I need some serious help, my galaxy s2 wont boot into recovery i just get a "firmware upgrade encountered an issue...", i cant get odin to recognize it, and during the time i could boot into recovery, i couldnt mount the sd card to flash a firmware, and last time odin recognized it kept getting stuck on modem.bin and say (write error) or something of the sorts, please i desperately need help
Here maybe this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058683 could help you.
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Stop referring people to that thread of yours when phones aren't bricked. Immediately. Or I will deal with you. Are we clear ? :-/
If they follow those steps & the phone isn't bricked, they sure as fcuk will have a brick on their hands if it goes wrong.
This person's phone isn't even remotely close to being bricked, it's a simple case of 'Odin won't work' like 99.9999% of those cases on here, and the fix is usually very simple.
OP - This gets covered here so many times per week it ain't funny. Search for similar threads, there are a bunch troubleshooting steps you need to follow (This is the final time I'm typing that as well, from now on people will just get 'Search').
king_below_my_lord said:
Here maybe this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2058683 could help you.
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thank you but the problem is that i cant get odin to recognize the phone, and i cant seem to find a fix on the site that i haven't yet tried, so, i'm trying to see if anyone has anything other that install drivers, uninstall kies, and use samsungs cable, because i've tried all of those multiple times with no luck
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Stop referring people to that thread of yours when phones aren't bricked. Immediately. Or I will deal with you. Are we clear ? :-/
If they follow those steps & the phone isn't bricked, they sure as fcuk will have a brick on their hands if it goes wrong.
This person's phone isn't even remotely close to being bricked, it's a simple case of 'Odin won't work' like 99.9999% of those cases on here, and the fix is usually very simple.
OP - This gets covered here so many times per week it ain't funny. Search for similar threads, there are a bunch troubleshooting steps you need to follow (This is the final time I'm typing that as well, from now on people will just get 'Search').
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Yeah I get it :thumbup: (that's why the first line of the guide is meant to and usually does, scare people off), but if he eventually reaches the desperation point(no amount of flash attempts succeeds) , following my guide would be better than blind flashing of pit files(in a case where recovery is completely inaccessible my guide is useless) , which I have seen people recommending to do, if the user is lucky enough to flash a kernel and bootup the recovery, memory block corruption(it can happen because of reasons like phone turned off while flashing via Odin, removing cable midway of odin flash, and possibly several others) can also be effectively corrected.
Edit :I have made the guide a little bit more safer so that any noob who ignores all the warnings and go ahead with the procedure will stop after the first step if he/she is not having corrupted block's, effectively keeping him/her safe.
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Yeah I get it :thumbup: (that's why the first line of the guide is meant to and usually does, scare people off), but if he eventually reaches the desperation point(no amount of flash attempts succeeds) , following my guide would be better than blind flashing of pit files(in a case where recovery is completely inaccessible my guide is useless) , which I have seen people recommending to do, if the user is lucky enough to flash a kernel and bootup the recovery, memory block corruption(it can happen because of reasons like phone turned off while flashing via Odin, removing cable midway of odin flash, and possibly several others) can also be effectively corrected.
Edit :I have made the guide a little bit more safer so that any noob who ignores all the warnings and go ahead with the procedure will stop after the first step if he/she is not having corrupted block's, effectively keeping him/her safe.
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um so do you think there is hope, i really dont want to lose this phone...
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um so do you think there is hope, i really dont want to lose this phone...
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Well I don't think you could even attempt my guide since you can't flash via Odin and don't have recovery, it works only for people who can somehow bootup into recovery.
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Well I don't think you could even attempt my guide since you can't flash via Odin and don't have recovery, it works only for people who can somehow bootup into recovery.
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do you think you might have any other tips that might help me?
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do you think you might have any other tips that might help me?
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Without Odin you're basically screwed, did you try different computers? Or are you sure that your usb port is in full working condition?
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Without Odin you're basically screwed, did you try different computers? Or are you sure that your usb port is in full working condition?
