabling them temporarily and see if that helps.
daniel644 said:
assuming your a US version of the player, this is the package you should download http://www.mediafire.com/?c76jdkgkn7qf310
Also you need to get the US PIT file (attached)
If it keeps failing part of the way thru make sure your using the factory USB cable and that it's seated properly on both ends, if that doesn't work you might be having an issue with the USB port and as always you can try rebooting the computer, sometimes it helps, and possibly your antivirus/firewall could be blocking it (unlikely but possible) try disabling them temporarily and see if that helps.
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ok got them, it just keeps crashing on 35% of the fractoryfs file ill try another USB cable later
i don't know if this helps or not but heres a screen shot of whats happening
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Hi Guys
New YP-G70 owner.. love it so far, but I have a few questions:
-Am I right in thinkiing I can do anything with it as i can with a SGS apart from make a phone call, such as mod it, flash it and custom it with EX Launcher, Cyanogen or anything from the Google Market.
- Does anyone know what the latest English language firmware. I found this on SamFirmware,
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?p...70&r=1#regiona
but the 2.3.6 are for italy and sweden, when i do a search for UK firmware, the latest one is 2.3.5.. XXKPF, which says France.. can anyone advise.
Thanks
In this thread u can find a file with the update:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1559214&highlight=2+3+6
I booted up odin 1.85, installed the win 7 drivers, and tried to flash the rom, but its now stuck in download mode and it has no removable battery
How do i hard reset it.
Any advice
NightOrchid said:
I booted up odin 1.85, installed the win 7 drivers, and tried to flash the rom, but its now stuck in download mode and it has no removable battery
How do i hard reset it.
Any advice
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Hold the power button until it restarts.
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Hold the power button until it restarts.
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Yeah, i did that.. it now shows me a mini phone, a computer with an orange triangle in the middle of them and pressing the power button just resets to that but it does detect it in windows and odin, it just stops with "ID3 Connection" when i try to flash 236
Ive just got this today.. can anyone help..please
Is it Bricked?. Will leaving it on to drain the battery help?.
Also, is there a recovery file for it. My version is a YP-G70CW, which i believe is the international version.
Any advice
you need to find the stock ROM & use ODIN to install via download mode. All the info you need are in these forums, I did a search for your model & stock rom I got this. Or search the dev forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574207
RMXO said:
you need to find the stock ROM & use ODIN to install via download mode. All the info you need are in these forums, I did a search for your model & stock rom I got this. Or search the dev forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574207
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It wont go into download mode.. Its stuck on a black screen with a small phone, a small computer and an orange caution triangle inbetween the 2, but it is detected in odin, I get the yellow com3 port up and ID:3 Added, in the main window. When I start it begins the download, but gets stuck at "ID:3 setupconnection
Any advice or am i missing something here
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It wont go into download mode.. Its stuck on a black screen with a small phone, a small computer and an orange caution triangle inbetween the 2, but it is detected in odin, I get the yellow com3 port up and ID:3 Added, in the main window. When I start it begins the download, but gets stuck at "ID:3 setupconnection
Any advice or am i missing something here
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That is download mode. You messed up slightly bad to get that as download mode. which file are you using in ODIN & which option are you using? as in, pitt, pda, etc....
RMXO said:
That is download mode. You messed up slightly bad to get that as download mode. which file are you using in ODIN & which option are you using? as in, pitt, pda, etc....
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I didnt use a .pit file, I just used the XXKPH file in PDA here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574207
then clicked start and it failed, now its just sitting there as mentioned, but i have downloaded the 8gig international..235.pit file, i just havent done anything yet.
What should i do next?
Ok, had a dig around and I need to flash a kernel as well as the KPH file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574207
Is there a kernel available for stock KPH and do i need to use the .pit.
Thanks
Thank god.. Its Done.. Yep, its fixed through hard work, reading around, following advice given and much diligence. In the download mode I mentioned, I flashed using rjs Kernel which got it bootlooping, then flashed KPF in ODIN.. had to flash KPF twice, wiped Cache part > Dalvik Cache, fact. reset and reboot.. all done.
