[Q] How to Odin? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

I'm trying to follow this guide to go from CM10.1.3 to rooted KitKat, which I then plan to de-bloat using Titanium Backup (or similar). It's been so long since I needed Odin that I thought I'd return to this other guide for a refresher.
That just confused me, because it doesn't really cover "how to Odin." It's a very specific guide of "how to return to factory settings/stock condition." Since that's not what I'm doing, I'm hesitant to follow those instructions. I know what files I need to use, I just don't remember how to Odin.
Can someone point me in the right direction? There are a bunch of guides involving Odin, but most of them are "how to use Odin to do a very specific thing," none of which is what I'm trying to do. Is there a very basic "how to Odin" guide that I'm somehow not seeing?
I think I can figure this out, but it seems that flashing up to KitKat is not easily undone (or, it seems, can't be undone at all). So I want to make sure I do it properly, because I feel like I'm essentially burning my ship behind me. So I just want to make sure I Odin properly.

thorvindr said:
I'm trying to follow this guide to go from CM10.1.3 to rooted KitKat, which I then plan to de-bloat using Titanium Backup (or similar). It's been so long since I needed Odin that I thought I'd return to this other guide for a refresher.
That just confused me, because it doesn't really cover "how to Odin." It's a very specific guide of "how to return to factory settings/stock condition." Since that's not what I'm doing, I'm hesitant to follow those instructions. I know what files I need to use, I just don't remember how to Odin.
Can someone point me in the right direction? There are a bunch of guides involving Odin, but most of them are "how to use Odin to do a very specific thing," none of which is what I'm trying to do. Is there a very basic "how to Odin" guide that I'm somehow not seeing?
I think I can figure this out, but it seems that flashing up to KitKat is not easily undone (or, it seems, can't be undone at all). So I want to make sure I do it properly, because I feel like I'm essentially burning my ship behind me. So I just want to make sure I Odin properly.
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Ok first off.. Odin is not as complicated as everyone seems to make it. If you do not use it in awhile I can understand. It is a very good way to mess up your phone though if you do not flash the correct things..bootloader, modem etc etc..
So you need to download Odin from HERE
Next download the 16GB pit file HERE
Next download MJ9 firmware HERE (Thank OP)
Put your phone into Download Mode (Volume button down, Home button, Power button)
Plug your phone into PC you have Odin on
Open Odin (Should see a yellow COM come up in boxes)
Put the pit file in PIT
Put the MJ9 firmware in PDA
Hit start..
You should be good to flash KK now.. The MJ9 firmware is to update your params and tz to get wifi working and also updates your modem
Now if you want to re lock with NO root and update to KK let me know.. There is more steps..
Or if you have any other ?'s just post here..

Allright. I appreciate the quick how-to. But again, you're not telling me how Odin works. You're giving me specific instructions to solve my problem.
I'm grateful for that, but I'm just going to be asking again in a week when I need to do something slightly different because I still don't know how to use the software. Is there no guide out there explaining Odin in detail? Or even in broad strokes? I just want a quick run-down on what everything in the Odin window means, because none of it is self-explanatory.

Will using Odin do a wipe?
If not, is there an option to have it do a wipe?

thorvindr said:
Allright. I appreciate the quick how-to. But again, you're not telling me how Odin works. You're giving me specific instructions to solve my problem.
I'm grateful for that, but I'm just going to be asking again in a week when I need to do something slightly different because I still don't know how to use the software. Is there no guide out there explaining Odin in detail? Or even in broad strokes? I just want a quick run-down on what everything in the Odin window means, because none of it is self-explanatory.
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Those are the two boxes you will ever need to use or know about..
I do not know of a Guide that specifies everything.. But you can check out this site
http://odindownload.com/
kirwoodd said:
Will using Odin do a wipe?
If not, is there an option to have it do a wipe?
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Depends what you are flashing and what you check.. If you are flashing a official tar yes it will wipe your phone.. If you are flashing just a modem or recovery, No it will not..
Also, if you check Erase All, it will wipe everything (You should never have to/use this option)

lacoursiere18 said:
Those are the two boxes you will ever need to use or know about..
I do not know of a Guide that specifies everything.. But you can check out this site
http://odindownload.com/
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Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Depends what you are flashing and what you check.. If you are flashing a official tar yes it will wipe your phone.. If you are flashing just a modem or recovery, No it will not..
Also, if you check Erase All, it will wipe everything (You should never have to/use this option)
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Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?

