Hey, i have got a real big problem.
I just wanted to Flash my Galaxy s3 with ArchiDroid and did all like he said in his Tutorial
1) Connect your phone to your pc and give it some time for installing drivers. When it's finished reboot your pc. It's important. After reboot check if windows can "detect" your phone, for example by entering "My Computer" section. It should be available as portable device.
2) Download newest ArchiDroid .zip file and put it on your phone, I strongly suggest your internal memory.
3) Disconnect your phone from the pc.
4) Download attached Odin3 Software and unpack it's content on your pc: Attachment 1879375
5) Click with your right mouse button on Odin3 executable and select "Run as administrator"
6) Download latest PhilZ Touch Recovery in .tar.md5 format and put it in the odin's folder or somewhere nearby. DON'T UNPACK IT! File should look like this: philz_touch_4.92.8-i9300.tar.md5
7) Click on the "PDA" button in odin and select your recovery in .tar.md5 format. Also untick "Auto Reboot" option. DO NOT TOUCH ANY OTHER BUTTONS OR CHECKBOXES!
8) Turn off your phone
9) Hold Volume Down + Home + Power buttons to enter Download mode. It should say "Downloading, do not turn off target"
10) Connect your phone to your pc. It should be shown in Odin's message log as f.e. "<ID:0/003> Added!!".
11) Hit "Start" button and be patient. It shouldn't take longer than a few seconds. Your phone won't automatically reboot, wait for progress bar to reach the end and move to the next point.
12) Reboot into recovery by holding combination: Vol-Up + Home + Power. Hold it until you see "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo (about 7 seconds).
13) Click on Wipe Data/Factory Reset => Clean to install a new rom. WARNING! From this point you'll be unable to load your current system as it wipes everything available (your internal/external card will remain untouched). Please make sure that you're ready for this step and that you have right .zip file available.
14) After cleaning hit Install zip => Choose zip from sdcard. Then navigate to your location of archidroid.zip file and open it. Now you'll be able to set various options in AROMA "Setup Wizard", just follow the steps and ArchiDroid should properly flash and reboot your system after installation.
15) First boot takes quite longer than usual, I'd say maximum of 5 minutes.
But after point 14 where it said i have to choose zip from sdcard. And i selected the "ArchiDroid-1.X-STABLE" i downloaded from his Dropbox, because the normal download was like 30kbits it said
that it couldnt be loaded because the zip was bad??
I dont know, right now im stucked with a phone without any Rom in it. I could put another Rom in it, but i cant get into my Harddrive of my phone and i have no external Sdcard...
is there a way to get my phone back at life? i have it 2-3 days now, and i was really angry about the battery life so i choose to put a rom in it...
i hope u guys can help me! Greetings Fnatique
Fnatique47 said:
Hey, i have got a real big problem.
I just wanted to Flash my Galaxy s3 with ArchiDroid and did all like he said in his Tutorial
1) Connect your phone to your pc and give it some time for installing drivers. When it's finished reboot your pc. It's important. After reboot check if windows can "detect" your phone, for example by entering "My Computer" section. It should be available as portable device.
2) Download newest ArchiDroid .zip file and put it on your phone, I strongly suggest your internal memory.
3) Disconnect your phone from the pc.
4) Download attached Odin3 Software and unpack it's content on your pc: Attachment 1879375
5) Click with your right mouse button on Odin3 executable and select "Run as administrator"
6) Download latest PhilZ Touch Recovery in .tar.md5 format and put it in the odin's folder or somewhere nearby. DON'T UNPACK IT! File should look like this: philz_touch_4.92.8-i9300.tar.md5
7) Click on the "PDA" button in odin and select your recovery in .tar.md5 format. Also untick "Auto Reboot" option. DO NOT TOUCH ANY OTHER BUTTONS OR CHECKBOXES!
8) Turn off your phone
9) Hold Volume Down + Home + Power buttons to enter Download mode. It should say "Downloading, do not turn off target"
10) Connect your phone to your pc. It should be shown in Odin's message log as f.e. "<ID:0/003> Added!!".
11) Hit "Start" button and be patient. It shouldn't take longer than a few seconds. Your phone won't automatically reboot, wait for progress bar to reach the end and move to the next point.
12) Reboot into recovery by holding combination: Vol-Up + Home + Power. Hold it until you see "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo (about 7 seconds).
13) Click on Wipe Data/Factory Reset => Clean to install a new rom. WARNING! From this point you'll be unable to load your current system as it wipes everything available (your internal/external card will remain untouched). Please make sure that you're ready for this step and that you have right .zip file available.
14) After cleaning hit Install zip => Choose zip from sdcard. Then navigate to your location of archidroid.zip file and open it. Now you'll be able to set various options in AROMA "Setup Wizard", just follow the steps and ArchiDroid should properly flash and reboot your system after installation.
15) First boot takes quite longer than usual, I'd say maximum of 5 minutes.
But after point 14 where it said i have to choose zip from sdcard. And i selected the "ArchiDroid-1.X-STABLE" i downloaded from his Dropbox, because the normal download was like 30kbits it said
that it couldnt be loaded because the zip was bad??
I dont know, right now im stucked with a phone without any Rom in it. I could put another Rom in it, but i cant get into my Harddrive of my phone and i have no external Sdcard...
is there a way to get my phone back at life? i have it 2-3 days now, and i was really angry about the battery life so i choose to put a rom in it...
i hope u guys can help me! Greetings Fnatique
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Flash back to stock with Odin and also get a ext sd card (you should always have a ext card for situations exactly like this) or and don't forget to backup your efs if you haven't already (VERY IMPORTANT).
tallman43 said:
Flash back to stock with Odin and also get a ext sd card (you should always have a ext card for situations exactly like this) or and don't forget to backup your efs if you haven't already (VERY IMPORTANT).
