Help for noobeeee pleeeease.
I've read lots of posts on this, but I am not that experienced. So I am asking for easy to follow instructions.
Basically, my phone will not reset. I go thru the options, but when the phone reboots, nothing has changed.
There is one error msg when it goes thru the reboot:
Can't access to '/system/csc/ATT/system/
It as if it does not accept any changes. If I erase an app, reboot, the app is back again.
Any help is appreciated. Again, please do not send me to other threads that have instructions to root, reflash, etc....I need easy steps.
Also, I have a MAC. Thanks.
So you've read a lot of posts, and haven't grasped the meaning of them yet. Since I wrote some of the main guides, I don't know if my answers here will be any more understandable to you.
You will need to provide more information before I can tell what the problem is and make suggestions. What does the following mean? For instance, how exactly are you trying to reset the phone? What options are you referring to.
Basically, my phone will not reset. I go thru the options, but when the phone reboots, nothing has changed.
There is one error msg when it goes thru the reboot:
Can't access to '/system/csc/ATT/system/
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Also, what firmware is on the phone. Is it stock? Is it rooted?
If I erase an app, reboot, the app is back again.
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This probably means that you are not rooted and are trying to remove protected files, or it may mean that you are rooted and trying to remove protected files while the file manager is in read only state.
creepyncrawly said:
So you've read a lot of posts, and haven't grasped the meaning of them yet. Since I wrote some of the main guides, I don't know if my answers here will be any more understandable to you.
You will need to provide more information before I can tell what the problem is and make suggestions. What does the following mean? For instance, how exactly are you trying to reset the phone? What options are you referring to.
Also, what firmware is on the phone. Is it stock? Is it rooted?
This probably means that you are not rooted and are trying to remove protected files, or it may mean that you are rooted and trying to remove protected files while the file manager is in read only state.
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I've done both reset options: though settings / privacy / factory data reset, and
while power off, press volume up/down, and release power
both with the same results
Android: 2.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.35.7
Not sure if its stock. Doubt that it is rooted. How could I tell?
Thanks for the help.
cupojojo said:
I've done both reset options: though settings / privacy / factory data reset, and
while power off, press volume up/down, and release power
both with the same results
Android: 2.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.35.7
Not sure if its stock. Doubt that it is rooted. How could I tell?
Thanks for the help.
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Hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ and pwr until the splash screen appears the second time, then release the buttons. Phone will boot into recovery. It should say 3e recovery, which is the recovery that comes with the stock firmware. In recovery select the "wipe data/factory reset" option. The phone will reboot.
This wipe data/factory reset process basically removes all information from the /data partition, and returns it to factory default state. All user installed applications and personal settings will be gone, and the phone will be essentially like it was when new.
If you have gone through this exact procedure and not gotten this exact result, then there is something strange going on.
Please do the above exactly as described, and also confirm that the recovery you have says "3e recovery."
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Hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ and pwr until the splash screen appears the second time, then release the buttons. Phone will boot into recovery. It should say 3e recovery, which is the recovery that comes with the stock firmware. In recovery select the "wipe data/factory reset" option. The phone will reboot.
This wipe data/factory reset process basically removes all information from the /data partition, and returns it to factory default state. All user installed applications and personal settings will be gone, and the phone will be essentially like it was when new.
If you have gone through this exact procedure and not gotten this exact result, then there is something strange going on.
Please do the above exactly as described, and also confirm that the recovery you have says "3e recovery."
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It says "Android system recovery <3e>"
I go thru all the steps, it says 'Data wipe complete', then I choose reboot....and the phone is exactly as it was before. No change.
Yes, there is something strange going on. Thanks for the help. Whats next?
Reflash stock rom using Odin. It will erase everything for you.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
Teknodad1974 said:
Reflash stock rom using Odin. It will erase everything for you.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks. But as I said before, i've looked around this forum, and have not had luck finding easy to follow instructions. So can you please give me simple step by step instructions, or get me to a link that does that. Thanks.
cupojojo said:
Thanks. But as I said before, i've looked around this forum, and have not had luck finding easy to follow instructions. So can you please give me simple step by step instructions, or get me to a link that does that. Thanks.
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Go to the Download Repository (see my signature) to find the various versions of stock. For stand alone Odin, you want a .tar file. You can also download the Odin3 v1.85 package from a link there.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
creepyncrawly said:
Go to the Download Repository (see my signature) to find the various versions of stock. For stand alone Odin, you want a .tar file. You can also download the Odin3 v1.85 package from a link there.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
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Thanks. But before I start on this, I am working on a MAC! Will it work?
cupojojo said:
Thanks. But before I start on this, I am working on a MAC! Will it work?
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Oh. Sorry, I forgot you mentioned that. No this is for Windows PC.
You can most likely flash from a Mac using the Heimdall command line tool. It is not as straight forward. Can you get access to a PC to do this? That would be somewhat easier for you since the learning curve is not as steep.
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Oh. Sorry, I forgot you mentioned that. No this is for Windows PC.
You can most likely flash from a Mac using the Heimdall command line tool. It is not as straight forward. Can you get access to a PC to do this? That would be somewhat easier for you since the learning curve is not as steep.
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ok, i'm on a pc. I have now downloaded i777_UCKH7_sbl.tar. Now what? I double click, and i get to a web site.
cupojojo said:
ok, i'm on a pc. I have now downloaded i777_UCKH7_sbl.tar. Now what? I double click, and i get to a web site.
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No. You don't want the secondary boot loader.
Download from the "I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries" section and choose the second item, "I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL tar.md5"
Flash that in Odin just as it is. You don't have to remove the md5 extension. This is 2.3.6, the same version you have on the phone.
creepyncrawly said:
No. You don't want the secondary boot loader.
Download from the "I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries" section and choose the second item, "I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL tar.md5"
Flash that in Odin just as it is. You don't have to remove the md5 extension. This is 2.3.6, the same version you have on the phone.
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ok now i have
I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5.7z
now what? I'm on windows 8
double click does not know how to open it, removing '7z' also no luck
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ok now i have
I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5.7z
now what? I'm on windows 8
double click does not know how to open it, removing '7z' also no luck
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You can download the 7z archiving program for free and use that to unzip the archive. http://www.7-zip.org/
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You can download the 7z archiving program for free and use that to unzip the archive. http://www.7-zip.org/
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ok now i have
I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5 in a folder. Double click does nothing. What next?
