I am in a bit of a predicament here. I wanted to clear all the rubbish and folders from my phone to load the stock JB rom so my wife can use the phone for the camera(custom ROMS have horrible camera software) so decided to go into CWM recovery and Format the system partition, cache partition and data partition. Now all worked great BUT now none of the phone drivers will install on the PC(any of the PC's I have) and Odin doesn't pick the phone up. I have tried everything to get the drivers installed but no luck. Windows refuses to install the drivers, even from Windows update.
Is there anything else I can do as I can't find a stock original JB rom in ZIP format to install via CWM. Only have md5 and .tar file which work with Odin. I can install ROM's and everything via CWM but not Odin. Any help would be appreciated.
SmittyXU said:
I am in a bit of a predicament here. I wanted to clear all the rubbish and folders from my phone to load the stock JB rom so my wife can use the phone for the camera(custom ROMS have horrible camera software) so decided to go into CWM recovery and Format the system partition, cache partition and data partition. Now all worked great BUT now none of the phone drivers will install on the PC(any of the PC's I have) and Odin doesn't pick the phone up. I have tried everything to get the drivers installed but no luck. Windows refuses to install the drivers, even from Windows update.
Is there anything else I can do as I can't find a stock original JB rom in ZIP format to install via CWM. Only have md5 and .tar file which work with Odin. I can install ROM's and everything via CWM but not Odin. Any help would be appreciated.
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Click the Odin link in my signature, and try the things over and over under 'If Odin won't recognize the phone". There are stock zips around which are CWM flashable for sure as well on XDA. I unfortunately don't have a link handy, but search for 'flashable stock rom zip xda i9100' or something similar.
SmittyXU said:
I am in a bit of a predicament here. I wanted to clear all the rubbish and folders from my phone to load the stock JB rom so my wife can use the phone for the camera(custom ROMS have horrible camera software) so decided to go into CWM recovery and Format the system partition, cache partition and data partition. Now all worked great BUT now none of the phone drivers will install on the PC(any of the PC's I have) and Odin doesn't pick the phone up. I have tried everything to get the drivers installed but no luck. Windows refuses to install the drivers, even from Windows update.
Is there anything else I can do as I can't find a stock original JB rom in ZIP format to install via CWM. Only have md5 and .tar file which work with Odin. I can install ROM's and everything via CWM but not Odin. Any help would be appreciated.
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You can always use mobile odin. the lite version can be obtained from xda itself, thanks to chainfire. U can flash .tar or tar.md5 directly from your phone. No need to meddle with any PCs. choose the correct flash kernel though.
santhosh502 said:
You can always use mobile odin. the lite version can be obtained from xda itself, thanks to chainfire. U can flash .tar or tar.md5 directly from your phone. No need to meddle with any PCs. choose the correct flash kernel though.
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I tried both Pro and Lite versions and everytime I try open it, it immediately closes with "Unfortunately, MobileOdin has stopped". Meh. Phone is rooted and have all requirements as necessary, Kernel, Root etc.
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I tried to flash a firmware via odin and it stucks to factoryfs.img.now i cant open my phone.When im flashing every firmware va odin it stucks at factoryfs.img.i tried to wipe everything from the stock recovery and retry but i had no success.when im flashing kernels i have no error.so i was wondering if i could flash cf-root and then when i will be into recovery push files via adb to internal sdcard.is this possible?if yes tell me how.If not tell me other ways to unbrick my device
Which firmware did you try? Try to flash a stock firmware. Go here and pick up the latest ROM and follow the instructions it is very well explained
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Good luck
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i flashed a stock firmware.i tried this and i had no result.if you can answer this i told about cwm and adb i would be very happy
try another cable.
I had similar problem because of a poor cable ordered from e-bay.
even if you are using the stock cable, try another one as it might be damaged.
gokhan thanks for your help but it didn't work.if i format the /system partition will i be able to get into download mode?
I don't see how you could get Odin to recognise your phone in order to format the system partition if you weren't able to get into download mode.
So I guess I'll play Captain Obvious...Can you get into download mode ?
If not, does Odin recognise the phone when you hook the phone up to a PC via a USB cable ? (a long shot I know but I'm trying to think of anything that might work here).
pangiotis24 said:
gokhan thanks for your help but it didn't work.if i format the /system partition will i be able to get into download mode?
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You really need to start giving more information.
Excactly what rom did you tried to flash? And yes, you can just flash CF-Root and start flashing from recovery. If it is possible to push the files true adb, I don't know. But you will have adb for sure in recovery.