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Right now i was googling for a bit, and im downloading original firmware of my Samsung ( stock version ? )
i will put the md5 file into Odin, and start from scratch...
well i havnt backuped my efs but i read some days before (yes i was thinking about flashing even before i had my phone) that its possible to find them out with a program.
if i cant put a custom rom in the next 3 hrs on my phone. i will buy a ext sdcard and try it again after school.
another little question i have got is, wich custom rom could i get instead of ArchiDroid for good performance and Battery life?
i was looking in alot threads but everyone says the same " its the opinion of the user what he personally desires more, you have to check the roms at your own "
i just havnt the intention to download like 50 roms to check them all out for 2 weeks wich one gaves best battery life.
so someone got a idea pls? greetubgs
Ok Guys i managed to get rid of my problem, with a external sdcard.
Thanks god, now i have got archidroid on my phone <3
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Any guide
Possibly using linux machine
I think you should be able to perform all the steps done in adb using a linux machine. If you don't have a linux machine go to http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php and download the 32-bit DVD. You can burn it to a DVD and boot your PC to the DVD. I can get you more instructions if you need them.
I'm going to try this out this weekend. (Hopefully, Friday night.) I'll let you know if it works, and get you a step-by-step.
I have ubuntu
11.04
waiting for the instructions
thanks
Working on it now.
Downloading bt5.tar.bz2 now. It'll be a bit. 667MB... about an hour remaining.
The basic idea is to format the sdcard to ext3 using Gparted. (That WILL wipe all of your data!)
Then copy the files listed in bt5 post in the development forum by slimm609, and follow his instructions from that point on.
It should be simple.... (Please realize this is an over simplified summary, not instructions.)
I'm still going to try it out myself, and post a step-by-step as an alternate means for the command line phobic.
OK. Just booted to BackTrack
OK. It worked. It'll take me a few minutes to type up the step-by-step.
BT5 Setup - the GUI method (Ubuntu)
First of you will need a micro SDcard Reader for your Ubuntu machine, a recovery kernel, (like clockwork mod) and a application called Gparted (Graphical Partition Editor) on the Ubuntu machine. If you don't have it installed it is available in the repos.
1. Download the necessary .zip files from the original thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075054
(This would also be a good time to back up your data from the Tablet to another storage medium just in case.)
2. Mount the micro SDcard to your Ubuntu Machine. Copy anything from the SDcard you wish to keep. You WILL lose the data on this card when it is formatted.
3. Open Gparted. In the upper right hand corner select the micro SDcard device name. (Typically /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc, please be certain before proceeding.)
4. The partitions on the device should appear in the lower window. Right click on the partition you want to format, (usually /sdb1) and select "unmount".
I cannot stress enough that the following step will erase the data off of what ever device you have chosen! Choose wisely.
Right click the same partition and select "Format to" > ext3.
Select "Edit" from the menu up top, and "Apply all Operations"
5. Remount the SDcard. Copy the bt5.tar.bz2 file to the SDcard. This will take a minute or two. Once it is finished copying. Right click on the bt5.tar.bz2 icon, and select "open as administrator" This should open Archive manager as root. (It should ask for a password.)
It will take it a minute or two to read the archive and present the contents. (It's Large.)
6. Click the "Extract" button up top. In the window that pops up double check that you are pointed to the micro SDcard. (Usually /media/Random-Characters) Click the "Extract" button at the bottom right. You should get a progress bar and see folders begin to populate the File manager's window. This will take several minutes. Get a cup of coffee...
7. Once this is finished, delete the bt5.tar.bz2 file.
8. On your Gtablet, download the three (3) kernel .zip files listed in the original thread.
Move them to a folder you can easily find. (I did AA_kernels, so it's first in the list and easy to remember.)
9. Reboot the G-tab. Enter recovery mode, by pressing the volume up (+) key while pressing the power button. In the recovery mode flash the droid-kern_backup.zip to backup your current android kernel. This will allow you to switch back to the android install you have now.
For Clockwork Mod (CWM) its "install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard" > folder you named earlier > droid-kern_backup.zip.
10. After it is finished, selec the bt5kern-01-20110525.zip . This will set the tablet to boot to the BT5 load. Press the back button until you see the option to "reboot system now" and select it.
Once you reboot you should boot into BackTrack5. The screen may go dark and/or have a few white blocks, before it pops up some indeterminable text. Don't worry, be patient.
The login screen should say Clemintine and allow you to position the mouse over the "user name" block. Tap to select. In order to type you will need a physical keyboard plugged in, or you should see a man in a circle at the bottom right of the screen. Clicking that Icon will bring up options for assistance which include an on screen keyboard.
Enter "root". (Without quotation marks.) for the user name.
Enter "toor" for the password.
That should have you set to play. To return to the android install, reboot to recovery mode, and select the restore_droid-kern.zip . Another warning! Don't select the backup.zip at this time or you may over write the saved kernel.
I hope this helps. If I seemed to explain things to a painful detail, it's not to insult anyone's intelligence. You just never know who may be reading this post next, and what his/her experience level may be. If this manages to help you please click the "Thanks" button below and be sure to return to the original thread to Thank slimm609 and the others who put so much work into this project.
@argusvision
+1
That is lovely.
How about a dual boot setup? has that been tried?
Dual boot
This is a dual boot solution. To switch between distros, boot into recovery mode, and select the kernel you want.
BT5_kern.zip for BackTrack, or restore_droid-kern.zip to restore the kernel you backed up in the 9th step.
Look at the next to last paragraph.
argusvision said:
First of you will need a micro SDcard Reader for your Ubuntu machine, a recovery kernel, (like clockwork mod) and a application called Gparted (Graphical Partition Editor) on the Ubuntu machine. If you don't have it installed it is available in the repos.
1. Download the necessary .zip files from the original thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075054
(This would also be a good time to back up your data from the Tablet to another storage medium just in case.)