thorvindr said:
Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?
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My suggestion to you would be to flash TWRP. I do not think CWM/Philz has a wipe internal option.. In TWRP it is under Advance Wipe. If you still have issues wiping you may need to pursue down a different road..

thorvindr said:
Thanks. I will definitely check that out.
Shouldn't have to use it, or really should avoid it? I'm having problems wiping my phone. Using the wipe/delete/format tools in CWM is for some reason not actually wiping. It's just deleting all my apps and all my settings, but none of the app data. For intsance, the MP3s I've downloaded from Amazon stay, but the app itself is gone. All my Kindle books are still there, but the app is gone. I want to remove everything from the device that might be considered "user data." I could just plug it into my laptop and format the drive, but I don't know if that would affect the OS or the bootloader or anything like that.
So is using the erase all option safe, or will it mess things up?
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Are you wiping internal storage? I don't know how it is done on cwm but with twrp you have to specify you want to wipe internal, totally separate wipe from factory reset, and then confirm it by typing yes.
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Okay. I suppose I'll have to look into TWRP. I've always used CWM because it's what I "grew up with," so to speak. But if there's something out there that will better do what I need, I suppose it's time to trade up.

thorvindr said:
Okay. I suppose I'll have to look into TWRP. I've always used CWM because it's what I "grew up with," so to speak. But if there's something out there that will better do what I need, I suppose it's time to trade up.
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I am not saying twrp is better. I enjoyed using twrp for a LONG time, ui is GREAT. But since 4.3 came out it has had a data corruption bug and sometimes root issues. So no I have used philz for the past couple weeks with aroma file manager and it has been great.
The only reason I recommended twrp was because of the available wipe options and that I do not know of anything like that in cwm recoveries..

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[Q] Contacts/Data Lost, Apps Force Close

So I've been around in rooting and such and when I tried flashing CM7, that's where all my problems began after it failed to flash and did a boot repeat...
I've flashed many recoveries from dl01 all in one...DL09...EB01...all in odin including the atlas pit file...and this is what happens...
After first flash, everything works well...I can install everything and everything seems to run ok...
but if ever I restart my phone...all my contacts are lost...apps such as adw...or any other app that I've installed ends up force closing when I try to open...
Is there any way to fix this? I'm a little desperate and tried searching around only to find one other person with the problem...
If it's worth anything...I noticed after looking in task manager summary that personal data has nothing in it or any capacity...it's just 0.0/0.0
Please help
First lets get some terminology straight for those of us who may have a solution.
When you say Boot repeat I think you mean Boot loop, and when you say DL09 recovery you mean the odin packages correct? A recovery would be CWM.
Now when you used Odin to flash the .pit and DL09 (or whatever) did you also make sure the reformat box what ticked? I know that coming from a MTD/BML cross over that CM7 does, a full reformat is needed in order for it to function correctly.
Also did you follow the sticky in the Dev thread that says...
***READ THIS!!!!!!*** Going from CM7/MIUI/OMFGB to another rom/Unbricking your device
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This is the entire process outlined in one thread!
Hopefully one of us will be able to help you through this.
gkirby11 said:
First lets get some terminology straight for those of us who may have a solution.
When you say Boot repeat I think you mean Boot loop, and when you say DL09 recovery you mean the odin packages correct? A recovery would be CWM.
Now when you used Odin to flash the .pit and DL09 (or whatever) did you also make sure the reformat box what ticked? I know that coming from a MTD/BML cross over that CM7 does, a full reformat is needed in order for it to function correctly.
Also did you follow the sticky in the Dev thread that says...
This is the entire process outlined in one thread!
Hopefully one of us will be able to help you through this.
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lol excuse my lack of knowledge in the terminology...
yes the odin packages...and by reformat you mean "re-partition"? yes I have clicked that and I have tried following that exact guide.