Because this has a built in battery, ill not be doing this again through odin.. ill use KIES, even if i have to wait 3 months for the release.
Its now 4.30am and im off to bed.
Thanks
Update... Im now on KPH236
Some questions about that flash:
When the flashing failed and i held holding the power button down for 10 seconds, thats when it booted into the other download mode (phone, triangle, PC), so would i be right in thinking this works like flashing a SGS and what bricks it would be:
- Installing US firmware on my EU player.
- Installing bootloaders for no reason or anything rom-wise from a SGS
- pulling the USB cable out when flashing OR closing down ODIN.
- Geting impatient and pressing/holding down buttons when still in download mode or flashing.
A few other questions:
- Is there anything else that I could do to protect it against a brick.
- As this is not a phone, can I go back to 235 if i want, just use ODIN with XXKPF 235 in PDA.
- If i do go back, Will I have to replace rjs kernel first with stock KPF kernel, then flash KPF ROM or can i just flash the rom and it will overwrite rjs.
- Googles search by voice doesnt work unless its wifi'd, as in finding something in the player like a song, a memo or contacts name, it just "connection problem" .. Is that normal, yet runs fine with wifi on.
The reason Im asking is because Kies keeps telling me there is a connection problem when i plug it in and it wont detect it.. Is this due to rjs kernel or is there another issue, just to put my mind at rest.
Thanks
NightOrchid said:
Update... Im now on KPH236
Some questions about that flash:
When the flashing failed and i held holding the power button down for 10 seconds, thats when it booted into the other download mode (phone, triangle, PC), so would i be right in thinking this works like flashing a SGS and what bricks it would be:
- Installing US firmware on my EU player.
- Installing bootloaders for no reason or anything rom-wise from a SGS
- pulling the USB cable out when flashing OR closing down ODIN.
- Geting impatient and pressing/holding down buttons when still in download mode or flashing.
A few other questions:
- Is there anything else that I could do to protect it against a brick.
- As this is not a phone, can I go back to 235 if i want, just use ODIN with XXKPF 235 in PDA.
- If i do go back, Will I have to replace rjs kernel first with stock KPF kernel, then flash KPF ROM or can i just flash the rom and it will overwrite rjs.
- Googles search by voice doesnt work unless its wifi'd, as in finding something in the player like a song, a memo or contacts name, it just "connection problem" .. Is that normal, yet runs fine with wifi on.
The reason Im asking is because Kies keeps telling me there is a connection problem when i plug it in and it wont detect it.. Is this due to rjs kernel or is there another issue, just to put my mind at rest.
Thanks
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I will be extra cautious if a ROM has zImage (kernel) and/or bootloader in it. The consequence of a corrupted bootloader is obvious. A corrupted kernel can be problematic because the recovery mode comes with the kernel. If you messed up the kernel, you will loss your recovery mode as well.
Actually I hope more developers will publish their ROM in CWM flashable zip rather than Odin image. Since Odin basically dump the disk image to your device, any mistakes in the process will likely corrupt your device's partitions. In contrast, CWM flashing uses high level operations like file delete and copy to install the ROM (in most cases). It is much less risky than using Odin (if the developer knows what he is doing). Just my 2 cents.
So if i delete the "zimage" in a ROM and flash it, it will only flash the ROM? Also how do i know if it has bootloaders included?
Forgot to quote you but.... Cheers WT Ho, youve put my mind at rest and Im quite happy, that after my problems above, its not the player... rjs is nice and stable and boots really fast, so Im staying on KPH 236 and gonna upgrade through ODIN, not downgrade to KPF.. Have found the issues are with Kies not the kernel being recognised, alot of posts about Kies issues on various sites and forums. SamFirmware.com is my friend.. .
- Googles search by voice doesnt work unless its wifi'd, as in finding something in the player like a song, a memo or contacts name, it just "connection problem" .. Is that normal, yet runs fine with wifi on...
Yes you need a connection, heres why:
http://forum.openetna.com/index.php?topic=537.0
Cheers
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So if i delete the "zimage" in a ROM and flash it, it will only flash the ROM? Also how do i know if it has bootloaders included?