And why are you flashing? It looks like you have really no idea what you are doing.
the problem is solved.i flashed a cwm 9 rom via odin and now im ok.now im flashing chechrom.i had checkrom and i undervolted too much.the phone closed but accidenatly i had ticked the set on bot button.my external sd is broken and i didnt have a checkrom backp into my internal sdcard.so i decided to flash an official firmware and then flash again checkrom.this is the story but now my problem is solved so you can lock the thread.thank you all
I've been searching like a b******d for the official ROM but in .zip format so I can install with CWM. Reason being is that my phones USB/Charge port is f****d, so it doesn't let me flash via odin. I also have Mobile Odin Pro but that keeps f*****g crashing on the ROM I have installed just now, so I can't bloody change ROMs, it's extremely irritating.
Just wondering if you guys know of any because I can't seem to f*****g find one and I am seriously about to throw the b*******g phone off a wall.
You told you have installed just now a ROM from mobile odin, which is crashing, you must have selected pre-root option, and CWM injected??
I have not heard of any official CWM flashable ROM yet..
Why you *******tly required an officilal ROM, you could have selected Custom Rom?
ZACQ8 said:
You told you have installed just now a ROM from mobile odin, which is crashing, you must have selected pre-root option, and CWM injected??
I have not heard of any official CWM flashable ROM yet..
Why you *******tly required an officilal ROM, you could have selected Custom Rom?
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Genuinely don't understand what you mean. I have previously installed a ROM the other day via CWM. I cannot find the .zip for the official ICS to install it via CWM. I cannot use the .tar.md5 files on mobile odin, because mobile odin keeps crashing on the ROM I have installed. I cannot use the USB on my phone either so that rules out any USB flashing with Odin.
.Wrighty said:
Genuinely don't understand what you mean. I have previously installed a ROM the other day via CWM. I cannot find the .zip for the official ICS to install it via CWM. I cannot use the .tar.md5 files on mobile odin, because mobile odin keeps crashing on the ROM I have installed. I cannot use the USB on my phone either so that rules out any USB flashing with Odin.
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Sorry I understand what you mean now....
Since your current ROM not allowing you to use Mobile ODIN, you have still option to flash a ROM from CWM which will allow Mob-ODIN to work flowlessly, chose any GB stable version closer to STOCK, like checkrom...then flahs Official from MO
OK, so my plan is to Flash my USA Galaxy Player 5.0 with Entropy's Kernel and Chip v1.5 ROM, and I think I've got the general idea down (first time at this, so this is still new and scary):
1) Backup data (Already done)
2) Factory Reset to clear out everything
3) Use Odin3 v1.7 to Flash Entropy's Kernel
4) Use Odin3 v1.7 to Flash Chip v1.5
5) Enjoy newly improved Galaxy Player, and begin the re-install process for all my apps.
The questions I have that I cant seem to get straight:
1) In the How To Flash with Odin/Heimdall tutorial, it says to use the .tar file for the ROM/Kernel. On Entropy's Kernel page, it has downloads for a .tar from back in January of this year, and a .zip from March. It looks like the march one is the latest updates, but how do I use them/install from a zip? I notice the instructions directly above the install, but as far as I can tell, there isn't a way to use CWM for the Galaxy Player. My Player is rooted, should I just go with the 'Any rooted device' instructions, using the .zip? Will that work for a first time?
2) Chip's instructions recommend re-installing the kernel again after flashing his mod. Has anyone found this advice helpful? If so, should I try using Odin to do it or the terminal emulator?
3) I want to re-install Swype and some of the default stuff after installing Chip v1.5, thus Addon Pack 1 is needed. Again, it says flash with CWM, and it's a zip file...
That's all I can think of right now. I know I'm being overcautious, and after the first time or two I won't think hardly anything of these details I'm asking for, but for right now I'd really appreciate any help I can get!
the only thing i used odin (make sure youre in download mode of course) for was to flash entropys .tar file (DD_01142012.tar) which now lets you have cwm recovery on your device. and then i rebooted put entropys DD_03052012.zip onto my sdcard, and i also put chip1.5-1-signed.zip onto sdcard in same spot. then i rebooted into cwm mode by powering off and then holding power and vol+ button together till u see first samsung screen then let go of power button but not vol+button, when u see cwm menu then u can let go. then i scrolled down to 'install zip from sdcard' and click on it and goto the DD_03052012 first and install that, once thats finished, then i installed chips rom, and did entropys kernel again (just in case he says) then just reboot from the cwm menu. dont forget to make nand backup after you have chip installed just in case, or even make a nand backup before chip installation, or both its up to u, i did both just cuz. :highfive:
So everything looked like it was going good, then I got into a boot loop right after I installed Chip v1.5. I'm trying to go through the instructions to fix that now, but before that everything was nice and easy. Thanks for your help!