[Q]Cyanogenmod stuck at loading after 6 months

Hello, after 6 months of my S II running fine on cyanogenmod 7.1
I wake up this morning turn on my phone and it's stuck on the loading screen (blue guy with the arrow spinning around him)
Problem is I don't have any back ups.
*What I've done so far*
Entered Clockworkrecovery backed up my current settings. Wiped data/factory reset, got in everything worked fine but of course none of my files,apps,texts etc where there. I went back to restore my stuff and still no luck just get stuck on the loading screen. I'm extremely confused since everything was working fine for so long then BANG.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Flash stock rom in Odin, then try CM7 again.
MistahBungle said:
Flash stock rom in Odin, then try CM7 again.
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I'm sorry pal, can you please give me some instructions. Don't quite follow.
Search for the original firmware that came with your phone here. If links don't work, search on Samfirmware.com. If you download from Samfirmware, follow the instructions they have on their site for flashing firmware downloaded from there. If you manage to download firmware from links in Intratech's thread I linked you to, follow the instructions in that thread to flash.
Edit to add - Also, you can use the latest firmware for your carrier/country rather than the original firmware which came with the phone. To download it, get the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google), this allows you to input your phone model, country & carrier & it will tell you what the latest available stock firmware is you'd normally get from Kies. The package you download with Checkfus can be flashed in Odin following the instructions in Intratech's thread I linked you to above.
Once you're back on stock, you can root your phone again/flash CM7/whatever you want.
MistahBungle said:
Search for the original firmware that came with your phone here. If links don't work, search on Samfirmware.com. If you download from Samfirmware, follow the instructions they have on their site for flashing firmware downloaded from there. If you manage to download firmware from links in Intratech's thread I linked you to, follow the instructions in this thread to flash.
Once you're back on stock, you can root your phone again/flash CM7/whatever you want.
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So once I flash with oden to my original firmware I'll no longer be in CM7?
and my phone will be unrooted and pretty much stock. I then root my phone, install CM7, try and restore the backup I once created?
Sounds about right?
*EDIT*
And I'll have to firstly wipe date/factory reset so my phone will start, from there connect it to my computer so I can proceed with flashing?
Yep, that's exactly right Get it back to stock so you have a 'clean slate' to start with, then you can root again & go back to CM7 or whatever rom you want to use. So far as restoring your backup goes, yeah, once you're rooted & have CWM installed, I guess you can try & restore it.
hbhorat said:
So once I flash with oden to my original firmware I'll no longer be in CM7?
and my phone will be unrooted and pretty much stock. I then root my phone, install CM7, try and restore the backup I once created?
Sounds about right?
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MistahBungle said:
Search for the original firmware that came with your phone here. If links don't work, search on Samfirmware.com.
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I found what I need here, http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=4#
(I9100TDUKF4 ##)
When I click download it doesn't work :\
In that case search elsewhere (Google). Or use Checkfus to get the latest firmware. I've thrown you quite a few bones, time for you to put some effort in to get it fixed
MistahBungle said:
In that case search elsewhere (Google). Or use Checkfus to get the latest firmware. I've thrown you quite a few bones, time for you to put some effort in to get it fixed
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Man, I've legitly searched everywhere can't find it. Is there anything else I can do?
I just want to restore my data
What did I say about using Checkfus to get the latest firmware ? You're going to need to read a bit better & try a bit harder :-|
You could maybe try flashing a kernel that has CWM (there are lots of them, search) before you go back to stock, tho it sounds like CWM is messed up. Frankly, I'd go back to stock if I had that problem. That's why I suggested it.
hbhorat said:
Man, I've legitly searched everywhere can't find it. Is there anything else I can do?
I just want to restore my data
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MistahBungle said:
What did I say about using Checkfus to get the latest firmware ? You're going to need to read a bit better & try a bit harder :-|
You could maybe try flashing a kernel that has CWM (there are lots of them, search) before you go back to stock, tho it sounds like CWM is messed up. Frankly, I'd go back to stock if I had that problem. That's why I suggested it.
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So the only thing I can do is go back to stock and do everything again?
What's the reason for doing that?
My point is it's only when I restore my back up then I can't boot up properly. But it's 100% fine when I delete data/factory. I just want the data from my back up. Apps texts etc. need them so bad.
*depression sets in*
Right. OK. Let me explain my reasoning behind why I've made the suggestion I have to you...
If the only issue is your backup won't work, I doubt there's much you can do about it. The backup is obviously no good. Probably.
Now...What I would do is to go back to basics as I've suggested already. Back to stock, fresh root with CFRoot. And then give restoring the backup one last try with a clean setup. You can be fairly confident if your backup can't be restored once you've done this, there's no way you're going to restore that backup full stop.
Whether you want to go thru the hassle of having a fresh start to see if the backup works or not (given it doesn't work with your current setup), is up to you. Obviously in the time it takes to go back to a 'clean' setup, you could be well on the way to installing everything from scratch (apps, restoring contacts/calendar from Google & so on) again.
As I've said, you have to make that decision. But if your backup is bad (as it appears to be), nothing is going to bring it back/make it restore OK. There is no magic fix if what I've suggested doesn't work (Unless someone else reading this thread has another idea).
hbhorat said:
So the only thing I can do is go back to stock and do everything again?
What's the reason for doing that?
My point is it's only when I restore my back up then I can't boot up properly. But it's 100% fine when I delete data/factory. I just want the data from my back up. Apps texts etc. need them so bad.
*depression sets in*
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MistahBungle said:
Right. OK. Let me explain my reasoning behind why I've made the suggestion I have to you...
If the only issue is your backup won't work, I doubt there's much you can do about it. The backup is obviously no good. Probably.
Now...What I would do is to go back to basics as I've suggested already. Back to stock, fresh root with CFRoot. And then give restoring the backup one last try with a clean setup. You can be fairly confident if your backup can't be restored once you've done this, there's no way you're going to restore that backup full stop.
Whether you want to go thru the hassle of having a fresh start to see if the backup works or not (given it doesn't work with your current setup), is up to you. Obviously in the time it takes to go back to a 'clean' setup, you could be well on the way to installing everything from scratch (apps, restoring contacts/calendar from Google & so on) again.
As I've said, you have to make that decision. But if your backup is bad (as it appears to be), nothing is going to bring it back/make it restore OK. There is no magic fix if what I've suggested doesn't work (Unless someone else reading this thread has another idea).
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Wow. that is bad news.
But how does that happen, one morning it suddenly stop working. whyy.
Honestly, no idea. People with far greater technical aptitude/knowledge than me might be able to answer your question.
Anyhoo...I've given you something to try, up to you whether you want to try it or cut your losses & start reinstalling everything.
hbhorat said:
Wow. that is bad news.
But how does that happen, one morning it suddenly stop working. whyy.
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MistahBungle said:
Honestly, no idea. People with far greater technical aptitude/knowledge than me might be able to answer your question.
Anyhoo...I've given you something to try, up to you whether you want to try it or cut your losses & start reinstalling everything.
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I'll definitely try it, will post back here to let you know how it goes. Thanks a bunch for you help!
No probs. Good luck
hbhorat said:
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I'll definitely try it, will post back here to let you know how it goes. Thanks a bunch for you help!
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MistahBungle said:
No probs. Good luck
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Hey buddy, I'm back. It has been a sad and painful day. I am still exactly where I was 6 hours ago. I WANT MY CONTACTS AND APPS BACK