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You can open an Odin ROM easily by using 7-zip. If it has md5, you will encounter a warning but that's fine.
For full ROM, you will see
boot.bin
cache.rfs
dbdata.rfs
factoryfs.rfs
param.lfs
Sbl.bin
zImage
Basically most custom ROMs will modify your factoryfs.rfs only. If you need a new kernel, zImage is also needed. All other files are related to boot or data partition (usually not needed). Therefore many ROMs only have zImage and factoryfs.rfs in them.
Although I haven't tried that myself, I think it is possible to just put the factoryfs.rfs in the tar file. That will be similar to the Odin package of rj's kernel, you will only see the zImage in the tar file.
---Make sure you have the drivers installed for your SGP 5.0 USA (capacitive buttons)----
-This has worked for me whenever I enter boot-loop during installing a ROM.
-Download a stock firmware (this one is for US ((capacitive buttons)) Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520728
-Download a .pit file/partition file (contains it for all SGP's): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472897&goto=nextnewestz
-Boot into downloading mode (Volume down first, then power button, release when an triangle and Android guy using a shovel is shown)
-Open up odin
-Click on "PDA", and select "ueki8_min.tar.md5", that should be the stock ROM you downloaded (where ever you saved it), then click "PIT" and select your SGP 5.0 .pit file, which should read "G70-GalaxyPlayer5.0-8gig.pit"
-Press "Start", the process should take 2-5 minutes, it might freeze at some point in time but it's still working. You will know it's finished when it says "PASS" in the first, top right box.
-Then boot into recovery mode (Volume UP, then power), but what is important is that you release the second the triangle/android shovel is gone and shows a black screen or else it will go to a battery charging.
-Then you select "Wipe data/factory reset" and "Wipe cache partition", then "reboot system now" and then your SGP should be able to boot at this point.
*An extra note, the stock ROM I linked is rooted, but it's basically the same as STOCK ROM, with all the Samsung Bloatware.
And to remove the root, you have to get Root Browser from the Play Store and delete "Superuser.apk" in "System/app" and delete "su binary" in "system/bin. After you delete those two files, reboot and you should be unrooted.
(tell me if there is a problem with my guide, or if you have a problem.)
I have followed the instructions but I can't boot into recovery for some reason it only bootloops when I try using the stock rom. entropy kernel + rom is fine but stock rom and kernel only cause boot loops :/
Nevermind i'm ok lol messed around with it for about 20 mins and eventually got it working. Not even sure how to explain how i did it
Silvrsun said:
I have followed the instructions but I can't boot into recovery for some reason it only bootloops when I try using the stock rom. entropy kernel + rom is fine but stock rom and kernel only cause boot loops :/
Nevermind i'm ok lol messed around with it for about 20 mins and eventually got it working. Not even sure how to explain how i did it
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lol it's k.
Old(ish) thread but since someone used it recently and may in the future might I recommend you note that any attempt to resurrect a device will be best accomplished using a STOCK Samsung usb cable. Speaking from many experiences it is very possible that a device will not be recognized using the pc tools without the stock cable. Just a recommendation. Thanks.
I have search for days to figure out how to unbrick my sgp 5, this however is the most complete and simple guide that have fix my problems after several bricks trying to install custom roms while the forum as down, with bad info on google. I would like to add to make sure that KIES is installed as the drivers become unrecognizable after a brick. Thanks for this post, hardest thing was finding the exact files for the US version as there several out there, the ones you listed worked perfectly together and recovery mode takes a few tries.
KIES
samsung . com/us/support/owners/product/YP-G70CWY/XAA
No one should ever use the pit that comes with that zip file!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I577 using xda app-developers app
galax5 said:
---Make sure you have the drivers installed for your SGP 5.0 USA (capacitive buttons)
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Well how do I make sure I have these drivers?
I have a boot loop when charging device when off and device attempts to load the charging status system.
Anyway I recently installed a new ROM and kernel and the capacitive buttons are dead now (their leds are still on, but they don't actually do anything).
I thought finding out about the driver you were talking about might lead me to a solution.