2. Mount the micro SDcard to your Ubuntu Machine. Copy anything from the SDcard you wish to keep. You WILL lose the data on this card when it is formatted.
3. Open Gparted. In the upper right hand corner select the micro SDcard device name. (Typically /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc, please be certain before proceeding.)
4. The partitions on the device should appear in the lower window. Right click on the partition you want to format, (usually /sdb1) and select "unmount".
I cannot stress enough that the following step will erase the data off of what ever device you have chosen! Choose wisely.
Right click the same partition and select "Format to" > ext3.
Select "Edit" from the menu up top, and "Apply all Operations"
5. Remount the SDcard. Copy the bt5.tar.bz2 file to the SDcard. This will take a minute or two. Once it is finished copying. Right click on the bt5.tar.bz2 icon, and select "open as administrator" This should open Archive manager as root. (It should ask for a password.)
It will take it a minute or two to read the archive and present the contents. (It's Large.)
6. Click the "Extract" button up top. In the window that pops up double check that you are pointed to the micro SDcard. (Usually /media/Random-Characters) Click the "Extract" button at the bottom right. You should get a progress bar and see folders begin to populate the File manager's window. This will take several minutes. Get a cup of coffee...
7. Once this is finished, delete the bt5.tar.bz2 file.
8. On your Gtablet, download the three (3) kernel .zip files listed in the original thread.
Move them to a folder you can easily find. (I did AA_kernels, so it's first in the list and easy to remember.)
9. Reboot the G-tab. Enter recovery mode, by pressing the volume up (+) key while pressing the power button. In the recovery mode flash the droid-kern_backup.zip to backup your current android kernel. This will allow you to switch back to the android install you have now.
For Clockwork Mod (CWM) its "install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard" > folder you named earlier > droid-kern_backup.zip.
10. After it is finished, selec the bt5kern-01-20110525.zip . This will set the tablet to boot to the BT5 load. Press the back button until you see the option to "reboot system now" and select it.
Once you reboot you should boot into BackTrack5. The screen may go dark and/or have a few white blocks, before it pops up some indeterminable text. Don't worry, be patient.
The login screen should say Clemintine and allow you to position the mouse over the "user name" block. Tap to select. In order to type you will need a physical keyboard plugged in, or you should see a man in a circle at the bottom right of the screen. Clicking that Icon will bring up options for assistance which include an on screen keyboard.
Enter "root". (Without quotation marks.) for the user name.
Enter "toor" for the password.
That should have you set to play. To return to the android install, reboot to recovery mode, and select the restore_droid-kern.zip . Another warning! Don't select the backup.zip at this time or you may over write the saved kernel.
I hope this helps. If I seemed to explain things to a painful detail, it's not to insult anyone's intelligence. You just never know who may be reading this post next, and what his/her experience level may be. If this manages to help you please click the "Thanks" button below and be sure to return to the original thread to Thank slimm609 and the others who put so much work into this project.
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I have tryed the above directions 15 times. 1st using the whole partition of my external micro SD, 16 gig. Also tryed shrinking the partition and only having 4 gig availble without success. The bootload kernal loads but it sits there the black screen after wiping the birds out. What am I doing wrong.
Edit ( fixed issue ): My Ubuntu machine wouldn't let give me permission to extract the .tar file onto the newly formated micro SD. Ended up creating a app in the task bar to open thing under root user. Fixed and works but they sayed wifi works and it doesn't. Even tryed changing the 2 files that were posted from the creator of the 1.2 boot kernal for BT and still nothing. I guess I am on my own from there. TY.
Stuck
mine gets stuck after it has some txt roll down the screen then the screen go black and it just stays there. any help?
So I finally rooted my phone but now I'm trying to flash Unnamed Rom but the computer will not detect the phone at all (nor will kies). Help anyone?
I'm assuming you have the full and latest version of Kies installed on your computer, yes? Do you get any indication of a connection on the phone like the USB symbol in the notification area? If so, make sure you pull it down and enable the connection.
Also, try another USB port on your computer.
ROOT - Custom Roms
abraxo said:
So I finally rooted my phone but now I'm trying to flash Unnamed Rom but the computer will not detect the phone at all (nor will kies). Help anyone?
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Which method did you use to ROOT?
Also there is NO reason to root at all if you are going to flash any custom roms available here in XDA.
All the custom roms are pre-rooted.
So all you need to do is download SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar kernel and flash it with Odin3.
After doing that all you do is copy the custom rom zipfile to you
internal sdcard and flash it with CWM Recovery.
If you want more detailed and easy to follow instructions about this, please keep reading.
If you plan on flashing a custom rom you will not need to root your phone because all of the custom
roms here in XDA forums are pre-rooted.
Here is the best and easiest way to flash/install a custom rom and backup your original stock rom.
First you need to install the Samsung USB drivers into windows.
(Be sure to use the original Samsung USB cable for trouble-free operation)
Here is the link for the Samsung Unified USB Driver: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13196871580881
After installing the usb driver above restart windows. NOTE: If you already have a usb driver installed and it's
working properly which means that you can copy files to your phone using the usb cable then SKIP this step.
Now is a good time to download a custom rom of your choice, there are about 5 or 6 you can choose from.
I would suggest to download the "UnNamed" custom rom which can be found here: update-unnamed-v1.1.0-full.zip
It is currently the best and most reliable full featured custom rom you can find for our i777 phone.
After you have downloaded a custom rom you need to copy it to your phone's internal sdcard.
To copy the rom zipfile to your phone you need to go into the settings of the phone:
settings>applications>development>usb debugging and make sure that the "USB debugging" is disabled.
Connect the usb cable from computer to the phone and open "Computer" from the start menu in windows &
there you will find a "SGH-I777" drive icon.