i9100 won't boot rom or recovery after trying to install a CM nightly

Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm out of ideas...
I decided to root my i9100 using this guide9.
As I was doing this, the recovery rom would reboot when using the volume buttons to navigate (only on the first "page") - This was easily worked around by using the touchscreen, but now I'm wondering if this was the start of my issues...
I applied the SU busy box installer, and got root. I installed rom manager, and noticed that it seemed to lock up when doing certain things. I put this down to CWM saying there was no official mod for the i9100.
The next day I decided to try and install a CM10.1 nightly, so I took a backup, wiped cache and data, and applied the rom and gapps.
When I rebooted, the phone wouldn't finished booting, it just sat at the initial logo screen.
After that, I tried following this recovery guide but the odin flash failed at around 80% (I retried and the same happened again).
Since then I've had difficulty getting in to recovery mode. I've tried flashing various stock roms with odin, and trying to restore with Kies.
In Kies I get as far as it conencting to the phone in download mode, but it pops up a "notice" in a foreign language - presumably Korean (and I can't copy the text to even attempt a google translation).
I tried flashing Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 to get a different recovery - that seemed to have a garbled progress bar, before hanging when I tried to wipe /data again.
When I use odin to flash a stock rom - is it supposed to restore absolutely everything? I'm not sure how I'm still getting problems if this is the case. Any ideas on what to try next?
(The current stock rom I'm try ing to use is this one)
Let me know if I'm missing any info, and thanks in advance for any help.
Using rom manager would have been the start of your problems-not the temp cwm recovery in the rooting guide.
If you can boot into download mode then I would download LP7 stock rom, disable kies and flash that with Odin.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
Silly Billy said:
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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I9100 right?
Try this:
- Download this ROM.
- Kies installed? uninstall it, re install it. Close it all up with Task manager (3 or 4 applications running).
- Flash ROM via Odin (CSC, MODEM, PHONE).
- If that doesn't fly, try another usb port & usb cable. Another PC would also be recommended.
- Repeat the process.
- Still no luck? try flashing a previous siyah version.
- No go? repeat all the above.
- Let us know how you did.
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Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Silly Billy said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
gastonw said:
Let us know how you did.
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For some reason, I can't get Odin to flash that rom - it just hands for a while at the start of data.img, before saying "Complete(Write) operation failed."
There a .pit file in the archive, although the link says not to repartition (so I didn't).
Some roms seem to get written, some don't, I'm not sure why...
theunderling said:
As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
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Odin failed about 80% through flashing (step 4, after taking the ICS steps). I tried flashing the kernel afterwards, which flashed, but didn't help with my boot issues.
gastonw said:
Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Of course, I was just trying to get a better understanding of how things work - I'd settle for anything booting right now.
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
gastonw said:
He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
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I guess I'll keep at it then.
I'd tried another cable with kies shut down. Just tried a different machine, and flashed the ROM you suggested with heimdall. It flashed without complaining (unlike odin), but I'm still getting a boot loop.
Looking at the initial recovery guide I was following - I suspect that I might've flashed the bootloader (the guide shows in bold which file goes in which box, so I probably loaded them all). Maybe this is the source of my troubles...
I also noticed that heimdall can pull data from the phone too - if I can pull and mount these, am I likely to find any useful log files?
For completeness (and anyone else who finds themselves with the same issue): It seems I hit the EMMC brick bug, which rendered some of my EMMC storage unusable.
This helpful chap came up with a workaround to partition around the dead space. (Please read the post carefully and make sure this really is your problem before flashing!)
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
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Yes, that's right. IIRC, I flashed a working recovery with Odin, then did most of the work from adb shell.
I got my device back to life for the most part. I get the occasional hang but haven't investigated much (have since bought a Nexus 4, so not using the S2 so much).
Just thought I'd share for the next poor soul who has the same problem