Does the Odin Version matter?
galax5 said:
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-Open up odin
-Click on "PDA", and select "ueki8_min.tar.md5", that should be the stock ROM you downloaded (where ever you saved it), then click "PIT" and select your SGP 5.0 .pit file, which should read "G70-GalaxyPlayer5.0-8gig.pit"
-Press "Start", the process should take 2-5 minutes, it might freeze at some point in time but it's still working. You will know it's finished when it says "PASS" in the first, top right box.
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I remember when I was attempting to root the SGP5 the first time, I ran into trouble with using too new of an odin version. Do you remember which version you used for this? I've tried 1.7&1.85 but to no effect....
AndItsBricked said:
I remember when I was attempting to root the SGP5 the first time, I ran into trouble with using too new of an odin version. Do you remember which version you used for this? I've tried 1.7&1.85 but to no effect....
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1.85 works fine for me. Check to see if your drivers are properly installed
I have a boot loop when charging device when off and device attempts to load the charging status system.
Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm out of ideas...
I decided to root my i9100 using this guide9.
As I was doing this, the recovery rom would reboot when using the volume buttons to navigate (only on the first "page") - This was easily worked around by using the touchscreen, but now I'm wondering if this was the start of my issues...
I applied the SU busy box installer, and got root. I installed rom manager, and noticed that it seemed to lock up when doing certain things. I put this down to CWM saying there was no official mod for the i9100.
The next day I decided to try and install a CM10.1 nightly, so I took a backup, wiped cache and data, and applied the rom and gapps.
When I rebooted, the phone wouldn't finished booting, it just sat at the initial logo screen.
After that, I tried following this recovery guide but the odin flash failed at around 80% (I retried and the same happened again).
Since then I've had difficulty getting in to recovery mode. I've tried flashing various stock roms with odin, and trying to restore with Kies.
In Kies I get as far as it conencting to the phone in download mode, but it pops up a "notice" in a foreign language - presumably Korean (and I can't copy the text to even attempt a google translation).
I tried flashing Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 to get a different recovery - that seemed to have a garbled progress bar, before hanging when I tried to wipe /data again.
When I use odin to flash a stock rom - is it supposed to restore absolutely everything? I'm not sure how I'm still getting problems if this is the case. Any ideas on what to try next?
(The current stock rom I'm try ing to use is this one)
Let me know if I'm missing any info, and thanks in advance for any help.
Using rom manager would have been the start of your problems-not the temp cwm recovery in the rooting guide.
If you can boot into download mode then I would download LP7 stock rom, disable kies and flash that with Odin.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
Silly Billy said:
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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I9100 right?
Try this:
- Download this ROM.
- Kies installed? uninstall it, re install it. Close it all up with Task manager (3 or 4 applications running).
- Flash ROM via Odin (CSC, MODEM, PHONE).
- If that doesn't fly, try another usb port & usb cable. Another PC would also be recommended.
- Repeat the process.
- Still no luck? try flashing a previous siyah version.
- No go? repeat all the above.
- Let us know how you did.
gastonw;37017081- Download this ROM.[/QUOTE said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Silly Billy said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
gastonw said:
Let us know how you did.
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For some reason, I can't get Odin to flash that rom - it just hands for a while at the start of data.img, before saying "Complete(Write) operation failed."
There a .pit file in the archive, although the link says not to repartition (so I didn't).
Some roms seem to get written, some don't, I'm not sure why...
theunderling said:
As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
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Odin failed about 80% through flashing (step 4, after taking the ICS steps). I tried flashing the kernel afterwards, which flashed, but didn't help with my boot issues.
gastonw said:
Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Of course, I was just trying to get a better understanding of how things work - I'd settle for anything booting right now.
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
theunderling said:
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
gastonw said:
He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
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I guess I'll keep at it then.
I'd tried another cable with kies shut down. Just tried a different machine, and flashed the ROM you suggested with heimdall. It flashed without complaining (unlike odin), but I'm still getting a boot loop.