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i haven;'t tried a different computer yet but my laptop is basically new just less than a month old and i tried all of the usb ports on it
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Stop referring people to that thread of yours when phones aren't bricked. Immediately. Or I will deal with you. Are we clear ? :-/
If they follow those steps & the phone isn't bricked, they sure as fcuk will have a brick on their hands if it goes wrong.
This person's phone isn't even remotely close to being bricked, it's a simple case of 'Odin won't work' like 99.9999% of those cases on here, and the fix is usually very simple.
OP - This gets covered here so many times per week it ain't funny. Search for similar threads, there are a bunch troubleshooting steps you need to follow (This is the final time I'm typing that as well, from now on people will just get 'Search').
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I hope you read all my replies (also those in the guide thread because I have explained some stuff and made some changes ) basically if a user ignores everything in my guide and flashes any of the pit files, only if the flash fails will he get a brick(as usual), otherwise he will have an sd card with a lot less space. I hope you don't mind me quoting you in my main post.
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i haven;'t tried a different computer yet but my laptop is basically new just less than a month old and i tried all of the usb ports on it
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Try everything possible to get it working, like on a friend's computer, for some people changing computer's have worked.
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I hope you read all my replies (also those in the guide thread because I have explained some stuff and made some changes ) basically if a user ignores everything in my guide and flashes any of the pit files, only if the flash fails will he get a brick(as usual), otherwise he will have an sd card with a lot less space. I hope you don't mind me quoting you in my main post.
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Try everything possible to get it working, like on a friend's computer, for some people changing computer's have worked.
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alright i guess ill just do all i can and hope for the best, thank you for your time
Kies, where's kies?
Install Kies, and then kill it.
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My Solution
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i haven;'t tried a different computer yet but my laptop is basically new just less than a month old and i tried all of the usb ports on it
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Yes...myself faced the same problem , i tried to 3 different laptops but ODIN didn't detect my S2 . Finally with my luck , it got detected in my Home PC and i flashed it..are you able to go to download mode ? if no use USB jig... :good:
Try this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42592007#post42592007
Wow. That's a magical fix
OP - You were told to search for similar threads, there are 6 or so other steps you haven't even tried once yet. Bottom line is, if you want your phone fixed, you're going to need to do everything and quite possibly do it over & over till it works. Nobody here can do that for you. If you can't be bothered trying 2nd or 3rd PC and go thru the troubleshooting steps as well on those if necessary, your phone is going to stay busted.
The end.
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Wow. That's a magical fix
OP - You were told to search for similar threads, there are 6 or so other steps you haven't even tried once yet. Bottom line is, if you want your phone fixed, you're going to need to do everything and quite possibly do it over & over till it works. Nobody here can do that for you. If you can't be bothered trying 2nd or 3rd PC and go thru the troubleshooting steps as well on those if necessary, your phone is going to stay busted.
The end.
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ok so i tried on 6 computers with nothing, I installed kies on all of them then killed it nothing, I tried 5 versions of ODIN and that didnt work, I tried uninstalling all the phones drivers and installing them all over again, and still nothing...
How about your usb cable?
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How about your usb cable?
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I tried 3 of them, the original Samsung cable, and an original LG cable, along with another generic one
Well, don't you think it would be smart to get another S2 cable?
Borrow it, buy it, whatever.
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gastonw said:
Well, don't you think it would be smart to get another S2 cable?
Borrow it, buy it, whatever.
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my friend has an S2 as well, I just borrowed his hes here with me, and still nothing, whats happening is that the computers arent even recognizing that something has been plugged in, none of them are, his phone is recognized instantly by odin and all, but once he unplugs his and i plug it into mine, it just does nothing
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Noob here,
I've looked and looked and haven't seen anything definitive. I have a Samsung GS II (I-777). Someone had rooted my phone for me a while back but now I want to un-root it. I only have access to Mac and have NO idea how to. Everything on here seems to be written in a different language lol. What's the easiest and most simplest way to do this? Sorry if this is repetitive. Thanks in advance!
Rooting is such an easy proccess. Looking at you, I would not recommend it doing by yourself. Rooting will not get you on any legal issue other than warranty cancelation. If you still insist look at the stickied threads in this forum. I myself would like to explain it, but I can't explain it better.
