Hi,
I decided to have a whack at the Galaxy S2, mainly moving what i've already tried to do with a different device to the s2. To do this i need a "sane" kernel. After much pondering i landed on Arigih ( https://github.com/arighi/ ), it seems fairly well maintained to the point where it is now, no funky whack patches that i can spot immediately and to the point, just how i like it. It's also the same kernel version i worked with previously, so much of what i did can be directly applied, whee!
What troubles me though, after compiling and deploying the kernel, USB mouse doesnt work, nor does bluetooth. Im wondering if im missing something crucial with regards to configuring the kernel for gingerbread ( yes im stuck on GB because the touchscreen or controller has died due to saltwater ingestion and i need to use a USB mouse to unlock and use the thing) . And i spot some OOPS's in the dmesg, I suspect that the whole of android needs to be recompiled around the changes to this kernel though.... Any tips moving forth would be much appreciated. How can safely move to a newer version, and keep ADB and USB HIDD functional so i can use the device after upgrading for instance....
Cheers
Mike
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I have been perusing these forums for weeks, trying to discover a way to return to stock or at least get my root access recognized (no longer have su in system/bin). For quite some time I have been unable to get my laptop to recognize my fascinate/USB (after dozens of reinstalls drivers etc). It may be the computer, or phone, or both. At this point, I want to just get it back to stock, so I can send it back to Verizon since I am one of those people with the weird call issues. But I digress..
If I boot into recovery (via 3 finger salute) is there any file that I can use to start the process towards regaining my root access or going back to a stock ROM. My permissions are all screwy, and at this point I am terrified to do anything, since ODIN is out of the question.
Thanks before hand.
Firmware - 2.2.1
Baseband -S:i500.04 V.DL09
Kernel - 2.6.32.9
Build Number - SCH-I500.DL30
melzilla said:
I have been perusing these forums for weeks, trying to discover a way to return to stock or at least get my root access recognized (no longer have su in system/bin). For quite some time I have been unable to get my laptop to recognize my fascinate/USB (after dozens of reinstalls drivers etc). It may be the computer, or phone, or both. At this point, I want to just get it back to stock, so I can send it back to Verizon since I am one of those people with the weird call issues. But I digress..
If I boot into recovery (via 3 finger salute) is there any file that I can use to start the process towards regaining my root access or going back to a stock ROM. My permissions are all screwy, and at this point I am terrified to do anything, since ODIN is out of the question.
Thanks before hand.
Firmware - 2.2.1
Baseband -S:i500.04 V.DL09
Kernel - 2.6.32.9
Build Number - SCH-I500.DL30
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Do you have a custom recovery installed, or just the stock Samsung version? If ODIN is a no-go and you have the stock Samsung recovery in place, I'm not sure how much you can do here. Any chance of trying another computer to see if ODIN will work? In order to do what you want, ODIN, heimdall, or a non-OEM recovery is going to be required.
Does the phone at least go into Download mode if you pull the battery, hold VOL DOWN, and plug in the USB cable? If you can get that far, I think it's pretty likely that a different PC or perhaps even a different USB cable would be able to get you working with ODIN.
I have an eBay Fascinate I use for development with a broken USB port, and it's hella hard to get the thing working once it's been powered off. In that device's case, it *always* thinks a USB cable is connected, making a lot of things difficult to accomplish. To resurrect it with ODIN, I had to get it into Download mode using a wall plug adapter first (PC wouldn't work) with the battery IN, then move it over to the PC quickly and ODIN recognized it. It took more than one try to make this happen .. way more than one try ... but in the end I was victorious and it's been working great ever since. Moral: maybe try some other ways of getting it into Download mode and see if with luck the PC will recognize it long enough so you can flash it.
I suppose if push came to shove you could run the thing over
Have you downloaded your Samsung USB drivers as an Administrator on your computer? Also, there are some different methods for getting these drivers to work. One of which I had to use was going through PDANet. It just installs them differently and somehow they may work over the traditional installation.
Link: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
At present I use a netbook to run ODIN so that I can update my I9100 etc.
I would like to be able to use my Android tablet to do this.
Is this possible? i.e. is there s/w like Odin or Heimdall that will run on my tablet and connect to/update my i9100?
I realise that there is Odin mobile which runs on the i9100 but I would still like to be able to run something on an external device in case of a bad flash on i9100.
Thanks
Jez
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Now from a present and future viewpoint, this would be ideal.
I wouldn't mind ditching the PC very soon, and for that to happen, would need a desktop replacement for Odin.
Anyone know of any development?
Hi upintheair, that's exactly my point. If there was a suitable Odin-like app for my tablet I could put my NetBook on Ebay & recoup some cash
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Something like this is very unlikely.
First off, the device running the flashapp would need to have USB OTG / host (ok, I think most tablets do, but I'm not sure).
The bigger problem would be: drivers!
You'd also need some kind of USB drivers for the device you want to flash (the S2 in this case).
Doubfull anyone would do it.
Not impossible, just doubtfull.
There's Mobile ODIN (paid) and SGS Kernel Flasher (free), but I doubt that latter exists for SGS2. Still, it's worth a shot...
@HellcatDroid My tab does have USB OTG but you are right about the drivers. I know it's possible to install a "virtual ubuntu" under android so maybe this would let me run Heimdall? I might give this a go.