Thanks for your patience.
cupojojo said:
ok now i have
I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5 in a folder. Double click does nothing. What next?
Thanks for your patience.
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You need to have the "Samsung usb driver for mobile phones" installed on the pc. I don't know windows 8, but if you find it listed in the place where you can uninstall programs then it is installed. If it is not installed, go to this page on the Samsung website and find the download at near the bottom of the page.
When the driver is installed, go back to the post where I gave the directions for flashing. In step 7, you select the .tar.md5 file just as it is to put into the pda slot.
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You need to have the "Samsung usb driver for mobile phones" installed on the pc. I don't know windows 8, but if you find it listed in the place where you can uninstall programs then it is installed. If it is not installed, go to this page on the Samsung website and find the download at near the bottom of the page.
When the driver is installed, go back to the post where I gave the directions for flashing. In step 7, you select the .tar.md5 file just as it is to put into the pda slot.
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This is your step 1:
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
What is odin? the Samsung driver? There is nothing on the desktop for odin or the driver. I installed the driver. What do i start up?
cupojojo said:
This is your step 1:
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
What is odin? the Samsung driver? There is nothing on the desktop for odin or the driver. I installed the driver. What do i start up?
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Well, I got Odin. Ran everything as described. Odin top right says "PASS". In bottom pane says ' all threads completed (succeed 1 / failed 0)
BUT THE PHONE IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS BEFORE!!!!!
What is happening?
Try rooting using Framaroot.apk and install CWM recovery and try using its data factory reset and dalvik and cache wipe. Or a kernel cleaner of some sort.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
cupojojo said:
Well, I got Odin. Ran everything as described. Odin top right says "PASS". In bottom pane says ' all threads completed (succeed 1 / failed 0)
BUT THE PHONE IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS BEFORE!!!!!
What is happening?
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If your phone was stock before and you just flashed a stock ios its going to look the same. Its as if it came out of the box from the store.
If you want a custom ROM you need to root your device and flash a custom ROM
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****THIS POST IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS*****READ COMPLETELY BEFORE PROCEEDING*********************************************************************
I had to do this because I had flashed wrong thing in ODIN, and I had NO other choice....I did not do this by choice but this REALLY WORKS and I THINK ITS GREAT I was taking a RISK and I understood the consequences....I Could have ended up with a BRICKED PHONE, but that was not to be. I am VERY VERY happy with the results.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ALOT OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST WAS USED FROM LINKS AND POSTS FROM XDA WEBSITE THEY ARE A GREAT FORUM AND ANYONE DOING THIS SHOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF "XDA" AND "MOD A DROID"....THANK YOU XDA AND ALL THE DEV'S FOR ALL YOUR WORK ALL THE MATERIAL IN THIS POST I WILL PUT LINKS TO PAGES AT THE BOTTOM FROM PAGES USED "BUT I HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THE STEPS SO FOLLOW THIS POSTS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS PROCEDURE"....TO FASCINATE YOUR MESMERIZE.
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
******************************READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE********************************************************
First -You NEED to download everything and have it on your PC ready to use !!! DO NOT START WITHOUT DOING THIS.
Second -You NEED to backup your contacts. DO NOT USE MY CONTACTS BACKUP !!! You will not have that app yet so there is no way to restore them. I used an app. called LOOKOUT from the market. You have to install on phone and sign-up on LOOKOUTS web sight and make sure you run a backup of contacts, as well you need to move any apps you want to your PC or SD card. I recommend the PC to leave space on SD Card....Have at least 1GB free on card to be plenty safe.
Ok heres the deal this may or may not be something you will want to do to your phone....DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK....This is what I did to turn my phone into a Fascinate even though I was a US Cellular Mesmerize. I WARN THIS WORKS BUT THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO DOING THIS. To date there is NO, I REPEAT NO WAY to date to go back from this procedure to a MESMERIZE. Someone may have a way but I have not seen or found it yet. I do believe it is only a matter of time before the DEV'S come up with a restore and then you could go back to stock. SUMMARY= THERE IS NO WAY TO DATE TO REVERSE THIS PROCEDURE !!! DO AT OWN RISK !!!
First thing you need to do is download ROM MANAGER from the market and put the App on the SD Card for later install. Next Download this file here>>>>
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Fascinate Files/update.zip ---- to the ROOT of your SD Card it is a file called "UPDATE.ZIP" "DO NOT RENAME" put that on there and do not remove it you need it do a restore to access Clockwork later. This is where you need to have this located on SD. ---- /sdcard/update.zip.
Second you need to download...DI01 update with root and busybox here>>>>http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S7IFCKX0
Important:"DO NOT RENAME" and DO NOT put this on the root of your sdcard as /sdcard/update.zip. That's where clockwork mod lives. PUT IN FOLDER you name what ever on SD Card. You will need to go here later in the post to install this in step#12
/sdcard/"FOLDER YOU NAME"/update.zip.
Next thing you need the samsung drivers for windows for this to work. Those can be found on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238 [this page has a good write up on how to down load and install.] or direct link BELOW>>>> Thank you DIRRK XDA member.
Download and Install Samsung Drivers to your WINDOWS PC this whole procedure was done on a WINDOWS 7 PC. WARNING: You need different drivers for mac/Linux and I do not know where to get them as I have only a WINDOWS PC.
64bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
32bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
*************************AFTER THIS POINT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO BACK PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!! ************************************************
For this next step THANK YOU FALLINGUP SENIOR MEMBER XDA....I have altered his orig. post to give more detail for people, using ODIN please follow my post to do this !!
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
****************************FROM HERE ON ONLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS POST TO DO THIS***************************************************
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**************************GET ODIN AND ALL FILES NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING DOWNLOAD TO PC FOR USE*********************************************
LINKS ATTACHED TO FILES BELOW.