Open it and you will see 2 icons, PHONE and CARD, copy the custom rom zipfile you downloaded into the
PHONE drive. (you will only see CARD if you have an external sdcard in the phone)
Now you need to download these two files below.
SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/QQKN7NJAFT
Odin3_v1.83.exe Windows Executable: http://hotfile.com/get/116095613/4ea...din3_v1.83.exe
Copy both of these files into a new folder on your desktop.
Open Odin3 in your new folder & select the PDA button & select the "SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar" file.
Once this is done press the volume up & volume down buttons at the same time & hold them pressed
until you plug the usb cable from computer to the phone & you see the triangle on the phone's screen
and the "COM:XX" box in Odin3 light up yellow.
Then click the START button in Odin3 to start the kernel flash.
After successfully flashing you will see the blue CWM Recovery menu of options.
Select "Reboot System" from the menu.
After the phone reboots go back to settings and enable the usb debugging & power down the phone.
Now press & hold both volume buttons & press and hold the power button at the same time until you
see the SAMSUNG text on screen then let go of power button first then let go of the volume buttons.
Wait for the blue CWM menu then select "backup/recovery" then select "backup".
The phone will start backing up your stock rom at this point.
Once it gets done backing up your stock rom you can flash the custom rom.
To flash your custom rom select "Wipe data/Factory reset" from the menu.
Then select "Install zip from sdcard" & select the custom rom zipfile which
you have copied to your phone.
Once it gets done flashing & installing select "reboot system".
Using the blue clockworkmod recovery menu:
HOME softkey = selects.
BACK softkey = go back.
Volume Up/Volume Down = scroll up & down.
Now you are ready to use the phone. (at last!!!)
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P.S. The reason I made these instructions so detailed is so even a NOOB can understand it!
Remember if a NOOB can understand this then ANYONE can! - (that means you!)
Kadin said:
I'm assuming you have the full and latest version of Kies installed on your computer, yes? Do you get any indication of a connection on the phone like the USB symbol in the notification area? If so, make sure you pull it down and enable the connection.
Also, try another USB port on your computer.
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the phone is charging but the computer shows no sign of detecting the usb
Misterjunky said:
Which method did you use to ROOT?
Also there is NO reason to root at all if you are going to flash any custom roms available here in XDA.
All the custom roms are pre-rooted.
So all you need to do is download SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar kernel and flash it with Odin3.
After doing that all you do is copy the custom rom zipfile to you
internal sdcard and flash it with CWM Recovery.
If you want more detailed and easy to follow instructions about this, please keep reading.
If you plan on flashing a custom rom you will not need to root your phone because all of the custom
roms here in XDA forums are pre-rooted.
Here is the best and easiest way to flash/install a custom rom and backup your original stock rom.
First you need to install the Samsung USB drivers into windows.
(Be sure to use the original Samsung USB cable for trouble-free operation)
Here is the link for the Samsung Unified USB Driver: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13196871580881
After installing the usb driver above restart windows.
Now is a good time to download a custom rom of your choice, there are about 5 or 6 you can choose from.
I would suggest to download the "UnNamed" custom rom which can be found here: update-unnamed-v1.1.0-full.zip
It is currently the best and most reliable full featured custom rom you can find for our i777 phone.
After you have downloaded a custom rom you need to copy it to your phone's internal sdcard.
To copy the rom zipfile to your phone you need to go into the settings of the phone:
settings>applications>development>usb debugging and make sure that the "USB debugging" is disabled.
Connect the usb cable from computer to the phone and open "Computer" from the start menu in windows &
there you will find a "SGH-I777" drive icon.
Open it and you will see 2 icons, PHONE and CARD, copy the custom rom zipfile you downloaded into the
PHONE drive. (you will only see CARD if you have an external sdcard in the phone)
Now you need to download these two files below.
SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/QQKN7NJAFT
Odin3_v1.83.exe Windows Executable: http://hotfile.com/get/116095613/4ea...din3_v1.83.exe
Copy both of these files into a new folder on your desktop.
Open Odin3 in your new folder & select the PDA button & select the "SGH-I777_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.0.2.3.tar" file.
Once this is done press the volume up & volume down buttons at the same time & hold them pressed
until you plug the usb cable from computer to the phone & you see the triangle on the phone's screen
and the "COM:XX" box in Odin3 light up yellow.
Then click the START button in Odin3 to start the kernel flash.
After successfully flashing you will see the blue CWM Recovery menu of options.
Select "Reboot System" from the menu.
After the phone reboots go back to settings and enable the usb debugging & power down the phone.
Now press & hold both volume buttons & press and hold the power button at the same time until you
see the SAMSUNG text on screen then let go of power button first then let go of the volume buttons.
Wait for the blue CWM menu then select "backup/recovery" then select "backup".
The phone will start backing up your stock rom at this point.
Once it gets done backing up your stock rom you can flash the custom rom.
To flash your custom rom select "Wipe data/Factory reset" from the menu.
Then select "Install zip from sdcard" & select the custom rom zipfile which
you have copied to your phone.
Once it gets done flashing & installing select "reboot system".
Using the blue clockworkmod recovery menu:
HOME softkey = selects.
BACK softkey = go back.
Volume Up/Volume Down = scroll up & down.
Now you are ready to use the phone. (at last!!!)
P.S. The reason I made these instructions so detailed is so even a NOOB can understand it!
Remember if a NOOB can understand this then ANYONE can! - (that means you!)
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I was trying to install a rom I found which wasnt from xda so I rooted using S2 Root
abraxo said:
I was trying to install a rom I found which wasnt from xda so I rooted using S2 Root
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Where/what ROM are you trying to install? Was it for the ASGSII or the ISGSII? Different kernels could have been the difference maybe? I am not a dev, so maybe I'm waaaaay off base on this...