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Not sure if a virtual machine of Windows would work but I would give that a try if your hell bent on un-rooting.
My question is why do you want to reverse a good thing?
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Rooting is such an easy proccess. Looking at you, I would not recommend it doing by yourself. Rooting will not get you on any legal issue other than warranty cancelation. If you still insist look at the stickied threads in this forum. I myself would like to explain it, but I can't explain it better.
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What????
LiLChris06 said:
Not sure if a virtual machine of Windows would work but I would give that a try if your hell bent on un-rooting.
My question is why do you want to reverse a good thing?
What????
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What I meant was that rooting is easy to do. And nothing negatives comes out of it unless you want to get the phone back to store... Since it's a mac and he doesn't have much knowledge of rooting, just let it be.
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What I meant was that rooting is easy to do. And nothing negatives comes out of it unless you want to get the phone back to store... Since it's a mac and he doesn't have much knowledge of rooting, just let it be.
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Well, "looking at you" made me go Whaaaat??? myself. Odd snap judgement from reading one post, which was pretty well phrased from what I saw.
Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434020 which should help - and this thread says it should work with MacOS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432. You'll need to do some more searching and learning (start with the sticky at the top of the general forum). If you don't feel confident doing this, then don't. You really aren't going to gain anything by it unless you have a specific need. Or expand on what you're looking for and maybe we can help.
BTW if you don't use it, the difference between root and unrooted is zero AFAIK. Root just lets you do more, but it's still stock i777 if that's all "someone" did.
Well, the thing is, the root that this person did (not me lol) has disabled my wifi. It's the ZedomaxStockKernel. I did some research on this and it seems that using this method renders the wifi useless. I clearly don't know what I'm doing but will read more in regards to this. Again, I've had the phone rooted for about a month now and I haven't done anything different. (Maybe because I don't know how) I wouldn't mind leaving it rooted but if I could fix the wifi issue, that would be great and then maybe I can learn further about this whole root thing. Reading through the forums though, most people rooting have Windows and not Macos. Which kind of leaves me feeling alone lol
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Well, the thing is, the root that this person did (not me lol) has disabled my wifi. It's the ZedomaxStockKernel. I did some research on this and it seems that using this method renders the wifi useless. I clearly don't know what I'm doing but will read more in regards to this. Again, I've had the phone rooted for about a month now and I haven't done anything different. (Maybe because I don't know how) I wouldn't mind leaving it rooted but if I could fix the wifi issue, that would be great and then maybe I can learn further about this whole root thing. Reading through the forums though, most people rooting have Windows and not Macos. Which kind of leaves me feeling alone lol
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Just flash another kernel and you'll be fine
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Yeah. Download mobile odin pro (or free + that package) and flash the latest siyah tar.
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Yeah. Download mobile odin pro (or free + that package) and flash the latest siyah tar.
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All that sounds great but again, you guys are talking to the noobs of noobs. If only I knew how! lol is there a step by step that I could follow?
And Odin is available for Mac?
Just googled it lol and okay, I'm downloading Odin from the App store now but how do I flash the new kernel on to it?
iimzii85 said:
Just googled it lol and okay, I'm downloading Odin from the App store now but how do I flash the new kernel on to it?
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Go into the siyah thread (you can do it on your phone). Download the ATT tar file. Open up mobile odin, select kernel. It will open a window to find your kernel. If you download from the xda app it will be in tapatalk_downloads I think. Select siyah_2.1.13 (or whatever it is). Go down to the bottom where it says flash firmware, hit it. If done correctly, the phone will reboot and everything will be awesome
I'll keep an eye on this thread tonight in case you have further questions.
Forgot to mention, the siyah thread is here in the i777 forum, more specifically look in the development section. The download link is in the first post.
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Go into the siyah thread (you can do it on your phone). Download the ATT tar file. Open up mobile odin, select kernel. It will open a window to find your kernel. If you download from the xda app it will be in tapatalk_downloads I think. Select siyah_2.1.13 (or whatever it is). Go down to the bottom where it says flash firmware, hit it. If done correctly, the phone will reboot and everything will be awesome
I'll keep an eye on this thread tonight in case you have further questions.