Next download ODIN and run. Make sure ODIN sees your phone by putting phone in DOWNLOAD MODE by pulling battery LEAVE OUT. Run ODIN. HOLD VOL DOWN AND PLUG INTO PC with cable that came with phone, a yellow rectangle with id# means ODIN sees it----once this is connected DO NOT UNPLUG UNTIL ODIN IS FINISHED. If you do you will see a PC connected to a phone by a triangle this means you prematurely unplugged and you will need to re-flash whichever step failed to flash. It is only OK to unplug once a step is finished and Odin says reset in blue, but you do not need to you can load the next file and go. But I've got steps below so if you are here you didn't read entire post. CAREFUL Now follow step 4.1
ONLY FLASH ONE OF THESE AT A TIME. START WITH THE /SYSTEM ODIN AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN THE LIST.---You do not just flash the pit file it is used with the other files like system,kernel,and recovery. ****FILES BELOW STEPS****READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE USING ODIN AND KNOW THE RISKS*************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
************************ONCE YOU FLASH ANYTHING YOU CAN NOT GO BACK YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE**********************************************
Steps:
1. Pull battery from device
2. Open Odin on desktop
3. Hold volume down button and plug device into computer-This will place the device into download mode
4. Verify device shows up in Odin ---This should be a yellow rectangle with id #----As well the phone will also say download mode with a yellow triangle on it
4.1: Select PIT button
4.2: Select PIT file downloaded from this post and load it into Odin. (I Never loaded the pit file when I did this in Odin and worked fine for me but from what I understand it is good practice to do so to Quote a post ---"You need to load the pit file into Odin---Missing these steps usually results in major FC hell issues." Thanks PHOENIXPATH senior member XDA
4.1: To Flash the "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" file you,
5. Click "PDA" button in Odin ---MAKE SURE YOU ONLY USE PDA "DO NOT USE PHONE" YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
6. Select "Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5" from where you downloaded it
7. Click "Start" This will reboot your phone when complete. This flashes both the kernel and the recovery partition to enable you to flash update.zips signed with test keys. ---When done ODIN should say reset leave pit alone and load next file of the three needed to be flashed.(YOU MAY NEED TO UNPLUG and REDO STEPS 1-4 AGAIN)and jump/proceed to step#8 and continue on.
8. Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
8.1 Flash "Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5" when done says reset move to next step.
9. Flash "CWMrecovery.tar" ----THANK YOU JT1134 Senior member XDA
10. Replace the battery and Boot in to Recovery= HOLD VOL UP + VOL DOWN same time and PRESS POWER, all three need to be pushed to enter recovery.
11. In recovery navigate UP=vol. up/ DOWN=vol. down /ENTER=home key----You need to select "apply sdcard:UPDATE.ZIP" on ROOT of SD Card to enter the next recovery screen.
12.In this recovery "CLOCKWORK RECOVERY" navigation is different UP/DOWN=SAME but ENTER=power key---you need to navigate to the "ADVANCED" and then apply "WIPE DALVIK CACHE" when done select "REBOOT RECOVERY" (brings you to stock recovery) navigate to "WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET" once done go to "APPLY SDCARD UPDATE.ZIP" then "INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD" once there select "CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD" navigate to the folder "YOU GAVE A NAME TO" and inside is the 2nd "UPDATE.ZIP" you put there and select it...wait until it is finnished...once done.."GO BACK"and"GO BACK AGAIN" then select "REBOOT SYSTEM NOW"
13. Enjoy your stock Fascinate phone with DI01 update and root and busybox . You still will have phone call ability but a couple of apps like contacts backup and vcast are "Verizon" and we at US Cellular can not use. But once you install custom ROMS in Rom Manager you will be able to get roms with them removed or get apps to shut down/freeze them and sub. them out.
Alot of the ROMS have apps taken from the MESMERIZE so this is not really an issue at least not to me.
INSTALL ROM MANAGER FROM SD CARD OR LOAD TO PHONE FROM PC AND INSTALL ON PHONE......
NOW GO INTO ROM MANAGER AND "BACKUP CURRENT ROM" so any changes made from here you can get back to this point.....once done you can NOW LOAD CUSTOM ROMS,KERNELS AND ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF YOUR "FASCINATED-MESMERIZE"
Buy the latest PRO version of ROM MANAGER and use to upgrade kernels thru clockwork or load roms in rom manager......
These are the files to put in ODIN PDA Flashing one at a time with the PIT file. ONLY USE PIT AND PDA......You have been warned again. PS-NEVER DUMP IN ODIN,and do not check anything but PDA AND PIT...there are things checked in ODIN when it loads leave them alone.
Download: "To PC for use in ODIN before you begin"
Odin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Odin3 v1.3.exe -This is program to use to flash.
Odin Restore file for system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5 -----THIS IS FIRST.
Odin Restore file for kernel: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5 -----THIS IS SECOND.
Odin Restore file for recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Recovery.tar.md5 ----THIS IS THIRD.---this is just to be safe
Odin Clockwork recovery file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/CWMrecovery.tar ------THIS IS FOURTH ONE I FLASHED.
PIT file for use in Odin Restores: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-pit.pit ----THIS IS PIT TO USE "WITH" ABOVE FILES.
*************************THANK YOU TO XDA WITHOUT YOU THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE**********************************************************
LINKS REFERENCED FROM XDA's WEBSITE THANK YOU AGAIN XDA MEMBERS !!! YOU GUYS ROCK !!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=721
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790085
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788099
IF YOU LIKE THIS LEAVE ME SOME FEED BACK PLEASE.....................THANKS AND ENJOY........ANDROIDMAN
EXTRA NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SCH I-500 MESMERIZE......AS IT HAS ONLY BEEN DONE ON THAT MODEL..........
FLASHING ANY OTHER GALAXY S VARIANTS ODIN FILES WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE !!!!!!!!!
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
danrosinski said:
Because There is no way mainstream to use clockwork or rom manager. Hense you can only root, thats it without this.
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Correct, No Way of FLashing ROM MANAGER so you can apply the first update.zip
You Can Flash but when you apply the update to a MESMERIZE you get E:signature verify fail -hence No Clockwork, NO Roms. No Way to Customize
jtsharps said:
My thoughts exactly?! I thought people that had a fascinate were wishing it wasn't so fascinatish?
Whatever floats your boat I guess.
JT
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When I orig. did this I had No Choice, This is something that I had to do...and Thankfully Worked just thought I would Share because now I can Use CLOCKWORKMOD and ROM MANAGER and customize my phone as if it were a Fasinate.
lowkee said:
How odd.
Why would you want to make your phone a fascinate? Most of us went the other way in order to debing.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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Did you read the entire post I had NO choice as stated in the beginning....Thank You.
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
s44 said:
Can't link it now but doesn't Koush have a post on compiling Clockwork for new phones?
Sent from my Voodoo-powered Fascinate with XDA
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If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
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If he dose I havent seen it can you throw that up for everyone?
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Now I'm home, so here's the post.