Looking at the initial recovery guide I was following - I suspect that I might've flashed the bootloader (the guide shows in bold which file goes in which box, so I probably loaded them all). Maybe this is the source of my troubles...
I also noticed that heimdall can pull data from the phone too - if I can pull and mount these, am I likely to find any useful log files?
For completeness (and anyone else who finds themselves with the same issue): It seems I hit the EMMC brick bug, which rendered some of my EMMC storage unusable.
This helpful chap came up with a workaround to partition around the dead space. (Please read the post carefully and make sure this really is your problem before flashing!)
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
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Yes, that's right. IIRC, I flashed a working recovery with Odin, then did most of the work from adb shell.
I got my device back to life for the most part. I get the occasional hang but haven't investigated much (have since bought a Nexus 4, so not using the S2 so much).
Just thought I'd share for the next poor soul who has the same problem
Hello, well i have SGH-I777 and about a week ago the phone frezee so i turn it off and when i turned it on its just stuck on "Samsung galaxy" logo and i can not go in recovery mode.
Because i can go just into Download mode i tried to flash rom with Odin but idk what went worng now i have this message:
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
I still can go to Download mode and use Odin but i tried to flash 4 (!) diffrenet "stock rom" but everyone of them wont work and the proccess stoped in the middle(factoryfs.img or sbl.bin or setupconnection or NAND Write Start!!)
So i give up and ask for help here! please what should i do and what im doing worng?
I download the stock rom from here and galaxys2root and some other places and nothing work everything stuck at some point..
HELP PLEASE! How can i fix this problem? and which rom i shold have after this (i had CM 10.1.3 and he have some problems and crash from time to time) is there any other better rom?
Thank you so much!
Amo5 said:
Hello, well i have SGH-I777 and about a week ago the phone frezee so i turn it off and when i turned it on its just stuck on "Samsung galaxy" logo and i can not go in recovery mode.
Because i can go just into Download mode i tried to flash rom with Odin but idk what went worng now i have this message:
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
I still can go to Download mode and use Odin but i tried to flash 4 (!) diffrenet "stock rom" but everyone of them wont work and the proccess stoped in the middle(factoryfs.img or sbl.bin or setupconnection or NAND Write Start!!)
So i give up and ask for help here! please what should i do and what im doing worng?
I download the stock rom from here and galaxys2root and some other places and nothing work everything stuck at some point..
HELP PLEASE! How can i fix this problem? and which rom i shold have after this (i had CM 10.1.3 and he have some problems and crash from time to time) is there any other better rom?
Thank you so much!
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Your phone seems to be soft bricked. Are the stock roms you downloaded .tar files or .md5 files? If they are .zip files or .rar files, uncompress them with 7zip. Did you put them in the PDA slot in ODIN?
@Amo5,
Sorry to be so late to answer your question, but I have been traveling out of town for the holiday.
Go to the Download Repository and get the latest stock distribution, I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean). Enter download mode and flash that, and see if the flash will complete. If the flash completes, but the phone does not boot past the splash screen, enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
If the flash is not successful, your phone may have nand read/write corruption, so post back here with the results of the above, and I will post the instructions for clearing nand r/w corruption.
StoneyJSG said:
Your phone seems to be soft bricked. Are the stock roms you downloaded .tar files or .md5 files? If they are .zip files or .rar files, uncompress them with 7zip. Did you put them in the PDA slot in ODIN?
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Thank you for your answer, I already understood this soft brick and I downloaded of coruse the .tar files and I put them in the PDA slot in ODIN.
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@Amo5,
Sorry to be so late to answer your question, but I have been traveling out of town for the holiday.
Go to the Download Repository and get the latest stock distribution, I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean). Enter download mode and flash that, and see if the flash will complete. If the flash completes, but the phone does not boot past the splash screen, enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
If the flash is not successful, your phone may have nand read/write corruption, so post back here with the results of the above, and I will post the instructions for clearing nand r/w corruption.
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Thank you so much for your answer, you have nothing to be sorry about
I download the file from here like you said and the flash stuck again at SBL1.bin , anyway i can't go in recovery mode.
So it is nand read/write corruption like you said? what should i do now?