Don
abraxo said:
the phone is charging but the computer shows no sign of detecting the usb
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Do you see the usb symbol in the notification area? If so, do you see 'USB Connected' when you pull the notification window down? If you do, press that to enable the connection. Also did you see anything pop up when plugging the phone in down by the clock? I'm assuming you're using a version of Windows here...
Kadin said:
Do you see the usb symbol in the notification area? If so, do you see 'USB Connected' when you pull the notification window down? If you do, press that to enable the connection. Also did you see anything pop up when plugging the phone in down by the clock? I'm assuming you're using a version of Windows here...
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It did say USB connected in the notifs bar but nothing showed near the clock
Previous Post
abraxo said:
It did say USB connected in the notifs bar but nothing showed near the clock
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Your best bet is to follow the instructions in my previous post.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
Your best bet is to follow the instructions in my previous post.
Good luck!
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I tried that yesterday but I think I messed up on moving the rom files to the phone since clockwork didn't find anything. Do you think you can post more specific instructions on how to move the zip file and finding it on clockwork?
abraxo said:
I tried that yesterday but I think I messed up on moving the rom files to the phone since clockwork didn't find anything. Do you think you can post more specific instructions on how to move the zip file and finding it on clockwork?
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See if you can get the App, "Wifi File Transfer" from the Market, to allow you to transfer files to and from your computer via your internet browser. I use this all the time myself as I don't like hooking up via cable. You can then browse your phone's internal memory and put the zip wherever you want.
I'd suggest putting the UnNamed rom into the 'download' directory on the internal SD card (/sdcard/download) and then booting up into CWM and selecting to install the zip file and browse to this same location. It should then show up.
App - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer&feature=search_result
Thanks for the tip but should I unzip the rom zip file and move its contents one by one or do I keep it zipped? If I have to keep it zipped how do I move it then?
abraxo said:
Thanks for the tip but should I unzip the rom zip file and move its contents one by one or do I keep it zipped? If I have to keep it zipped how do I move it then?
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As stated in the original installation thread, keep it all in the one zip file.
You simply need to copy the zip file from your computer over to your phone with the Wifi File Transfer program via your browser.
Do you know how to do that? Rom zip files is the only reason winzip even found its way to my computer
abraxo said:
Do you know how to do that? Rom zip files is the only reason winzip even found its way to my computer
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You're using the app I suggested, right? Activate the app, follow the instructions to connect to your computer via IP address in your browser and you should be presented with a screen of you files on your phone once you connect. On the left, find the 'download' directory I mentioned earlier (You might need to click 'Parent Directory' at the top to find the directory.), then use the options on the right side (Browse Files) to find the file you want to sync and select it. Click ' Start Upload'.
Unzip
abraxo said:
Thanks for the tip but should I unzip the rom zip file and move its contents one by one or do I keep it zipped? If I have to keep it zipped how do I move it then?
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No, don't unzip anything. - (where does it say to unzip any files in any of the easy to follow instructions?)
I think your problem is that even with easy step by step instructions you seem to want to do things differently.
To copy a file from computer to phone is clearly explained in the easy to read users guide which came with the phone.
From the root method I used I had to uninstall the HTC drivers first. Have you installed them?
Also can you check your USB setting in the network>USB> set it to "ask".
too soon
spoke too soon! ...............
Same exact thing happened to me. Make sure your phone is unpluged, go to settings, wireless and network, and click on USB utilities. Click connect storage to PC. It will then tell you to plug in your phone. Fixed my problems 100%, good luck.
jbike25 said:
Same exact thing happened to me. Make sure your phone is unpluged, go to settings, wireless and network, and click on USB utilities. Click connect storage to PC. It will then tell you to plug in your phone. Fixed my problems 100%, good luck.
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Thanks for this!
Hi,
I bought this phone from China and I wanted to convert it to an international regular android phone.
This sounds easy, the theory is that, root the phone to get rid of Chinese apps then install Google Play... that would be sufficient for me.
The problem is that in practice that proved to be more complicated especially if one have not done this before.
The Phone
ZTE V5S / Grand Memo 5S
Hardware Platform: MT6589
Cores: Quad Core
CPU: 1.5G Hz
GPU: PowerVR SGX544MP
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
Display Size: 5.7 inch HD
Screen Resolution: 720×1280
Screen Type: IPS-LCD, Multi-Touch Capcitive Screen
Display Colour: 16 Million Colors
Operating System: Android 4.2
I have read forums in the last couple of days and managed to:
- root the device
- remove china stuff
- installed Google Play
The store is working but the Google apps such as YouTube are giving this error:
"Google Play services, which some of your applications rely on, is not supported by your device. Please contact the manufacturer for assistance."
I understand (from googling) that I have to instal a new ROM which is modified to support this.
I have downloaded couple of ROMs from Chinese sites but following their instructions, I could not install the ZIP files.
Not speaking Chinese, used web translation.
Ideally, I am looking to install a multilingual ROM for my device.
Later edit: I have installed the google play posted here and now youtube works but play is crashing if i try to install anything.
Any help highly appreciated.
Thank you.
[Resolved] Flashing ZTE Grand Memo 5S (aka ZTE Memo V5S)
Managed to resolve my problem... here is the step by step guide.
As usual, I'm not responsible if you brick your pone, is your decision to follow the below steps.
Some advices:
- Use a good quality USB cable which plugs firmly in the phone and PC
- Make sure that eventual power outage does not power off pc (ie use laptop)
- Do not unplug cable (accidentally) from PC/Phone while program running and last message is not: --- task is complete ---
- Try not using PC for other (resource consuming) activities.
- Be patient... some processes take quite long time
- Upload ROM which is designed for Your device!
- If you want to download ROM using SP Flash Tool, you need to dismount the phone as battery is not removable. Make an NANDROID
backup as this will backup absolutely everything... including user data.