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
What are the other possible applications for this?
PhoenixPath said:
Awesome job. Glad you got it working. Now all we need its a way to reverse these steps so us fascinate users can go to 'stock' mesmerize.
(...or better yet, stock android...)
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Yea, was worried origionally that I was screwed but its a draw/Im happy its only a matter of time before the Fasinate users will be able to go stock mesmerize because this SHOULD?see no reason why not, go both ways.
I know that Sprint is doing an I-500 can we go there too, at least for apps and features. I wonder? And what about the 4G...USC and VZW are 3G would switching/Moding give any advantages I think NOT but still wonder how much of that speed is controled by phone software. I really think its all the network but not 100% sure.
Post above looks interesting the one for Koush's site am checking it out now....Thanks
Sent from my Stupid Fast Blackhole of a Fasinated-Mesmerize
Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
PhoenixPath said:
Just need the odin files for the mesmerize.
Sent from my stupidfast blackish hole...
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Got any open space to host?
It's called dropbox.
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It's called dropbox.
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3 hours to upload that small of a file... Dropbox blows for something like that. We'll see.
So i have clockwork working on my mesmerize and running jts super clean but does this allow you to use all facinate roms and kernels on the mesmerize? if so i wanna try this
so if i did this and i used clockwork to perform a backup before i did this could i possibly just restore that backup and have it be a mesmerize again?
and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
tweakymattman said:
and it was said there are pros and cons of doing this? the pros are great but what are the cons besides not being able to go back to stock mesmerize????
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I can't get mms working....
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
This makes about 100 times more sense.
http://androidforums.com/behold-2-all-things-root/54424-creating-custom-roms-backups-odin.html
So I went to Odin my phone back to stock JI6 in Odin and I used the tar and pit file and select re-partition to wipe everything. Everything went fine and it rebooted, but now it brings me to the Recovery menu and says:
e:Can't mount /dev/block/st110 (Invalid argument"
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATE:
copy default media content failed.
I've tried to reboot into download mode via the keys, and through adb, but I can't get there to install the OS...
Any help?
Thanks!
sano614 said:
So I went to Odin my phone back to stock JI6 in Odin and I used the tar and pit file and select re-partition to wipe everything. Everything went fine and it rebooted, but now it brings me to the Recovery menu and says:
e:Can't mount /dev/block/st110 (Invalid argument"
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATE:
copy default media content failed.
I've tried to reboot into download mode via the keys, and through adb, but I can't get there to install the OS...
Any help?
Thanks!
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1.) Make sure you are using something that is NOT 'Odin3 1.0' the best versions are 'Odin3 1.3 & Odin3 1.7' IMO
2.) Make sure you are using JFD Stock to odin back.
Master™ said:
1.) Make sure you are using something that is NOT 'Odin3 1.0' the best versions are 'Odin3 1.3 & Odin3 1.7' IMO
2.) Make sure you are using JFD Stock to odin back.
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I am using Odin3 v1.30.
But how am I going to get JI6 or even JFD on the phone? It won't start up, just keeps going to this menu where my only options are reboot system now, reinstall packages (does nothing) delete all user data and delete cache data..
sano614 said:
I am using Odin3 v1.30.
But how am I going to get JI6 or even JFD on the phone? It won't start up, just keeps going to this menu where my only options are reboot system now, reinstall packages (does nothing) delete all user data and delete cache data..
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You don't reinstall packages.
Just use JFD that is the one that is most likely to work. Not all work for everyone.
JI6 doesn't work for me.
To use Odin, you go into download mode. You don't use recovery.
Master™ said:
You don't reinstall packages.
Just use JFD that is the one that is most likely to work. Not all work for everyone.
JI6 doesn't work for me.
To use Odin, you go into download mode. You don't use recovery.
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That's the thing, I can't get into download... Neither the hardware buttons or adb will get me there.. I type adb reboot download, and it takes me to the menu with the above options I mentioned.
sano614 said:
That's the thing, I can't get into download... Neither the hardware buttons or adb will get me there.. I type adb reboot download, and it takes me to the menu with the above options I mentioned.
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So you are hardware locked? The following MAY or MAY NOT work...
1.) Turn off your phone, remove battery/sim/micro SD
2.) Press & Hold the VOL UP+VOL DOWN
3.) Plug your phone into your computer (Keep holding those buttons)
4.) Download mode should pop up.
Master™ said:
So you are hardware locked? The following MAY or MAY NOT work...
1.) Turn off your phone, remove battery/sim/micro SD
2.) Press & Hold the VOL UP+VOL DOWN
3.) Plug your phone into your computer (Keep holding those buttons)
4.) Download mode should pop up.
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I shouldn't be hardware locked, I flashed the file to get rid of the hardware lock before I used Odin earlier and was able to get into Recovery via the buttons (didn't try download though.. DOH!)
I was able to get into download mode now, though, and am flashing JI6 while JFD downloads (very slowly). JI6 finished and same error... Will wait for JFD to be done.
Thank you very much, Master. Merry Christmas.
I'm all set now. Thank you for all your help, Master.
how did you get the phone running again, i mean i can go to the download screen, but after any update I still recieve the same recovery screen with error.......... tried so many things none of them work, what to do?
jaiiscool said:
how did you get the phone running again, i mean i can go to the download screen, but after any update I still recieve the same recovery screen with error.......... tried so many things none of them work, what to do?
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What are you trying to flash? I had to use Odin to flash JFD, not JI6 as that just kept sending me to that same recovery screen with the error.
sano614 said:
What are you trying to flash? I had to use Odin to flash JFD, not JI6 as that just kept sending me to that same recovery screen with the error.
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I have a Galaxy S with this error, I am trying to flash the DDJP6 firmware with ODIN, I had checked the repartition by mistake and got this error, don't know what to do now.
Hello everyone, if your reading this you likely have the error mentioned above. Recently, a friend of mine came to me with this same problem. I looked long n hard and every link I found was broken. Every odin file I needed was removed. I even noticed that eugene kindly took down his odin to stock package...that was pretty cool of him At any rate, I still had eugenes odin to froyo zip luckily, I tried flashing this normaly thru odin and got the same error. What ended up working for my buddys phone was, using eugenes odin package and putting a check in "re-format" in odin. That fixed it right up. If your having the same errors, please feel free to contact me. Id be happy to link you or do anything else in power to help. This worked like a champ! Good luck. If this helped ya, please feel free to hit my thanks button. I only have 3!