Thanks again both!
Amo5 said:
So it is nand read/write corruption like you said? what should i do now?
Thanks again both!
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The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
Instructions to clear nand read/write corruption. Instructions are specific; do them in order, and don't skip.
Odin3 v1.85 is recommended.
1) Download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
2) Flash the Tar.md5 of the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, I777UCKH7 including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful you are done. If it is not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning. (Please observe normal bootloader flashing caution.)
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
creepyncrawly said:
The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
Instructions to clear nand read/write corruption. Instructions are specific; do them in order, and don't skip.
Odin3 v1.85 is recommended.
1) Download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
2) Flash the Tar.md5 of the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, I777UCKH7 including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful you are done. If it is not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning. (Please observe normal bootloader flashing caution.)
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
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Thank you again, the Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel doesnt work, its stuck also at NAND Write Start!!
I tried also the full stock and its doesnt work also, about the SBL Bootloader i cant find the download there colud you give me the direct link? i get confused with all the links and descriptions there.
Amo5 said:
Thank you again, the Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel doesnt work, its stuck also at NAND Write Start!!
I tried also the full stock and its doesnt work also, about the SBL Bootloader i cant find the download there colud you give me the direct link? i get confused with all the links and descriptions there.
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The I777 SBL is the very first item in the Download Repository.
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The I777 SBL is the very first item in the Download Repository.
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Its also stuck at NAND Write Start!! part, why nothing is working?
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Its also stuck at NAND Write Start!! part, why nothing is working?
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I would first suspect a problem with the connection. As I wrote previously:
The problem MAY be NAND read/write corruption. It is also possible that you have a bad or flaky connection between the phone and the computer. Sometimes failed flash is due to USB cable or micro USB connector on the phone, or you may need to use a different USB port on the computer, or even another computer. If the problem is NAND read/write corruption, then the following should clear it.
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Try different cables. Try different USB port on the computer. If you can get access to a different computer, try flashing from that. That will be a good start to troubleshooting this issue.
creepyncrawly said:
I would first suspect a problem with the connection. As I wrote previously:
Try different cables. Try different USB port on the computer. If you can get access to a different computer, try flashing from that. That will be a good start to troubleshooting this issue.
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I tried a diffrenets USB cables and USB port, next setp is another computer? and what if it doesnt work?
TY again for all the help!
Amo5 said:
I tried a diffrenets USB cables and USB port, next setp is another computer? and what if it doesnt work?
TY again for all the help!
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In 99.9% of cases (I'm not going to say it's an absolute, but nearly so), when the phone can go into download mode it can be flashed. I'm not sure I know all the possible factors that would interfere with a flash, but the connection between the phone and the computer probably accounts for the vast majority of cases.
Have you ever had any problems with the USB port on the phone? You might try cleaning it with alcohol, not 80% as it has too much water in it, at least 90% or better.
Another thing you could try is flashing it using Heimdall from the command line instead of using Odin.
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In 99.9% of cases (I'm not going to say it's an absolute, but nearly so), when the phone can go into download mode it can be flashed. I'm not sure I know all the possible factors that would interfere with a flash, but the connection between the phone and the computer probably accounts for the vast majority of cases.
Have you ever had any problems with the USB port on the phone? You might try cleaning it with alcohol, not 80% as it has too much water in it, at least 90% or better.
Another thing you could try is flashing it using Heimdall from the command line instead of using Odin.
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sorry for my late answer, i have been away for the last week.
I just tried diffrenet latptop and again with my PC and same result still stuck at NAND Write Start or SBL1 its depened at the file im trying to flash(stock/kernel/sbl)
of coruse I tried different USB cables and even micro USB.
what next?
Amo5 said:
sorry for my late answer, i have been away for the last week.
I just tried diffrenet latptop and again with my PC and same result still stuck at NAND Write Start or SBL1 its depened at the file im trying to flash(stock/kernel/sbl)
of coruse I tried different USB cables and even micro USB.
what next?
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There is little else I can add to help find a solution to your issue. I've already covered pretty much what I know about the SGH-I777 with respect to your issues.