1. Download MTK Droid Tools (because this is a MediaTek device)
2. Download SP Flash Tool (not used... just to have it in case you need to flash back a backup)
3. DOwnload a ROM (ZTE_V5S_WCDMA_Google_ROOT_140522.zip)
4. DOwnload a Patch for splash screen in Zip format (optional).
5. Copy to sd card:
- The downloaded ROM, rename to "update.zip". This is important otherwise will might give an error when flasing.
- The splash screen patch if you have it.
- Insert sd card in the phone.
6. Open MTKdroidTools.exe
- in few minutes your phone details should show up on Phone information tab.
7. Connect Phone via USB to PC
8. In USB computer options choose to connect with option "Connect to PC software", this will turn on USB debug
9. Root the phone, follow these steps:
- MTK Droid tools, after phone is read, press Root
- When prompted to create backup of ROM, press Yes (For the subsequent restoration of bla, bla... To make it now?)
- When prompted pack the backed up ROM, press Yes
- When Prompted choose between SuperSU or Superuser, choose SuperSU. SuperSU is still supported by develper, this is why.
- Click on IMEI/NVRAM and press backup... you may need that as well if something goes wrong.
Now you have you phone rooted and the original ROM zipped in the backup folder under MTK Droid Tools folder.
- Reboot the phone. You might have to root again but no need to save anything.
10. MTK Droid tools, after phone is read, go to the other tab: root, backup, recovery
11. If you wish, you can make another backup of your ROM with ROOT privileges this time... Press Backup and wait to complete.
12. Press button "To prepare blocks for Flashtool", select .md5 file from the last backup folder you made.
- Now you have the copy of the original software
13. Position radio buttton on the option: "To use boot from phone"
14. Press button "Recovery and Boot"
- When prompted "To make CWM recovery automatically?", press Yes
- When prompted to upload ony if phone is loaded, press Yes
- When prompted to "Install created recovery to phone?", press Yes
- when prompted "To reload phone in recovery to phone?", press Yes
15. You are now in recovery mode, to navigate up-down use Volume button, to choose/execute an item use power button.
16. Navigate to "wipe data/factory reset" then execute, on the next screen navigate to "Yes - ..." then choose it
17. Navigate to "whipe cache partition" then execute, on the next screen navigate to "Yes - ..." then choose it
18. Navigate to "install zip from sdcard" then execute, on the next screen navigate to "choose zip from sdcard"
19. Now you see content of SD Card, navigate to ROM file (update.zip) then execute, on the next screen navigate to "Yes - ..."
then choose it
20. Once finished GO back then reboot the phone
21. It will take a bit longer to load first time
22. To install the splash screen go to recovery mode again, choose to update from SD then confirm... same steps as for the ROM.
23. Open google play, login, a number of updates will show up, update all Google Play components
To get into recovery mode you have few options, i'll give one:
a. Turn off phone
b. Press and keep pressed Volume Up
c. Press and keep pressed Power button
d. Keep both pressed until splash screen shows up then release both
Now you may want to get rid of chinese stuff. To do so, folow these steps:
1. Power your phone
2. Open MTKdroidTools.exe
3. Connect Phone via USB to PC
4. In USB computer options choose to connect with option "Connect to PC software", this will turn on USB debug
5. After phone is loaded press Root (just to get privileges)
6. When prompted "Receive root privileges bla, bla...", choose yes
7. Press Super User... choose to user SuperSU
8. Press Build.Prop
9. Press Delete china... this will remove the only keyboard as well which is chinese so skip this step.
10. Press reboot
11. Now most of the chinese stuff is gone
12. Download and install:
- More locale or locale 2 if you want interface in a certain language
- Swiftkey to get a decent keyboard (disable chinese one)
- 3D Digital weather
- Anything else yo may want.
13. Use system optimiser to uninstall the rest of the Chinese apps
You are done... I have done this walkghrough while I was mooding my phone. Dont ask questions on errors as I have no idea. These
steps where collected while various forums for ready 3 days.
Hope someone will find useful... good luck.
I TAKE NO CREDIT OTHER THAN GATHERING AND CLARIFYING THE PROCESS
Seems as though there isn't any device specific directions do this at your own risk if you wake up in the middle of the night and your android is walking around you can blame that on me
Ok start by downloading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
This will get you a temp clock work recovery
Also you need su UPDATE zip. To your external sd card http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
you need the Asus drivers from att http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Mo..._Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows_20131202.zip
Ok now to get the phone ready pull the handset loose from tablet
Go to settings/ about/ software information
Tap build number 7 times. Your now a developer
push back once go to developer options
Tick USB debugging
go back go to storage
top right corner tap USB symbol
Select camera ptp
Now plug phone into PC install the drivers you downloaded
when that's done your pc should see phone and ask you what you want to do close all that open the Intel android file you downloaded just unzip to desktop open file and double click launcher look at phone it should be asking you to trust computer click ok
Cap locks on type accept the option t3 and just wait
when your phone is done and in clock work install zip from sd card then go back wipe cache go to backup backup to external SD card you can back up internal but it takes a bit of space now reboot and enjoy root
I want to thank you profoundly for taking the time to do this, truly. Before reading your guide I was going absolutely nuts! I had stumbled through all the relevant guides but for some reason I wasn't piecing it together. Thank you.
evolvedmod said:
I TAKE NO CREDIT OTHER THAN GATHERING AND CLARIFYING THE PROCESS
Seems as though there isn't any device specific directions do this at your own risk if you wake up in the middle of the night and your android is walking around you can blame that on me
Ok start by downloading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
This will get you a temp clock work recovery
Also you need su UPDATE zip. To your external sd card http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
you need the Asus drivers from att http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Mo..._Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows_20131202.zip
Ok now to get the phone ready pull the handset loose from tablet
Go to settings/ about/ software information
Tap build number 7 times. Your now a developer
push back once go to developer options
Tick USB debugging
go back go to storage
top right corner tap USB symbol
Select camera ptp
Now plug phone into PC install the drivers you downloaded
when that's done your pc should see phone and ask you what you want to do close all that open the Intel android file you downloaded just unzip to desktop open file and double click launcher look at phone it should be asking you to trust computer click ok
Cap locks on type accept the option t3 and just wait
when your phone is done and in clock work install zip from sd card then go back wipe cache go to backup backup to external SD card you can back up internal but it takes a bit of space now reboot and enjoy root
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problem rooting
Hey, thanks for posting the step by step guide.
unfortunately haven't get mine to work yet.