JFD is the only one that carries all the necessary files for the check-repartition ODIN install...
Something to do with flashing both bootloaders.
EricDET said:
JFD is the only one that carries all the necessary files for the check-repartition ODIN install...
Something to do with flashing both bootloaders.
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Nope, nothing to do with bootloaders. It has to do with jfd being the only realeased odin package that contains dbdata.rfs of the .tar. None of the other ones do.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
I went to partition my sd card through rom manager, I have all the files on my computer (all different versions since November). It went into recovery, mounted sd, was formatting and next thing I knew it is stuck on the overstocked logo. I am running Trigger 3.0 & flashed in overstocked (through rom manager) and themed with a splash of color with other modifications.
The thing is, is that I also have the vibrant galaxy s 4g and was using the 16gb sd for both until my 32 came in and realized, not a good idea. So until the 32 came in I decided to just work on this phone but wanted to get any signs of the 4g off this phone so was cleaning it up and now here I am.....
Read the threads here and have gotten into the download mode, with nothing to download but it goes right back to the "overstocked" logo or bouncing to the "vibrant" logo and battery sign.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
EricDET said:
JFD is the only one that carries all the necessary files for the check-repartition ODIN install...
Something to do with flashing both bootloaders.
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I used Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5, and s1_odin_20100512.pit. I checked re-partition and left F. reset time and auto reboot checked. This solved the e:Can't mount /dev/block/st110 error. Idk if this will work for everyone, but using the exact same files but without re-partition checked left the same error, checking it fixed the error. Just thought Id share my results because that can be a very frustrating error which in my friends case caused fc's all over the place, while booting up and a bunch of apps as well.
So, like the majority of people who has a fascinate who wants to get 2.2, I found myself working through the threads posted on these forums. But I've ran into a snag.
i've set everything up correctly and rooted the phone. Before I push and install a custom rom, i'd like to have a back up. So i've been using clockwork to do this. Rom manager keeps failing about a 1/3 of the way through back up. it says something along the lines of "error while backing up boot image".
I cannot figure out what exactly is going on here. I've tried many different things but with no success. Can anyone shed some light on how to fix this so I can get a back up before I put a custom rom on the phone?
Thanks!
Any ideas out there?
nsxt2189 said:
So, like the majority of people who has a fascinate who wants to get 2.2, I found myself working through the threads posted on these forums. But I've ran into a snag.
i've set everything up correctly and rooted the phone. Before I push and install a custom rom, i'd like to have a back up. So i've been using clockwork to do this. Rom manager keeps failing about a 1/3 of the way through back up. it says something along the lines of "error while backing up boot image".
I cannot figure out what exactly is going on here. I've tried many different things but with no success. Can anyone shed some light on how to fix this so I can get a back up before I put a custom rom on the phone?
Thanks!
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Don't ever use ROM MANAGER(It's not 100% friendly with FC), as that being said, Refer to My Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001064
Download CWM in step 8
Then, if you don't have Odin, Download it in Step 2
Read Step 3 and 4.
Instead of putting ROM in PDA, put the CWM.tar file in PDA.
Then click start.
It will reboot to RED CWM.
When CWM is installed, you can download any ROM of your choice, I suggest SuperClean 2.9.2. V, from Android Development Section.
If this Helped you, Thx me by pressing button at bottom right
does this provide any back up so i can reroot the phone to its original state incase of an OTA update?
I am a little confused on this
nsxt2189 said:
does this provide any back up so i can reroot the phone to its original state incase of an OTA update?
I am a little confused on this
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STOCK ROM
http://adrynalyne.us/files/kernels/DI01package3.tar.md5
THESE Steps are to upgrade your phone to Froyo.
since your phone is rooted skip to #2.
BEFORE DOING ANY OF THESE STEPS, MAKE SURE TO BACK UP EVERYTHING. Contacts w/e u need after installing ROM.
Best Backup App is Titanium Back-Up. (It's 5bucs, but worth every penny)
Must Do before all the steps
1. Download and Install Samsung Drivers
64bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root file...alaxyS_x64.zip
or
32bit:
http://www.wikifilez.com/root file...Phones_x86.exe
2. Go to Settings > Applications > Development > Enable Debugging then plug in your phone
Step 1: Download Z4Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
put it into sdcard, click "my files", then install it. After that, click Permanent Root. If its done, the Phone should reboot.
Step 2: Now you have successfully rooted your phone, you can Download CWM, but before you do that, you need Odin.
Download Odin here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832827
Then Download CWM: I uploaded this link by myself, couldn't find decent one.
http://www.4shared.com/file/08yRO9cs/cwm-recovery-ALL.html
Step 3: To flash CWM, you have to turn your phone to "Download Mode"
It can be done simply by taking battery out and Holding down button + home key, then plug it to USB.
Step 4: Now you are ready to flash CWM. Open the Odin, if your phone is connected, the message box should say "Added!!" Then, you are good to go.
After that, click "PDA" and click the CWM.tar file and press Start.
Don't unplug until the message @ bottom shows up!
When the process is done the message box should say
" Removed!!
Completed..
All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)"
Step 5: When its done, put the battery back on. When it starts, it should go in to 2.5.1.x Red CWM. Its perfectly fine, now just click reboot now.
Volume Down > Down
Volume Up> Up
Menu > Back
Back Button > Forward
Step 6: Download SC Rom here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983395
Then put it into SD Card.
Step 7: Turn off your phone, then Start the Phone by pressing BOTH of Volume key > Power button.
It should take you back to CWM.
When you are in CWM
Wipe DATA/Cache
Wipe Dalvik (click Advance)
Step 8: Click "Install zip from SDCARD"
Then click the Archive you've saved the ROM.
Then Apply it, it might take a while to Copy files.
When its done, click "Reboot System Now"
Rebooting might take 2~5 mins or more.
Your phone is rooted/Rom'd
You can choose theme that is SuperClean friendly.
Let me know if there's any problem....
If this helped you.
Press THANKS button !!
So no nandroid back up?
Ill try it when I get a chance!
Thx!
nsxt2189 said:
So no nandroid back up?
Ill try it when I get a chance!
Thx!
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If you are in Stock ROM right now, you can just flash (assuming you are rooted) CWM and there is Nandroid Backup Menu in there.