Forgot to mention, the siyah thread is here in the i777 forum, more specifically look in the development section. The download link is in the first post.
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Okay I understood almost everything you wrote! Let me start by saying thank you! Couple of questions so I don't screw something up!
1. Should I download the .tar file directly to my phone? Would that be easiest?
2. I can't seem to find the thread in the development section, care to spoon feed me?
Lastly, when I googled Siyah it gave my a website but I don't know if that's reliable or not.
Thanks!!
Found it!! Will try today and update!
Did everything exactly to the T. Worked but wifi is still not accessible. It scans for wifi but before anything happens, wifi turns off and then nothing. Any other thoughts on this? This is tough...
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Did everything exactly to the T. Worked but wifi is still not accessible. It scans for wifi but before anything happens, wifi turns off and then nothing. Any other thoughts on this? This is tough...
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Did you change ROM bases without a full wipe? That will kill wifi.
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Did you change ROM bases without a full wipe? That will kill wifi.
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I have no idea. I just did what I was told. Like I said, noob here so I wouldn't even begin to know that answer. Suggest a fix?
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I have no idea. I just did what I was told. Like I said, noob here so I wouldn't even begin to know that answer. Suggest a fix?
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Do a factory reset in cwm recovery. You will lose your installed apps and home screen setup, so if you are partial to them, make a backup first.
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I believe I may have a soft brick on my SGS II. I had updated my CM9 to the latest in the thread and started to have a few problems. I had my phone overheat and die on me one time and take forever to charge back up. It originally had a yellow triangle next to the battery. After several hours of charging it booted up and I was able to use my phone again. I had never had an issue with CM9 before this and since this day, I had many outstanding issues with it.
As of last night I have had a soft brick I am assuming. But it doesn't seem to be recoverable either. Which is insanely strange. I had flashed many stock firmware and firmware files in Odin but can't see to get the phone to boot bast the AT&T Rethink Possible screen. It's been sitting for two days like this and I can only get to this screen after I have flashed something in Download mode. (doesn't matter, as long as odin resets device I get here) tried repartitioning, flashing stock modem, flashing stock rom in the how to get your device ready to be replaced thread, flashed kernels, flash stock PARAM. and I have got nothing.
Anyway to tell if my phone is saveable? I have the download counter set back to 0 so if push comes to shove i can try to get a new phone from at&t on tuesday.
But i'd really like to see my phone get fixed, the experience is good. Hopefully we can figure this out. All I can get access to is Download mode so recovery is pretty much out of the question.
Any advice guys? Google has done me no good.
Flash a rooted, cwm kernel through Odin, reboot into recovery, flash a rom.
^ that method has never failed me.
Also, when using Odin, use the USB ports on the back of your computer!
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trell959 said:
Flash a rooted, cwm kernel through Odin, reboot into recovery, flash a rom.
^ that method has never failed me.
Also, when using Odin, use the USB ports on the back of your computer!
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This.
Be careful, I have noticed that Odin acts like a ***** when you talk him about extended usb ports.
Reboot your pc, strange as it seems that can fix a lot of ODIN problems.
Does ODIN like x64 based systems?
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Reboot your pc, strange as it seems that can fix a lot of ODIN problems.
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I am running ODIN on an x64 based laptop. it has worked flawlessly until now! I have a soft bricked I777 also so I'm watching this thread for any good stuff to try.
My odin freezes right at the beginning of the FACTORYFS.img push.
It just sits and sits and sits. Drains the battery also.
I'm gonna go try a CWM kernel to see if that will help. My issue I think is the partitions are screwed somehow.
I can't flash back to factory standard because I had JB on my I777 and the flashes are getting stopped up by the partitions.
thanks for the input ...
I never thought of flashing just a kernel! DUHHH...
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I am running ODIN on an x64 based laptop. it has worked flawlessly until now! I have a soft bricked I777 also so I'm watching this thread for any good stuff to try.
My odin freezes right at the beginning of the FACTORYFS.img push.
It just sits and sits and sits. Drains the battery also.
I'm gonna go try a CWM kernel to see if that will help. My issue I think is the partitions are screwed somehow.