[Q] Need help returning to stock**ODIN doesn't work for me

I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
BoostedB18C said:
Do not try renaming the file and flashing. Nothing good will come of that.
Not sure if you looked through this thread, but this might have different info for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
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I read through that one too. Tried all of that. ODIN will not work. My phone is not being detected through USB. Again i've tried all the reinstalls of the drivers etc.... Tried different original cords. nothing.
I need a way to return to stock through my device. Maybe load to the external sd and flash. Can this be done?
Not sure what file to flash though.
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
hidden-one said:
I'm trying to return to stock on my Verizon Note 2. I'm currently on AOKP 4.2.2 and have TWRP. I tried to use the Odin method shown by Adam but my phone is not being seen via USB. I've tried to uninstall all drivers and reinstall. Tried again by using Kies as suggested by many.
Can I return to stock just by using TWRP? Are there steps or a walk through on how to do this? Links? I'm thinking I could go into TWRP, wipe the cache, delvik cache, and then factory reset. Then install, "flash" a update.zip and return to stock. Would this work or get stuck?
Also, not sure where to get the update.zip I'd need. I have the OTA stock downloaded from Adam tutorial...not the "alternate" but it's only one file. Would I just zip that, rename to update.zip and try to flash?
Please help!! Again I'm unable to do this through usb plug in so I really need another route.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Chance77 said:
Are u sure usb debugging is on?, or try going back to a tw rom before using odin, i also read that kies has to be removed from comuter, and phone before trying this, i had problem originally, manually installed drivers, and went to device manager and checked operation, you also have to be in odin mode on phone( power,home,down at same time, as that way it is in download mode.
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Tried all of this as well. I installed kies and tried that route as some were saying the drivers may work through that method. They didn't so I tried uninstalling. I was in DL "odin" mode when trying to run odin also.
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
BoostedB18C said:
Just curious, why are you trying to go back to stock?
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My phone was a trade off for a iPhone 5.. Best move ever but the last owner had somewhat messed up the phone modding it. I did a full wipe and the previous owner had never done any backups. I wanted to start fresh. All that being said I wanted to start back fresh at stock and then do any modding that I preferred from a new state.
I just flashed MeanBean after reading back through the posts to my question. I realized I had not tried using odin while on a TW based ROM.
I'll see if this helps.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
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I too am having issues with my Note II not being recognized by Odin on my PC. I know my drivers are installed and I have a good connection with my USB cable/port since when I plug in my phone when powered on, I can see the phone and card just fine. However, when going into Download mode and running Odin 3.07, Odin isn't seeing my phone.
I discovered this while looking into another situation from another thread. While I'm not currently attempting to return to stock and aren't overly concerned about returning to stock since I could probably do it with Mobile Odin if push comes to shove. I am concerned, however, that if I'm unable to use MO and my phone isn't being recognized by Odin from my PC then I might be up the proverbial creek with a paddle.
BoostedB18C said:
If odin isn't seeing your phone then something isnt installed properly. Probably drivers. Im not too sure about it because the only time I used odin was when I first rooted and I haven't touched it since.
The only option I have heard of for doing it from the phone is mobile odin. I dont know much about it, never tried it. Here's the link for it
This is the free lite version that requires more work on your part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19375402
This is the paid version from the play store and is supposed to be much simpler
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
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Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
hidden-one said:
Mobile Odin Pro did the trick. It incorporated root saver so I didn't loose root when I returned to stock. Great advice!! Now I can start fresh and not have to worry about the mess I had from the trade.
Thanks again!
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Glad it worked. And as an added bonus now I know if I do ever have problems and dont feel like spending the time to figure it out, I can just use mobile odin.