Did u do a wipe data and clear caches before chip? If u haven't then do it now and reinstall everyhing
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For those who might be reading this in the future, to clear the boot loop I used the instructions here, which got my Player back to factory settings (it was more of a hassle to download the recovery ROM than it was to actually restore the Player). I re-tried installing, got boot looped again, then went to CWM ->Advanced ->Clear Delvik Cache . I remembered seeing this in the other instructions, I just mistook it for deleting the normal cache/data. Once I deleted it things worked fine, and things are looking good so far!
Moral of the story: Installing custom ROMs is easier than you think, although there are some little things that might trip you up for a little bit.
Dr. Cyanide said:
So everything looked like it was going good, then I got into a boot loop right after I installed Chip v1.5. I'm trying to go through the instructions to fix that now, but before that everything was nice and easy. Thanks for your help!
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Whipe everything and dalwick cashe also..and then wait ,first boot is always longer because its formating cashe.
But if you dont have cwm and you want to flash some kernel which is in boot.img format packed in zip (i had few situations like that when i could not enter cwm ) since SGP dont have fastboot mode only way to flash it is try Odin ,download samsung note 2 tools (find it on xda ,there is thread for that) and with that tool you can convert .img to Tar ,just before conversion you rename boot.img in to zImage ..after it creates tar you can flash it with odin normaly ( add in pit section)
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I'm fairly certain you flash .tar files with odin, and .zip files in clockworkmod recovery. If you need cwm, you can flash a custom kernel with it installed already through odin. Try terrasilent or steve's kernel if you have the 4.0, for the 5.0 I'm not sure.
flashing cm 10.1 with odin, can i and how
[can anyone answer this question for me, I have the vibrant t959 and my power button is dead. I can use my phone all works fine but what I cant do is flash rom with cw cause of the power button. is their a way to flash cm 10.1 with odin or other way that u don't need a power button?
please help
A friend linked me superoneclick and CM9 to root my phone.
Basically, he said to:
1. Back up contacts
2. Boot into recovery,wipe data/factory reset
3. Use superoneclick to install drivers and root
4. Load CM9 zip into internal memory (onto the ~16 GB of internal my S2 has)
5. Boot into revoery
6. Install Zip
7.Reboot
I am a tad congfused though. do i connect my phone via USB, open superoneclick on my computer, and use it to load the CM9 zip onto my phone?
How do i install zip once im back in recovery?
thanks!
GPS_Music said:
A friend linked me superoneclick and CM9 to root my phone.
Basically, he said to:
1. Back up contacts
2. Boot into recovery,wipe data/factory reset
3. Use superoneclick to install drivers and root
4. Load CM9 zip into internal memory (onto the ~16 GB of internal my S2 has)
5. Boot into revoery
6. Install Zip
7.Reboot
I am a tad congfused though. do i connect my phone via USB, open superoneclick on my computer, and use it to load the CM9 zip onto my phone?
How do i install zip once im back in recovery?
thanks!
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Read the stickies, none of that info was right.
Sent from my Zanpakuto using Getsuga Tensho!
To get a custom recovery and be able to flash custom roms (cm obviously included), all u need to do is flash a kernel for our phone model as all our kernels have recovery built in. Just find a siyah.tar file (gokhanmoral has some on his site in .Tar format), download it to your computer, then find a rom you want to flash and download it to your phone. Make sure you have Odin installed on your computer, and the correct drivers installed for your phone. Also make sure usb debugging is turned on on the phone. Put the phone into download mode, open Odin on pc, plug phone into pc, open the pda link in Odin, select the siyah file, and flash that puppy. Then when done, disconnect from pc, reboot phone to your new recovery, and wipe data / factory reset. Then flash your rom!
Phalanx7621 said:
To get a custom recovery and be able to flash custom roms (cm obviously included), all u need to do is flash a kernel for our phone model as all our kernels have recovery built in. Just find a siyah.tar file (gokhanmoral has some on his site in .Tar format), download it to your computer, then find a rom you want to flash and download it to your phone. Make sure you have Odin installed on your computer, and the correct drivers installed for your phone. Also make sure usb debugging is turned on on the phone. Put the phone into download mode, open Odin on pc, plug phone into pc, open the pda link in Odin, select the siyah file, and flash that puppy. Then when done, disconnect from pc, reboot phone to your new recovery, and wipe data / factory reset. Then flash your rom!
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I do not understand some of this, does odin work for Macs? Also, when you say "download (the ROM (in my case CM9)) it to your phone" do you mean use the phone browser to find and download it? Or what?
GPS_Music said:
I do not understand some of this, does odin work for Macs? Also, when you say "download (the ROM (in my case CM9)) it to your phone" do you mean use the phone browser to find and download it? Or what?
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Read this thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081], which is what I used a long time ago.