Edit: But I see a lot of ppl with nandroid issue. So whenever u need stock rom, you can flash all-in-one DI01 rom
i followed you step by step,and when i flashed to CWM.rar it ran and completed, however when i booted it, it just started and did not go into any recovery mode. so i turned it off and started it into recovery, and it went into the stock recovery. Some one had said that with EA28 that it had an automatic way to kick cwm if it was detected...Any advice?
however i did try this and this just worked wonders for me, instead of disconnecting after i complete the flash, i left it plugged and right as the phone reboots i threw my battery in, when i did this it auto rebooted into clockwork mod(praise god)
I've read several threads about similar events, but none to match my problem.
I have this i777 from att, never rooted or flashed, just stock.
It started rebooting at logo screen (Samsung Galaxy SII logo).
I can get to "Download/Recovery mode" by using UP&DOWN+POWER.
Clearing Cache didn't fix it.
Now I'm afraid of doing the "Clear Data/Factory Reset" because I really need my data (and that's kind of the main purpose of this thread)
Can anyone help me a little?
I don't know much about, flashing, kernel and stuff but i can try if it's needed.
Thanks.
Make sure you are using the original battery. Some replacement batteries have what is called a "boot loop"
korandot said:
I've read several threads about similar events, but none to match my problem.
I have this i777 from att, never rooted or flashed, just stock.
It started rebooting at logo screen (Samsung Galaxy SII logo).
I can get to "Download/Recovery mode" by using UP&DOWN+POWER.
Clearing Cache didn't fix it.
Now I'm afraid of doing the "Clear Data/Factory Reset" because I really need my data (and that's kind of the main purpose of this thread)
Can anyone help me a little?
I don't know much about, flashing, kernel and stuff but i can try if it's needed.
Thanks.
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If your stock man, and havent done anything to the phone. Call at&t.
Or root it, and that'll most likely fix the mess that you got from samsung.
There is nothing to do if you dont want to do a reset.
MotoMudder77 said:
Or root it, and that'll most likely fix the mess that you got from samsung.
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Can I root it to get my files? and which root would be the way to go?
btw I am using original battery
korandot said:
Can I root it to get my files? and which root would be the way to go?
btw I am using original battery
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If your phone wont boot, the files that are in the phone, are gone. can pull your sdcard out. but everything else is gone.
If I had issues, stock, before messing with anything. I'd send the phone back, or atleast talk to them, as we here, cant do anything for a stock system except advise a few things
But if that aint an option, start reading the stickies and guides in the Dev section.
Odds are you just need to clean it up with a wipe, never wiped a stock system before, not sure exactly what all it wipes. Hell, I've only ran a stock phone for maybe an hour before getting rid of the mess that providers leave you.
korandot said:
I've read several threads about similar events, but none to match my problem.
I have this i777 from att, never rooted or flashed, just stock.
It started rebooting at logo screen (Samsung Galaxy SII logo).
I can get to "Download/Recovery mode" by using UP&DOWN+POWER.
Clearing Cache didn't fix it.
Now I'm afraid of doing the "Clear Data/Factory Reset" because I really need my data (and that's kind of the main purpose of this thread)
Can anyone help me a little?
I don't know much about, flashing, kernel and stuff but i can try if it's needed.
Thanks.
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There could be several reasons for a stock phone to go into a bootloop like that. It could be a firmware problem or a hardware problem. There are two possible paths you could take. Normally, a wipe data/factory reset would be the recommended first step in troubleshooting the problem, so I'll start there. You would go into 3e recovery using the three button method and then select the "wipe data/factory reset" option.
When you do this, you will lose some things, and you will keep some things. Wipe data/factory reset does not touch USB storage, so you will keep all your files, photographs, data from applications that store their data on usb storage (some do, some don't). You will lose all installed applications and personal settings. You can back up a few things, most notably your contacts, and data from any application that has a backup facility in its settings. However, without root, you will lose quite a bit of stuff, like all text messages, etc. Since you are not rooted, you will not be able to back up your applications and data.
A second alternative would be to try to reinstall the stock firmware. Depending on which version of the stock firmware you have, you may be able to do this without losing any personal data, (in other words, without having to do a wipe data/factory reset.) You have to flash the same version that is currently on the phone. There are two versions of the stock firmware, the original 2.3.4 version UCKH7 and the later 2.3.6 version UCKK6. You need to know which one is on your phone first, and since the phone is bootlooping, you won't be able to look. So if you don't know, then you can use the best guess based on when the phone was purchased. If you decide to try this first, then I will be happy to help you figure out which one to flash. The basic instructions you will need are in the guide about returning the phone to the store or for warranty replacement which is linked in my signature.
Thank you so much, I'll go ahead and do the wipe/reset.. I only need photos.
And that guide is awesome, will stick to it for another i777 i have with the first ICS leak that is so buggy.
Thanks and I'll post if it works, get my pictures or if i need to go alternative.
Something went wrong while the wipe/reset process, now it won't get into down/recovery mode.. it appears it will but restarst again.
I'm on the alternative now, UCKK6 btw so i downloaded that package (rooted since i'm not coming to att). I'm using windows and going to check if I can interpret your guide in a way.
I don't recall seeing anyone post anything exactly like your issue. And I'm not sure what the problem is exactly. If you can get into download mode, you can try either the UCKK6 with root, or the UCKH7 with or without root. Instructions for going into download mode are in the guide. If you flash the UCKK6 with root, and the attempt to wipe data did nothing, then if it recovers, you may still have access to your personal data.
finally out of boot loop and working like a champ!
Installed Drivers (SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe)
Used motherboard bound USB port
Up&Down+Cable = Odin Mode
Using Odin3-v1.85.zip
did (in PDA):
1.- uckk6_stock_rooted.tar
2.- SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar
(using Volume Up&Down+Power after this one got rid of the "Deleting Cryption Meta Data", Then went into USB mass storage mode and recovered all my photos to secure them)
3.- Siyah-v2.6.14-att.tar
my phone now works, thinking maybe in another rom, any recomendations?
THANKS ALL whom took the time to reply their thoughts, creepyncrawly and all the file/guides creators!
Here's an ics rom. Perfect for me... no problems what so ever. Really fast. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682027
Sent from my SGH-I777 using XDA
Galaxy S2 i777 Wont Boot!
My Phone is stuck in Bootloop and my usb port does'nt work so i have just been using an external battery Charger to charge my phone battery. I dont know that there is a way to get to Odin with out being able to go to the custom OS screen (which i cant get to). I would really like some help or advice on my situation. PLEASE HELP!!!