I can't flash back to factory standard because I had JB on my I777 and the flashes are getting stopped up by the partitions.
thanks for the input ...
I never thought of flashing just a kernel! DUHHH...
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Next time please don't necro a thread if you figured out your problem.
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Did Not NECRO anything!
Nick281051 said:
Next time please don't necro a thread if you figured out your problem.
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I simply realized there was something I didn't try!
Why are you people so UPTIGHT!!!
The simple fact that NOTHING save a PIT file is able to be written to my phone is the ISSUE here!
So no the Kernal did NOT work. I cannot flash a ROM either as they are all .zips requiring me to have access to my phone. Obviously there is no solution at least on this site! All you people can do is criticize! Does that REALLY make you feel superior?
How about FIXING something? Give me some text I can use!
Thank You
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I simply realized there was something I didn't try!
Why are you people so UPTIGHT!!!
The simple fact that NOTHING save a PIT file is able to be written to my phone is the ISSUE here!
So no the Kernal did NOT work. I cannot flash a ROM either as they are all .zips requiring me to have access to my phone. Obviously there is no solution at least on this site! All you people can do is criticize! Does that REALLY make you feel superior?
How about FIXING something? Give me some text I can use!
Thank You
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I'm not even going to dignify that with a response, because of an attitude like that. You're not entitled to anything here.
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Thanks for your Supurb HELP!
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I'm not even going to dignify that with a response, because of an attitude like that. You're not entitled to anything here.
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Ya know what Nick28...1, Thank you. Please don't respond and take up my bandwidth with your useless text.
I'll figure it out. Now because of you (Be happy with yourself) it won't get posted here and the other that need the info won't get it from here.
So be proud of yourself. You ... Oh whats the use... Later DUD. I did leave the E off the end on purpose!!!
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I'm not even going to dignify that with a response, because of an attitude like that. You're not entitled to anything here.
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Ya know Oh forget it...
I hope you find what you aren't finding. You will be a much better person when you do!
Good Luck!
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Ya know what Nick28...1, Thank you. Please don't respond and take up my bandwidth with your useless text.
I'll figure it out. Now because of you (Be happy with yourself) it won't get posted here and the other that need the info won't get it from here.
So be proud of yourself. You ... Oh whats the use... Later DUD. I did leave the E off the end on purpose!!!
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Ya know Oh forget it...
I hope you find what you aren't finding. You will be a much better person when you do!
Good Luck!
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Good. We want you to figure it out.
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Good. We want you to figure it out.
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I used my server which is an x86 based machine and reverted back to V2.3.4.
I have to go through the steps to get back to JB but at least now I have a phone.
So you all couldn't have helped me anyhow!
But thanks for all your help!
It's good to know you are there when you are needed! Yea that is SARCASTIC!
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trell959 said:
Flash a rooted, cwm kernel through Odin, reboot into recovery, flash a rom.
^ that method has never failed me.
Also, when using Odin, use the USB ports on the back of your computer!
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Trell959 you Biporch and ryude talking about the USB ports and odin being a ***** got me thinking about my computer.
Although I have used my x64 based laptop many times to communicate with my phone for some reason that was exactly what the issue was.
I spent about 15 hours trying to figure out what was wrong with my phones com when it was the USB ports was not 'CLEAN' enough.
I finally moved to my server and plugged into the Main USB ports on it. Low and Behold the First time I was flashing away like a Big Dog!
Arff Arff
I apologize for my childish rants against that Nick guy below. I was frustrated and he offered no help, just naggin! Whatever...
Kudos to you Biporch and ryude!
Whoaaa gezuz man. Look. You necro'd a thread that hasn't seen activity in literally an entire YEAR. It's just against the rules, and considered bad form. Wouldn't it have been more dignified, mature, and positive for the community to have taken this to PM immediately, rather than act like a girl on prom night who just got dumped before the last dance? C'mon now lets all calm down. And let this thread to back to sleeping .