@Prasad007 Those are both designed to run on the SGS whereas I want something that runs on an external tab.
Jez
Sent from my Zenithink zt280 ICS 20120211 OK900 kernel
This would be great
I am also looking at trying to flash using my tablet, i spend alot of time "fixing "ppl's phones and use a netbook at present, but find it so slow and sometimes seems to stall. I have descovered that adb works great on my Asus Slider (somebody had to get one, and i love it!) but would like to be able to get ODIN working as well.
Any progress / ideas on getting it to work?
Also would a Android tablet need the drivers as it is running Android, and has the adb drivers on it?
Hi,
So i have a one year old GT-i9100 and with it came a USB-cable.
At first the Cable worked perfectly fine and i could gladly copy files from my internal/external storage to my PC and vice versa. But now, all of a sudden, my phone doesn't get recognized by the PC. This causes problems such as if i want to upgrade my software (when official stock JB is released) i wont be able do it. and this is also a major issue since i copy files very often for safe keeping and add ZIP files (with ROM or Kernel information) to my phone.
I've tried different ports but still no recognisation. I removed the drivers and completely uninstalled KIES and then reinstall it. The drivers got installed but KIES don't recognize my phone and neither does my phone appear as an external storage device.
As said this just happened all of a sudden, it was working good before. I have used a total of three USB cables which i've tried on both of my PCs but still no recognition on either one.
Please help me solve this problem.
(i will call Samsung support when i actually get home from school before the support closes )
Thank you for the time and extra thanx for replies
Oh, and it's rooted with Siyah Kernel and AllianceICS ROM
the problem may exist with the usb port on your device. It may need to be replaced.
You can buy a replacement on ebay but need to confident of your skills to replace it as it requires taking the phone apart.
In the mean time, try it out in other people's PC and laptops; can't hurt.
This does not appear to be a hard ware issue, I've tried multiple cables including the official HTC one, cleaned the port, phone charges fine, tried multiple computers and re-installed drivers many times.
What appears to be happening is a software issue on the phone side, I would assume is from running a custom kernel, I was using Elengacia 5.3 for quite sometime. Im not even sure what kernal I was using, most likely the one that was recommended with the rom.
Everything works fine but the USB mass storage, it cant even be detected in the boot-loader, Id like to reset all to stock so I can sell my device but that does not appear to be possible at the moment, this just came out of nowhere.
If anyone has even the slightest idea of what I could do, post away.
It would be convenient if I could flash another kernal via CWM.
I can flash roms if I get them on the phone via WIFI or data.
ATT ONE X + 64 GB
nick130069 said:
this does not appear to be a hard ware issue, i've tried multiple cables including the official htc one, cleaned the port, phone charges fine, tried multiple computers and re-installed drivers many times.
What appears to be happening is a software issue on the phone side, i would assume is from running a custom kernel, i was using elengacia 5.3 for quite sometime. Im not even sure what kernal i was using, most likely the one that was recommended with the rom.
Everything works fine but the usb mass storage, it cant even be detected in the boot-loader, id like to reset all to stock so i can sell my device but that does not appear to be possible at the moment, this just came out of nowhere.
If anyone has even the slightest idea of what i could do, post away.
It would be convenient if i could flash another kernal via cwm.
I can flash roms if i get them on the phone via wifi or data.
Att one x + 64 gb
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please help anyone!!!!
Hi guys I'm having an issue with my GS2 i9100 after installing Cyanogenmod 10.2 using the installer on their site, I thought everything was great until i realised for some reason my phone refuses to display its storage on my windows PC, I've tried changing the different modes in the storage settings on the phone, such as MTP/PTP/Mass Storage and i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the samsung usb driver via Kies but I still can't get it to work, is there an option I'm missing out here or is the rom at fault?
It charges perfectly fine but I am not getting any kind of prompt from either the phone or PC to activate the storage so I can copy files too/from it, it's getting quite annoying as their is alot of music/pictures/videos I want to put on the phone.
Clean install of stock to test before anything else.
MistahBungle said:
Clean install of stock to test before anything else.
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Would it be safe to flash the stock rom using CWM6 recovery? as any tool that relies on a USB connection to the phone won't work.
Wanam has a thread in one of the Development sections with CWM flashable stock roms. I'd also be testing it with another PC to rule in/out something PC-side (if you haven't done so already). You need to be methodical with stuff like this - try stuff that rules in/out different causes.
Edit - You could also just take the punt it is the USB board in the phone on the fritz & replace it regardless, which is very cheap & easy to do if you're somewhat handy. KeithRoss39 has a guide in General (search for 'Replacing USB charger board') which has all the info you need if you decide to do this (will cost you a tenner).
In trying the things I've mentioned so far, that's what we're trying to ascertain; whether the board is faulty or not (common S2 fault, almost always shows a few faults but works OK in other ways). Put it this way, if you try those things I've suggested and you're still seeing the same, it's almost certainly the USB board.
In the meantime, use WiFi to get stuff off/on the phone if you need to (plenty of apps on GP enable this if you've never used it).
Sorry for the incredibly late reply, I've changed phones since, but I wanted to update this thread anyway, it turns out re-flashing cyanogenmod after replacing the pcb fixed the issue completely, installing it when i had the dodgy usb pcb must have made it not properly install the USB drivers or something