TraumaBass said:
My Phone is stuck in Bootloop and my usb port does'nt work so i have just been using an external battery Charger to charge my phone battery. I dont know that there is a way to get to Odin with out being able to go to the custom OS screen (which i cant get to). I would really like some help or advice on my situation. PLEASE HELP!!!
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I don't know of any solution other than replacing the micro USB port on your phone. It is, however, a fairly easy repair. No soldering required. Also, fairly inexpensive. You should do some research to find out the information you need, what board to buy, specific disassembly and reassembly instructions, etc.
creepyncrawly said:
I don't know of any solution other than replacing the micro USB port on your phone. It is, however, a fairly easy repair. No soldering required. Also, fairly inexpensive. You should do some research to find out the information you need, what board to buy, specific disassembly and reassembly instructions, etc.
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Alright ill look into it...Thanks For the Advice:good:
Also, if ya don't wanna tackle the task urself, check out mobiletechvideos.com for the repair. $40, plus what u pay to ship it, etc.
Got my i777 micro usb port replaced by them at the first of this month. Well worth it. And mtv.com has been around a good while and are very reputable.
Wouldn't trust my phones with anyone else. [emoji106]
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Can't Get To Odin Mode GS2 i777
creepyncrawly said:
I don't know of any solution other than replacing the micro USB port on your phone. It is, however, a fairly easy repair. No soldering required. Also, fairly inexpensive. You should do some research to find out the information you need, what board to buy, specific disassembly and reassembly instructions, etc.
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I have replaced the micro usb port, but still face the fact that i cant get my phone out of its bootloop. Need Help...please?
TraumaBass said:
I have replaced the micro usb port, but still face the fact that i cant get my phone out of its bootloop. Need Help...please?
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Okay. So now you can charge the battery in the phone, transfer files, and put the phone into download mode? (I think you called it the custom OS screen.) In other words, the USB port now works correctly? So now you need to use Odin to flash the stock firmware.
You didn't say what version of the operating system your phone is running. Since you posted in this old thread which has a title "My stock I777..." I assume you are on some version of stock. You should use Odin3 v1.85 (preferred) to flash the latest stock firmware distribution, which is I777UCMD8 which you can get from the download repository.
If you are unfamiliar with using Odin, here is a set of instructions.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
Im Confused
creepyncrawly said:
Okay. So now you can charge the battery in the phone, transfer files, and put the phone into download mode? (I think you called it the custom OS screen.) In other words, the USB port now works correctly? So now you need to use Odin to flash the stock firmware.
You didn't say what version of the operating system your phone is running. Since you posted in this old thread which has a title "My stock I777..." I assume you are on some version of stock. You should use Odin3 v1.85 (preferred) to flash the latest stock firmware distribution, which is I777UCMD8 which you can get from the download repository.
If you are unfamiliar with using Odin, here is a set of instructions.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
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Thanks For Everything!!!
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TraumaBass said:
Thanks For Everything!!!
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What do you mean in step 7 when it says install tar file...whats that?
TraumaBass said:
What do you mean in step 7 when it says install tar file...whats that?
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When you download the stock firmware distribution from the Download Repository, it will be compressed in a zip archive, 7zip actually, and you must extract the file from the archive with an archiving program such as 7zip. When you extract it, it will have the extension ... .tar.md5. This is what we refer to as the "tar file." It is actually a Linux "tape archive" which has also had an md5 sum attached to it. When you select this file in Odin, with the .tar.md5 extension, Odin will check the md5 sum to verify that the file is not corrupt, and then it will flash the contents of the .tar file to your phone.
FAILED
creepyncrawly said:
When you download the stock firmware distribution from the Download Repository, it will be compressed in a zip archive, 7zip actually, and you must extract the file from the archive with an archiving program such as 7zip. When you extract it, it will have the extension ... .tar.md5. This is what we refer to as the "tar file." It is actually a Linux "tape archive" which has also had an md5 sum attached to it. When you select this file in Odin, with the .tar.md5 extension, Odin will check the md5 sum to verify that the file is not corrupt, and then it will flash the contents of the .tar file to your phone.
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Idk which download to get...will you just put the link? Downloaded i777 UCKH7 sbl.tar and put it in PDA and hit run. it passed but my phone is still in bootloop...
Please help. I have a Samsung Galaxy SII i777 (AT&T) that is constantly rebooting. It gets to the "Galaxy SII" logo and restarts itself. It started doing this while the phone was on the charger and was running slow. I decided to restart my phone and it hasn't worked since.
The phone has the stock firmware and has never been rooted. I am new to flashing anything to a phone. Can someone walk me through how to get my phone usable again? I downloaded Odin3 v3.09, but am completely lost on what to do next. Also, is there any way to recover my pictures?
Thank you for your help.
It might help to boot to recovery (power and both volume buttons) and wipe data and cache. You would not lose your pictures but you'd have to reinstall all your apps.
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As Sharon stated your best bet would be to boot into recovery.
I believe to do this on the s2 you'll press and hold the up volume key and the power key until you see the Samsung logo then release the power key and hold volume up until android system recovery loads. If that doesn't work then try again with both volume keys.
One in the recovery do as Sharon suggested and if that doesn't work check to see what's on your SD card and if you're OK with losing whatever data isn't backed up I would recommend doing a factory data reset.
If your still having issues you could try doing an emergency firmware recovery with the Samsung kies software or flashing stock ROM.
Other than that you can contact Samsung and see if you're still under warranty for repair if its hardware related.
Hope this helps. Good luck with getting the phone up and running
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@TKEBH964,
I'm not sure that performing a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery will solve your problem. It is, however, the first thing to try. It will not remove your photo album, so that will be safe.
Please post your results. If wiping doesn't solve the problem, then we will be happy to help you with the troubleshooting process.
sharonbw said:
It might help to boot to recovery (power and both volume buttons) and wipe data and cache. You would not lose your pictures but you'd have to reinstall all your apps.
Sent from my GT-p511x
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I tried this and the phone says "Deleting cryption meta data" then goes back to the reboot loop it was doing before.
ShadowCodes said:
As Sharon stated your best bet would be to boot into recovery.
I believe to do this on the s2 you'll press and hold the up volume key and the power key until you see the Samsung logo then release the power key and hold volume up until android system recovery loads. If that doesn't work then try again with both volume keys.