GPS_Music said:
I do not understand some of this, does odin work for Macs? Also, when you say "download (the ROM (in my case CM9)) it to your phone" do you mean use the phone browser to find and download it? Or what?
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Odin only works with Windows pc's, so on Mac you'll need to use Heimdall. Probably the Heimdall command line version is best. You can download the firmware of choice to your computer, and then transfer it to the phone over USB, or use dropbox and wifi, or something like that. You can download it directly to the phone if you prefer.
The guide referenced by Vpr2006 has instructions for using Heimdall as well as Odin. It give you the basics. In general you should 1) root 2) install custom kernel 3) use ClockworkMod Recovery to install your firmware of choice.
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Odin only works with Windows pc's, so on Mac you'll need to use Heimdall. Probably the Heimdall command line version is best. You can download the firmware of choice to your computer, and then transfer it to the phone over USB, or use dropbox and wifi, or something like that. You can download it directly to the phone if you prefer.
The guide referenced by Vpr2006 has instructions for using Heimdall as well as Odin. It give you the basics. In general you should 1) root 2) install custom kernel 3) use ClockworkMod Recovery to install your firmware of choice.
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I am quite unfamiliar with what to do on a step by step basis.
I looked at the thread Vpr2006 posted an saw this:
creepyncrawly said:
This approach to customizing your phone involves the following steps:
JANUARY 2013 ROOTING UPDATE: In mid December of 2012, Samsung released an over-the-air update for the SGH-I777UCLK3, taking the operating system to version 4.0.4. Around the same time, XDA developer Chainfire released an application called ExynosAbuse APK which can be used to root the SGH-I777 with SuperSU, without the need to use a PC. ExynosAbuse APK is the best, and probably the only practical method for rooting UCLK3 without flashing some other distribution. In addition, it seems that this application is a good way to root any phone running 4.x operating systems, and possibly phones running 2.x operating systems as well. Be aware, there are possible risks involved with using this application. Please thoroughly read and understand Chainfire's thread linked above before using his application.
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My S2 Is currently on UCLK3 so i clicked the link there (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35512626).
I do not seem to see specific instructions as to how to go about this though, and I don't think it specifies how to install CM9 specifically.
Also, I have a mac, but I can access a PC if need be.
Thanks
GPS_Music said:
I am quite unfamiliar with what to do on a step by step basis.
I looked at the thread Vpr2006 posted an saw this:
My S2 Is currently on UCLK3 so i clicked the link there (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35512626).
I do not seem to see specific instructions as to how to go about this though, and I don't think it specifies how to install CM9 specifically.
Also, I have a mac, but I can access a PC if need be.
Thanks
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If you don't feel comfortable using the ExynosAbuse Exploit by Chainfire to get root access on your existing firmware, then flash the [Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCLE5 Stock ICS with Root which is 4.0.3 ICS with root included.
Once you have root, use the instructions in that thread to install a custom kernel which contains ClockworkMod Recovery, preferably by installing Mobile Odin Lite or Mobile Odin Pro. I would suggest you use the "AJ Newkirk/Siyah v3.3.3d ICS" kernel, which is somewhat old but will only be on there long enough for you to flash your firmware of choice. Then enter recovery and flash your firmware, following the instructions in the OP of the firmware thread. As previously stated, you will need to use Heimdall on the Mac, or borrow a Windows PC and use Odin.
Hi! So friend 1 had asked me to help him root and flash CM on his S3 and I gladly helped. We were having a tough time doing it although I did it quite easily on friend 2's s3. Friend 3 chipped in to help us out by asking us to use Kingroot and let it root the S3. I thought it was ok and we let it do its thing. After it was "rooted" we tried flashing CM. There was an error during the process and it said it couldn't read the binary or something like that. I then wiped /system through TWRP thinking that it would revert everything back to stock. Well, obviously it wiped Android. I am so bad with Samsung phones xD Unfortunately, I did get ahead of myself and did not backup the phone when it still had Touchwiz. Good thing is, I can still access TWRP and download mode. I've already downloaded a stock rom for the s3. Now, how do I flash it? Are there any other solutions?
Thanks
EDIT: I, of course, have Odin and through download mode, would happily flash the stock rom mentioned above. However, Odin only accepts certain types of files such as .tar and .md5 files. Are there any websites that host stock roms ending in .tar or .md5?
Download stock rom from sammobile.com. The downloaded stock rom was compressed with winrar. Extract the downloaded file, you will get .md5 file. Put your phone into download mode connect your mobile to pc. open odin click pda select extracted .md5 file click start wait for 5 min after flashing complete odin will show pass. Unplug your mobile from pc. Goto recovery mode wipe data then reboot system. first boot will take 10 min.