Even though you have been unable to flash with the things you have tried so far, it still may flash for you if you keep working with it. I have seen users report in the forums here that they were able to get a successful flash on the xth try (I don't remember, 5th, 10th, 15th?)
It could possibly be an issue with your micro usb port on the phone? What have you done to trouble shoot that?
There are some things that could cause the reported behavior that are not related to the connection between the phone and the computer. I have seen one or two reports of actual memory module damage that would allow the phone to boot, but not to function correctly. In such a case, the damage is in a non-critical area of the memory.
If you live near an AT&T service center (not a store), you might take the phone in to the technicians there and ask if they can help you out. I know the phone is rather old and out of warranty, but they still might help.
You could send the phone to Samsung for repair. There will be a charge. I think you could determine how much by calling them ahead of time.
creepyncrawly said:
There is little else I can add to help find a solution to your issue. I've already covered pretty much what I know about the SGH-I777 with respect to your issues.
Even though you have been unable to flash with the things you have tried so far, it still may flash for you if you keep working with it. I have seen users report in the forums here that they were able to get a successful flash on the xth try (I don't remember, 5th, 10th, 15th?)
It could possibly be an issue with your micro usb port on the phone? What have you done to trouble shoot that?
There are some things that could cause the reported behavior that are not related to the connection between the phone and the computer. I have seen one or two reports of actual memory module damage that would allow the phone to boot, but not to function correctly. In such a case, the damage is in a non-critical area of the memory.
If you live near an AT&T service center (not a store), you might take the phone in to the technicians there and ask if they can help you out. I know the phone is rather old and out of warranty, but they still might help.
You could send the phone to Samsung for repair. There will be a charge. I think you could determine how much by calling them ahead of time.
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Well my counter is about 25 now and many times the flash isnt count..
I living in country without AT&T service so i guess i send the phone to some lab or something..
About the connection between the phone and the computer i had troubles with it in the past so i just move to "Wifi file transfer" so i dont know if the problem still relavent, anyway i checked it in 2 differents computers and many USB cables.
SO what you saying is keep trying OR send it to some lab?
thanks again for all your help buddy
Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
Do you think that a USB jig will do the trick?
edoardog said:
Hi, ad the title says i've bricked my player
I was on cm12 and tried to flash stock ROM from odin
I fkashed two times, the first one i got a bootloop, the second one the device got bricked :crying: , i can't do anything, it won't turno on or go into download mode :crying:
Please hekp me!
I've found a guide which tells about a program called unbrickble rezurrector, but i can't find the jar...
PLease help me i miss my player :crying: :crying:
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To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
Androprise said:
To power your device all the way off plug it in and hold power until the battery logo comes up.
Then unplug it and hold power, home, and volume down to boot into download mode.
Use odin (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=ewT0JrvKAjyPbAfN2FyCTQ&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY) to flash the stock firmware form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192488
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hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
edoardog said:
hi, I've managed to make it boot into recovery by using unbrickable resurrector... now i've got another problem, I can't flash stock rom :crying:
I've followed adam outler guide to recover from a brick, but odin won't flash on the player! it just says SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port! I can only make it go to download mode, and if I unplug it from the pc it shuts... I don't know what to do!
i don't think that the drivers are the problem, i can flash on my galaxy tab 3...
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My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6): http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Androprise said:
My player has sometimes had this problem with Odin 3.07. It has always worked fine with Odin 1.85 however. I have attached the Odin zip just extract it and run. If it still doesn't work try installing Samsung Kies (or re-install) to get the USB driver. Should that fail install the samsung mobile USB Driver (also attached).
Kies Link (Use Kies 2.6):
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ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
edoardog said:
ok, thank you very much for your help
i managed to flash stockrom but the player won't turn on i don't know what happend
after it ends flashing it just shuts, it won't rebot... i don't know
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I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
Also if this doesn't work try flashing with the pit file which can be found lower down on the same post as the stock ROMs.
TheRealBubba said:
I'm in a similar situation (bricked after cm12, no recovery, have let the battery die, gathering info on what to do next).