[Q]flashing back to stock firmware with odin. And [Q] about resetting phone.

Wanna go back to stock after being a rom junkie, having never used odin, and wanting to go back. Will flashing the stock firmware with odin get me a yellow triangle? Until now i've been able to completely avoid the triangle, it would be ironic if i got it going back to stock.
Also after flashing a ton of roms i have soooo much junk on my phone its not even funny and i need the space back, is the safest way to COMPLETELY wipe my phone(i mean everything pics, music, junk files and such) through the setting menu > backup and reset > factory data reset > tick Erase SD card box > reset phone. ?
Any help is much appreciated.
OK....first....you don't *need* to Odin flash to get back to stock if you are rooted...... @Chainfires mobile Odin will let you do it 'in phone'
Search for the thread here on XDA read ALL the instructions and flash away.
Second......I've used mobile Odin a few times, and it's NEVER increased my binary count or produced a yellow triangle.
Third......in mobile Odin there are options to wipe dalvik, cache and data.....you don't need to do any extra wipes before flashing.
PC Odin, (I believe) will leave your *personal* data intact unless you find a "3 part firmware" that format wipes the memory as it flashes........
The normal single part firmwares just overwrite the pre existing files and leave everything else untouched.......
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
awesome big thanks for the help, will def give mob odin a go.
What about wiping all personal data from my phone, i mean everything like junk files, photo's, video, the countless files left over from deleted apps can i just use the built in factory reset and data wipe(through the setting menu > backup and reset > factory data reset > tick Erase SD card box > reset phone)?
Again big thanks for the help.
I've never actually used the factory reset in the phones settings.....I've always gone to CWM recovery mode to do it, so I'm not sure how thorough it is......
Sorry, can't answer that one.......
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
keithross39 said:
I've never actually used the factory reset in the phones settings.....I've always gone to CWM recovery mode to do it, so I'm not sure how thorough it is......
Sorry, can't answer that one.......
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
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Hmm i put my stock firmware on my sd card its a tar.md5 file but when i click on open file in MOdin it comes up with a blank screen ... what am i doing wrong?
And can anyone answer if flashing the stock firmware with odin on my pc will produce a triangle?
Did you get the mobOdin off the thread?
If yes, did you download and install the (correct) flashkernel too?
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
keithross39 said:
Did you get the mobOdin off the thread?
If yes, did you download and install the (correct) flashkernel too?
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
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yes and yes, thanks again.
Could the firmware have become corrupted in any way? It might be an idea to try and re download it....
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
You can just format your external sd card, and for the internal one you can simply delete everything in there manually or use the clear sd data in settings too before flashing stock rom. I haven't used mobile odin because it seemed weird to me, and i've never had a triangle flashing from odin (pc), i think it will be okay if you follow instructions, just check posts in the thread of using odin, if it makes a triangle someone would be posting it.
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Could the firmware have become corrupted in any way? It might be an idea to try and re download it....
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
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Hmm i have 2 or 3 other working ROM zips on the phone that flash in CWM just fine and they are not showing up either....from what ive seen in youtube vids im supposed to get a whole list of file and folders showing up, im getting nothing,
thanks, again.
Dakura said:
You can just format your external sd card, and for the internal one you can simply delete everything in there manually or use the clear sd data in settings too before flashing stock rom. I haven't used mobile odin because it seemed weird to me, and i've never had a triangle flashing from odin (pc), i think it will be okay if you follow instructions, just check posts in the thread of using odin, if it makes a triangle someone would be posting it.
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Yea, not having such a good experience with MOdin so far lol, once i get a definitive answer(which i think i just got, thx) to: "if pc odin will produce a triangle or not when flashing back to stock?" ill be using that.
Thanks

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