How to update clockworkmod recovery,trying to flash cm9 and cm10 but I recieve a status 7 installation aborbted error. So i assume cwm needs to be updated
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I believe its still an Odin flash
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Can you elaberate please
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T3hBraveBoss said:
How to update clockworkmod recovery,trying to flash cm9 and cm10 but I recieve a status 7 installation aborbted error. So i assume cwm needs to be updated
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gtuansdiamm said:
I believe its still an Odin flash
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T3hBraveBoss said:
Can you elaberate please
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Not to sound mean... But if you are asking about basic stuff, you might want to:
- Read some threads before you start flashing
- use the search function
- follow the thread instructions following the above two suggestions.
Try to troubleshoot yourself first... All your issues are solvable by searching.
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Couldn't find any queries, and so what if it's basic. Everyone has to start somewhere and at some point of time you were in the same position as me; not knowing what to do. So in conclusion don't spark negative comments when I am hundred percent sure you had be in the same spot as me at one point
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T3hBraveBoss said:
Couldn't find any queries, and so what if it's basic. Everyone has to start somewhere and at some point of time you were in the same position as me; not knowing what to do. So in conclusion don't spark negative comments when I am hundred percent sure you had be in the same spot as me at one point
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Just did a search for you and this result (of many) was at the top. Cmon, just try is all.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760376
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Really.? You mean a simple search for clockworkmod update instructions cannot be found in xda? Are you serious? Just did a search for you and this result (of many) was at the top. Cmon, just try is all.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760376
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Couldn't you just post the link to help him out without being a douche ??
jmorton10 said:
Couldn't you just post the link to help him out without being a douche ??
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My first post was un- douche like... The flame followed his volley... however... I did modify for niceness...
If everyone searched first... The mods wouldn't constantly be cleaning threads... Have you or others read published instructions to use the search function first?
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just install rom manager from google play, and then update the CWM from there.
iSpanish said:
just install rom manager from google play, and then update the CWM from there.
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I would like that method way better, but it doesnt show any galaxy s3 phone :/
Naddict said:
My first post was un- douche like... The flame followed his volley... however... I did modify for niceness...
If everyone searched first... The mods wouldn't constantly be cleaning threads... Have you or others read published instructions to use the search function first?
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as I said before I did search before posting, I always try to do so, and it does not explain how to update it; still lost
T3hBraveBoss said:
as I said before I did search before posting, I always try to do so, and it does not explain how to update it; still lost
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Ok.. Did you post this in the cm9 or 10 threads to see if this has been experienced by anyone else? Are you familiar with Odin?
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Not to sound mean... But if you are asking about basic stuff,
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I agree with this POV.
If someone is having trouble simply installing/updating CWM, they absolutely need to do more reading, or chances are they will badly mess up their phone.
Using ODIN and installing CWM are rooting 101, and I would advise any SGS3 user to make sure they know these 2 bits of software inside and out, before jumping into CM9/CM10, as both are not fully stable, and will require additional knowledge to get them working correctly, if it is yet possible given the current build states of each.
If CWM installs, or ODIN flashes are not pieces of cake for you, you should probably pick a different ROM until they are.
Yes we all started somewhere, but a big tip from experienced users to noobs, is to learn how to swim, before jumping in the deep end. And CM9/CM10 is definitely the "deep end" of the Android pool, at least until the builds reach RC status, if not at least beta, as things wont work, or are yet to come upstream.
It takes as much time to flame as it does to post helpful advice. How do you want to be remembered?
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Telling some one that cant swim, how to jump into the deep end, is not my idea of "helpful" advice.
Sometimes the "helpful" advice is.. "you are not ready yet"
It may not be what the person wanting to jump into the deep end wants to hear, but it may save their phone, until they know what they need to, to get where they want to be.
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I agree with this POV.
If someone is having trouble simply installing/updating CWM, they absolutely need to do more reading, or chances are they will badly mess up their phone.
Using ODIN and installing CWM are rooting 101, and I would advise any SGS3 user to make sure they know these 2 bits of software inside and out, before jumping into CM9/CM10, as both are not fully stable, and will require additional knowledge to get them working correctly, if it is yet possible given the current build states of each.
If CWM installs, or ODIN flashes are not pieces of cake for you, you should probably pick a different ROM until they are.