Here's a total guess, maybe the repartitioning for the cm12 is messing up the stock rom (did you have "repartition" checked in odin?) have you tried flashing cm11 or 12 instead of stock?
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Hi, each time i flash in odin i check repartition and load the pit file...
how do I flash CM11 or CM12? I can't put it in recovery...
I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
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I think we are in the same situation, i was thinking... can't we make a CM11 or CM12 flashable tar file? i don't know if it's possibile, i'm a newbie and know only a little of android and similar OS...
uff, if the galaxy payer could only boot in recovery we could be able to flash one rom to fix it!
sorry for my bad english
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I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
TheRealBubba said:
I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'm going to try to flash that, thank you for your respond... Windows can be relly slow in seraching driver, linux is a lot faster XD, yesterday i tried to flash my galaxy player from JODIN3, which is basically ODIN for LInux, the problem is, after it ends, it says SUCCESS!! but the player won't boot... Maybe the battery is dead this happens everytime I flash the pit and stock rom, ODIN says success but then it shuts, giving no life signs
This is a really strange problem even I tryed to flash everything (from kernels, to recovery, to stock roms and the bootloader which posted AdamOutler) we need to ask to an experienced dev what maybe has happend, ecause i relly have no idea
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I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
TheRealBubba said:
I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Thank you very much! I'll try and flash, I'm curious to see if this one works! downloading right naw!!
TheRealBubba said:
I'll look into JODIN3, messing around with Windows is so painfull. I would skip flashing the pit, just odin the one thing. I've also found that if odin fails flashing something, everything else I try flashing afterwards will fail. The only success I've had has been with disconnecting everything, plugging the device back into the PC, the starting odin new.
I've gotten a working gingerbread ROM, from here:
http://meticulus-development.com/index.php/galaxy-player-5-0-2/galaxy-player-5-0-stock-roms/
(irritating finding the download link among all the malware bull**** and "windows support" popups, it required registering for 4shared, but a throwaway email works)
The recovery is still a native samsung android 3e, and it took me a while to figure out that the "select" key wasn't the power button, but the home softkey... That might have been true of the last one I had flashed, the one that bootlooped, maybe I could have wiped... anyway. I've got a working gingerbread GP5.0 I can give my daughter (if I can avoid the temptation of putting cwm and then cm11 on it).
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Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
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Actually it didn't work DDD: whatever thank you very much for trying helping me, I think I need to change the entire device XD, but i was thinking... maybe if I install the usa rom on my INTL do you think that it may work, i've read that it works but the home button won't be recognized... dunno
I'm gonna try, as we say in italy, rotto per rotto, I will try and install
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Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
TheRealBubba said:
Hmmm, I think the US/Intl might not be super important, since all you really want is to get a working recovery on there. I got one of those GB roms on, then was able to flash cwm. I don't think you need to be able to use the rom, but installing it make odin able to flash cwm. Once cwm was on I installed the cm11 xip and all is good.
Good luck with yours.
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I still have the same results, the player won't boot after finishing flashing... oh well, thank you very much for your help
Maybe i'll buy another one, it's a very cool device
TheRealBubba said:
I couldn't get mine into recovery either. I couldn't even get proper download mode. But, I used odin3 v1.85 (I also tried kies, and re-installing that may have installed drivers that turned out to be necessary, windows spent a lot of time searching for drivers... I'm a linux guy, I don't really understand how/why windows needs to spend 10 minutes searching for the same drivers again and again - whatever), and tried flashing lots of things, assorted pit files, roms and recoveries...
Eventually I managed to install a stock rom that I got from the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39188127
It installed correctly, but booted into an animation bootloop.
I cannot flash cwm on to it. When I boot into recovery I get the (stock?) android 3e recovery, and a screen full of red telling me that cache does not exist. None of the four options, reboot, install update zip from sd, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, do anything.
Stuck there now.
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If the stock recovery is not working try flashing a CWM recovery for the GB ROMS.
For the Intl Player with the hardware button this one should work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414565
You need the Odin file to flash then recovery should work.
Do a cache wipe, factory data reset, and wipe the Dalvik cache.