I noticed that the "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip" in external drive doesnt seem to be visible in the CWM session :/ I do see an Update.zip, however nothing happens when I choose to install from zip.
One question about
the step where we have to "select camera ptp"
why do we have to do that?
I noticed that under "Intel Android Devices Root / Temp CWM Session" the phone had problem accessing the external SD card.
Not sure if it is because the SD card was from my previous android device, will try again after it is reformatted.
When I boot the phone whit de .bat into CWM mode
only shows me a quarter of the image, to be exact the upper left ,
not let me run any commands by usb or touch nowhere.
if I put the phone to the tablet does not work in that state. any suggestions?
frankerebus said:
When I boot the phone whit de .bat into CWM mode
only shows me a quarter of the image, to be exact the upper left ,
not let me run any commands by usb or touch nowhere.
if I put the phone to the tablet does not work in that state. any suggestions?
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That's because you're using twrp, use option 5. cwm.zip it should work fine... use volume up and down to navigate and power to confirm.
I ran into a few issues when rooting my J5 for the first time, but I found a working solution and wanted to share it. I'm not sure if this is the right place - feel free to move the thread or repost as you wish. I just find it important to post because I didn't find a solution anywhere else, and I want others to know how I worked it out anyway, so I just registered real quick to post this here. There's so many things that took me ages to figure out. At some point my screen went yellow when booting, other times my devices wasn't recognized, it was such a mess. But eventually I fixed it. I hope this works out for folks as well.
For sake of complete...ness, let's start at the very beginning.
Prepare:
Don't forget to make a back up of your files first, both on SD and Phone!
1. Download the latest Samsung Android USB Driver for Windows on your Computer
1a. I also downloaded these drivers I think
2. In your phone check Settings -> About Device -> Software Info -> tap a few times on Build Number to activate developer mode
3. Now go to Settings ->Developer Options ->enable OEM unlock and USB Debugging
4. Download these on your computer:
Odin
this .tar file (This one is for SM-J500FN ONLY)
SuperSU
OPTIONAL: Adaptable Storage Enabler PATCH (everything saying optional belongs to this)
5. Connect your phone via USB in Windows and move SuperSU zip into your phones folder OPTIONAL: Also move the storage patch zip to your phone
6. Power off your phone and boot to download mode (Hold VOLUME DOWN/HOME/POWER at once)
7. Press VOLUME UP
8. Go into the Odin folder and right click Odin3.exe -> start as Administrator
9. If your phone is connected properly, it should say "Added!" (if it doesn't, try reconnecting or download drivers properly again)
10. Click on the Options tab in Odin and uncheck Auto Reboot
11. Click on AP and open the .tar file you downloaded
12. Press start and wait until the message PASS! appears (if it doesn't you may have missed a step or something isn't right yet)
13. Shut down the phone when it's finished (if stuck remove the battery)
14. Hold VOLUME UP/HOME/POWER - teamwin should start
15. Swipe to allow modifications -> Install -> locate the SuperSU zip and select it -> (OPTIONAL: Add another ZIP -> locate and select the patch ->) swipe to confirm flash
16. -> Reboot system
DONE!
OPTIONAL ADOPTABLE STORAGE:
17. In your phone go to Settings -> Storage -> SD-Card -> use as internal memory (This requires formatting the SD)
BOOM, DONE!
TIP: Never, NEVER, turn the OEM-unlock option off (and developer mode for that matter), if it goes off like due to low battery it will be soft bricked and you will have to wipe all your files, it sucks, trust me.
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Sources/Threads that really helped me put this together:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/development/recovery-samsung-galaxy-j5-t3338869
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/themes/galaxy-j5-adaptable-storage-6-0-1-t3470020
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460521
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m51lZldj0UQ (praise you for the working .tar file)
I had the same problem with rooting J5 2015. It works now, thanks for great instructions!!!
Jan
When I try to reboot twrp...my screen tears up and turns green and glitches out. Normal booting works tho...
I've tried this on two J5s now. First one worked brilliantly. Second one: adaptable storage isn't available.
Both phones are the same model with the same software version. Only difference I can think of is that the one that worked had been factory reset before and the other one has been used for a while.
Any ideas? Anything I can check to work out what's going wrong? I'll see if there's anything useful in the threads quoted in the OP.
Managed to get it to work eventually. Not exactly sure what resolved it. Here's what I did for info:
formatted the SD card as portable storage
shutdown and boot into recovery
re-install patch
click reboot
option still not available
format SD card again
shutdown and boot into recovery
re-install patch
this time don't click the reboot option on screen, navigate back to main menu and click reboot (doubt this made any difference)
option still not available in storage menu, wait
after 30 seconds, a notification appears with option to format the SD card and now offers option to format as internal storage
Question
For this method, is it necessary to unlock bootloader? If so, which are the steps that you considered to unlock bootloader?
Sorry - Forget my question... I realised that with the "OEM-unlock option" you are already unlocking the bootloader
thank you very much!! it's working fine for me.
Thanks for your real effort. I successfully rooted my phone samsung j5. And successfully removed system app.
Thanks for this !
Hello. First of all, really thank you for your guide, it worked easily and smooth even for a person who doesn't know anything about this kind of things.
Still seems I have some issues, hope someone can help me, maybe it will help some inexperienced user like me, since I searched on the internet but I didn't find useful information about that.