Yes we all started somewhere, but a big tip from experienced users to noobs, is to learn how to swim, before jumping in the deep end. And CM9/CM10 is definitely the "deep end" of the Android pool, at least until the builds reach RC status, if not at least beta, as things wont work, or are yet to come upstream.
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Thanks man...:good:
I know the sense of panic you have when you trash your phone, here's hoping some users understand that by searching first, almost 98% of the answers are out there.
That being said, I am willing to help out, given what I know, but I am willing to bet there are posts already done that lay it out there, step by step, on how to recover from this...???
Again, to anyone seeing this, not trying to be a **** here, but the search function really has tremendous value when looking, don't just try one term, use several variants of terms when searching. I bet you'll find something, heck..you may find out something off your first search topic that'll get you there better or quicker.
OP ...have you looked at this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736476
Well I'm yet to find a detailed guide, I haven't been able to find one - I'm not going to do something based off a bad or poorly written guide, I am not going to risk breaking my new galaxy s3. I am yet to find a guide that suits my standard of usage; it would be nice for someone to point one out to me instead of making a debate oh whether I can or can not do something - please don't consdend me.
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I take it you have the SGS3 for AT&T, correct?
What exactly do you need a guide for, upgrading CWM?
I take you are rooted, what version of CWM do you have, and what version are you trying to upgrade to?
What version & build of CM are you trying to install, the file name should give the specifics?
Does the ODIN count matter to you?
okay download CWM for your phone from :http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Rename it to recovery.img , and copy the file to your phone's internal /sdcard
Grab android terminal emulator from the play store and run the same commands starting with su in the box below.
just type: su
then
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
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I take it you have the SGS3 for AT&T, correct?
What exactly do you need a guide for, upgrading CWM?
I take you are rooted, what version of CWM do you have, and what version are you trying to upgrade to?
What version & build of CM are you trying to install, the file name should give the specifics?
Does the ODIN count matter to you?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1715037
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
I would suggest you not consider it an upgrade persay...think of it as starting over and look at the two posts above, this ought to help...that is, if you are ATT...Thanks DC for the cool head...and getting us back on topic...:laugh::angel:
Is there anybody out there that can make me an ODIN tar of the Novena J2 rom? It's the only way I can flash the rom on my phone, and I am unable to do it... yet. I will gladly donate!
Sir, there is no need to create multiply threads on the same subject/issue, your issue/question has been noted, I have closed your other thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2019772, but if you notice there was a post on this issue in your old thread.
Bottom-line I understand your seeking for resolution, so let's contain your issue in this thread, and Good Luck.
It wasn't done intentionally, I put it in the wrong category then switched it to q&A. Couldnt delete the other, thanks
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Well after a week of asking probably 400 people how to wipe my phone in any other way than recovery, finally someone could help me and it was easy as using kies!
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Ok, so good efforts by 400 people. Its always something easy.
Now we all know if our phone is stolen, a lock screen is no security.
The ultimate lesson ...?
Don't buy a phone you can't use first ...g
I thought of a few "moral of the story. . ." ideas too but surprisingly I held back.
Lulz @ "Buy"
Actually it is pretty secure i had to completely wipe everything to get in
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rangercaptain said:
I thought of a few "moral of the story. . ." ideas too but surprisingly I held back.
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I've never been one to hold back...
And I'm pleased that a solution was found.
No dis-respect was intended toward the OP, simply a best practices approach next time....g
Agreed.
I had 4.1.1 unlocked and rooted. I reverted back to stock and locked bootloader updated to 4.1.2 and had a bootloop. I ran the no you verizon and it fixed the bootloop but it won't give me root or unlock my bootloader. I would upload my pastebin but limited due to little posts.
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I had 4.1.1 unlocked and rooted. I reverted back to stock and locked bootloader updated to 4.1.2 and had a bootloop. I ran the no you verizon and it fixed the bootloop but it won't give me root or unlock my bootloader. I would upload my pastebin but limited due to little posts.
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for those having problems with roms pre vramc3 and are having boot loop problems I would recommend getting a usb jig on eBay or Amazon or making one.