One in the recovery do as Sharon suggested and if that doesn't work check to see what's on your SD card and if you're OK with losing whatever data isn't backed up I would recommend doing a factory data reset.
If your still having issues you could try doing an emergency firmware recovery with the Samsung kies software or flashing stock ROM.
Other than that you can contact Samsung and see if you're still under warranty for repair if its hardware related.
Hope this helps. Good luck with getting the phone up and running
Sent from CM 10.2 optimized sph-l710
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Holding volume up doesn't do anything. I did try with volume down and it get "Warning custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications. If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key. Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel." Cancel will restart phone to infinite boot loop again. When I continue it says "ODIN MODE" at the top shows the green android guy and says "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" The phone never downloads anything and will stay in that state forever.
creepyncrawly said:
@TKEBH964,
I'm not sure that performing a wipe data/factory reset from within recovery will solve your problem. It is, however, the first thing to try. It will not remove your photo album, so that will be safe.
Please post your results. If wiping doesn't solve the problem, then we will be happy to help you with the troubleshooting process.
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I can't seem to get the phone to do a factory reset.
What next?
TKEBH964 said:
I tried this and the phone says "Deleting cryption meta data" then goes back to the reboot loop it was doing before.
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This indicates nand read/write corruption.
Holding volume up doesn't do anything. I did try with volume down and it get "Warning custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications. If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key. Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel." Cancel will restart phone to infinite boot loop again. When I continue it says "ODIN MODE" at the top shows the green android guy and says "Downloading... Do not turn off target !!" The phone never downloads anything and will stay in that state forever.
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Download mode is used in conjunction with Odin3 and a windows computer to install both stock and custom firmware.
I can't seem to get the phone to do a factory reset.
What next?
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There is a very specific instruction set for clearing nand r/w corruption. Before I give you the instructions, I need to know which operating system was on your phone. Had you updated to the latest firmware, UCMD8 4.1.2 Jelly Bean? Or was it still on an earlier version?
creepyncrawly said:
This indicates nand read/write corruption.
Download mode is used in conjunction with Odin3 and a windows computer to install both stock and custom firmware.
There is a very specific instruction set for clearing nand r/w corruption. Before I give you the instructions, I need to know which operating system was on your phone. Had you updated to the latest firmware, UCMD8 4.1.2 Jelly Bean? Or was it still on an earlier version?
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I bought my phone in April of 2012 and have never updated it, basically because I didn't want to deal with something going wrong. A lot of good that did me...
I really appreciate your help.
TKEBH964 said:
I bought my phone in April of 2012 and have never updated it, basically because I didn't want to deal with something going wrong. A lot of good that did me...
I really appreciate your help.
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AT&T didn't release ICS 4.0.3 UCLE5 until about June of 2012, so I'm going to assume that you still have Gingerbread, either the original 2.3.4 UCKH7, or the 2.3.6 UCKK6 firmware.
1)Go to this post and download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Use Odin3 v1.85 which you can get from near the top of the Download Repository and flash it in the PDA slot without ticking Re-Partitioning.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When completed, you will get a "PASS"
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2) Successful? Next, flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, from the section headed I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful and the phone boots normally, you are done. If it is not, then enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. If still not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning.
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
If you are unable to get any of these to flash successfully (you don't get a PASS), first you should assume a bad port, or bad cable, and try other ports, other cables, even another pc.
I'm doubt you would have damaged memory, but just in case, here is the info.
(If you can get no flash to succeed, then you may have damaged eMMC memory. In case it is damaged memory, see this post from Mobile Tech Videos.)
creepyncrawly said:
AT&T didn't release ICS 4.0.3 UCLE5 until about June of 2012, so I'm going to assume that you still have Gingerbread, either the original 2.3.4 UCKH7, or the 2.3.6 UCKK6 firmware.
1)Go to this post and download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Use Odin3 v1.85 which you can get from near the top of the Download Repository and flash it in the PDA slot without ticking Re-Partitioning.
2) Successful? Next, flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution from the Download Repository, from the section headed I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries including the bootloaders and everything, in the PDA slot.
3) If that is successful and the phone boots normally, you are done. If it is not, then enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset. If still not, then:
4) Download the SBL Bootloader from the Download Repository. Flash it as PDA in ODIN, without ticking Re-Partitioning.
5) Flash the Kernel, as in step 1.
6) Flash the full stock Gingerbread distribution, as in step 2.
If you are unable to get any of these to flash successfully (you don't get a PASS), first you should assume a bad port, or bad cable, and try other ports, other cables, even another pc.
I'm doubt you would have damaged memory, but just in case, here is the info.
(If you can get no flash to succeed, then you may have damaged eMMC memory. In case it is damaged memory, see this post from Mobile Tech Videos.)
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I was successful with step 1!! Thank you very much.
I am attempting step 2, but am a bit confused (sorry). There are 4 files under the heading "I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries."
Which is the correct file?
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.7z
I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5.7z
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Parts-NoBL.7z
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Bootloaders.7z
Again, I apologize for being slow at this, but I really appreciate your help.
TKEBH964 said:
I was successful with step 1!! Thank you very much.
I am attempting step 2, but am a bit confused (sorry). There are 4 files under the heading "I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries."
Which is the correct file?
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.7z
>>>I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5.7z<<<
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Parts-NoBL.7z
I777UCKH7-CL503881-Bootloaders.7z
Again, I apologize for being slow at this, but I really appreciate your help.
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It's the one marked above. Download, unzip, and use I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5 in the PDA slot of Odin.
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It's the one marked above. Download, unzip, and use I777UCKH7-REV02-home-low-CL503881.tar.md5 in the PDA slot of Odin.
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THANK YOU!!!
I did exactly as you said and everything appears to be normal again. All my pictures are still there too! I did make sure I did a backup of them all this time though. I do have to re-install all of my apps, but that's no biggie.
Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
TKEBH964 said:
THANK YOU!!!
I did exactly as you said and everything appears to be normal again. All my pictures are still there too! I did make sure I did a backup of them all this time though. I do have to re-install all of my apps, but that's no biggie.
Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
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Pleased to be able to help.
Now you can use odin to flash the latest stock firmware. I would definitely recommend this. At the bottom of the page in the Download Repository, UCMD8 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
(Optional) If you want, you can then root the phone, and then possibly install custom firmware. If you decide to and need help with it, study the guides, and then ask.