Here's what happened: after I followed the guide's instruction I was able to format my sd card as internal memory. Don't know why but my phone still sees sd separate from real internal memory of my phone but not anymore as an sd, while I was expecting the phone to see it as a whole bigger memory (i.e. with my 16 gb sd and 8 gb phone I thought I had 24 gb as a whole where i could install everything).
Because of that, when I install new apps they go in the internal 8 gb memory and when it's full I still have same memory issues I had before.
I tried to get around the problem using Link2SD but still some app can't be moved, and anyway that is not actually a solution of the problem.
Another issue was that, when I connect my phone to computer, it reads only the real phone internal memory (I think, at least that's the space I see available) and not the space on the sd, so I can't put files like music or stuff on my phone from my computer. Same thing with phone camera, which I used to save my photos directly to the sd, but now I'm bound to save my photos in the internal memory and not directly to the space in the sd, as my camera doesn't see any sd. I can't even move them after I took them.
I think I can get around this problem too partitioning my sd, which is probably a good idea anyways (I have to figure out if I can partition the sd without formatting or losing data though. I'm thinking I'll backup my phone on my computer via smart switch, then wipe everything, format and partition my sd and recover my backup into the phone), but still I would be able to access the internal mounted partition only to move my apps after having them installed in the phone memory and for nothing else.
So I don't get it right (clearly), did something went wrong in enabling sd as internal memory?
I hope I have made myself understandable even if I don't really know what I'm talking about.
Thanks again to LordSamsung and to everyone who will try to help.
Will this work with j500g?
its woek < thank you bro
Hi LordSamsung,
The phone is stuck at Samsung logo and when i enter recovery it has a lot of unable to mount /cache (Invalid argument). Is there a way to perform this flash on a phone that doesn't have OEM unlock and USB Debugging enabled?
I've tried your method but i'm unable to flash the NAND this is some of the log.
<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
Thanks in advance and sorry if its a stupid question
want to flash but stay quiet on aboot.mbn
LordSamsung said:
I ran into a few issues when rooting my J5 for the first time, but I found a working solution and wanted to share it. I'm not sure if this is the right place - feel free to move the thread or repost as you wish. I just find it important to post because I didn't find a solution anywhere else, and I want others to know how I worked it out anyway, so I just registered real quick to post this here. There's so many things that took me ages to figure out. At some point my screen went yellow when booting, other times my devices wasn't recognized, it was such a mess. But eventually I fixed it. I hope this works out for folks as well.
For sake of complete...ness, let's start at the very beginning.
Prepare:
Don't forget to make a back up of your files first, both on SD and Phone!
1. Download the latest Samsung Android USB Driver for Windows on your Computer
1a. I also downloaded these drivers I think
2. In your phone check Settings -> About Device -> Software Info -> tap a few times on Build Number to activate developer mode
3. Now go to Settings ->Developer Options ->enable OEM unlock and USB Debugging
4. Download these on your computer:
Odin
this .tar file (This one is for SM-J500FN ONLY)
SuperSU
OPTIONAL: Adaptable Storage Enabler PATCH (everything saying optional belongs to this)
5. Connect your phone via USB in Windows and move SuperSU zip into your phones folder OPTIONAL: Also move the storage patch zip to your phone
6. Power off your phone and boot to download mode (Hold VOLUME DOWN/HOME/POWER at once)
7. Press VOLUME UP
8. Go into the Odin folder and right click Odin3.exe -> start as Administrator
9. If your phone is connected properly, it should say "Added!" (if it doesn't, try reconnecting or download drivers properly again)
10. Click on the Options tab in Odin and uncheck Auto Reboot
11. Click on AP and open the .tar file you downloaded
12. Press start and wait until the message PASS! appears (if it doesn't you may have missed a step or something isn't right yet)
13. Shut down the phone when it's finished (if stuck remove the battery)
14. Hold VOLUME UP/HOME/POWER - teamwin should start
15. Swipe to allow modifications -> Install -> locate the SuperSU zip and select it -> (OPTIONAL: Add another ZIP -> locate and select the patch ->) swipe to confirm flash
16. -> Reboot system
DONE!
OPTIONAL ADOPTABLE STORAGE:
17. In your phone go to Settings -> Storage -> SD-Card -> use as internal memory (This requires formatting the SD)
BOOM, DONE!
TIP: Never, NEVER, turn the OEM-unlock option off (and developer mode for that matter), if it goes off like due to low battery it will be soft bricked and you will have to wipe all your files, it sucks, trust me.
____________________________
Sources/Threads that really helped me put this together:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/development/recovery-samsung-galaxy-j5-t3338869
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/themes/galaxy-j5-adaptable-storage-6-0-1-t3470020
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460521
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m51lZldj0UQ (praise you for the working .tar file)
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want to flash but stay quiet on aboot.mbn
Does this works with SM-J500M? I ran into the same issue of internal memory storage but i don't want to have trouble connecting the cellphone to my pc and the SD can't be recognized like the other user that can't put music or photos in the SD bcs now it's internal. Can someone confirm this?
LordSamsung said:
OPTIONAL: Adaptable Storage Enabler PATCH (everything saying optional belongs to this)
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Tenshiros said:
Does this works with SM-J500M? I ran into the same issue of internal memory storage but i don't want to have trouble connecting the cellphone to my pc and the SD can't be recognized like the other user that can't put music or photos in the SD bcs now it's internal. Can someone confirm this?
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Yes internal storage patch does work
palmbeach05 said:
Yes internal storage patch does work
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Understood, but i can only use this if i install a custom rom and root the phone?
Tenshiros said:
Understood, but i can only use this if i install a custom rom and root the phone?
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Yes b/c this feature is built into the roms
same here
Instead of the .tor file you suggested I used TWRP and it worked just fine. Thank you very much for the directions!