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
It'll save you a ton of time dealing with those finicky pit files and spending hours on Odin.
Then you can download whatever stock Rom and flash it with Odin!
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for those having problems with roms pre vramc3 and are having boot loop problems I would recommend getting a usb jig on eBay or Amazon or making one.
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
It'll save you a ton of time dealing with those finicky pit files and spending hours on Odin.
Then you can download whatever stock Rom and flash it with Odin!
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You'll still have to use Odin and the pit files, all it does is boot your phone into Download Mode when you can't or have issues doing so.
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shangrila500 said:
You'll still have to use Odin and the pit files, all it does is boot your phone into Download Mode when you can't or have issues doing so.
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Ah thanks for clearing that up : )
I don't have a boot loop anymore. Im stock with 4.1.2 but the "no you Verizon" get a critical error. And, I don't know why.
Post 4.... waiting another 5 min
post 5... :crying:
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post 5... :crying:
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Try posting in the Casual thread and asking for help
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shangrila500 said:
Try posting in the Casual thread and asking for help
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I would but like I said I need 10 posts to post a url which I need to explain..
Post 7 yayyyy
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I would but like I said I need 10 posts to post a url which I need to explain..
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You can always get around the url posting by doing something like wwwDOTgoogleDOTcom or something similar.
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shangrila500 said:
You can always get around the url posting by doing something like wwwDOTgoogleDOTcom or something similar.
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In order to even post where I need to I have to have 10 posts anyways.
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In order to even post where I need to I have to have 10 posts anyways.
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Ahh. I forgot about that.
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Ahh. I forgot about that.
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Im gettin there, I hope to be a regular on here now anyways so to the future! :highfive:
Yay 10 posts :angel:
eboodnero said:
for those having problems with roms pre vramc3 and are having boot loop problems I would recommend getting a usb jig on eBay or Amazon or making one.
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
It'll save you a ton of time dealing with those finicky pit files and spending hours on Odin.
Then you can download whatever stock Rom and flash it with Odin!
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Dude please stop telling people about JTags and JIGs on eBay if their phone can boot then there is a 99.9% chance that there is a fix or workaround for what they're experiencing...usually people are not explaining the problem correctly but even still this guy said his phone is working and he is up and running....straight to the point just please stop telling people they need to buy extra stuff without first trying to help them or fully understanding what exactly the problem is that theyre experiencing....i know you want to help which in my opinion is fantastic but even if you dont know the answer try and look it up for them or direct them in the right place for further assistence before telling them they need to buy something which in reality is just not the case
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Dude please stop telling people about JTags and JIGs on eBay if their phone can boot then there is a 99.9% chance that there is a fix or workaround for what they're experiencing...usually people are not explaining the problem correctly but even still this guy said his phone is working and he is up and running....straight to the point just please stop telling people they need to buy extra stuff without first trying to help them or fully understanding the problem theyre experiencing....i know you want to help which in my opinion is fantastic but even if you dont know the answer try and look it up for them or direct them in the right place for further assistence before gelling them they need to buy something which in reality is just not the case
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I posted that before shangrila corrected me. You're right, I'm sorry :/ I won't be recommending that at all. I think those were the only two posts I made about them. Sorry!
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I posted that before shangrila corrected me. You're right, I'm sorry :/ I won't be recommending that at all. I think those were the only two posts I made about them. Sorry!
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Its fine man it really is....most of the time if you can AT THE VERY LEAST boot your phone into download mode then you should be okay and there is probably a fix but you just have to find it....keep helping people man even just pointing someone in the right direction is a much much much better way to go about helping than telling someone to buy something that is very unnecessary.... Keep it up though man you'll be fine just please stop with the JTags and JIGs lol
So I reverted my bootloader back to 4.1.1 unlocked and rooted it again. Updated my radio to 4.1.2 now I feel like I have my phone again.
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Casual 4.1.2
Im trying to root on Note2 i605VRAMC3. But Casual stops to download Heimdall_1.4RC3_mac32.pkg over and over. I have a mac64 and have downloaded and installed Heimdall_1.4RC3_mac64.pkg but still with no luck. Can someone help me me, Thanks