I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, but after an afternoon of searching and trying things, I think I need to just ask for advice, since I don't know what I'm doing.
I have a rooted Tab 10.1 wifi with TWRP installed, but somehow managed to delete all ROMs and backups from it, and there is no ROM installed. Was I drunk? Perhaps. I thought I was cleaning house, but clearly screwed up. So I can boot to TWRP or Odin mode, but there's no OS, so it can't actually boot to Android.
I thought I'd just stick a ROM on it and flash that, so I ordered a USB cable to connect to my PC, but no dice. Installed the Samsung USB drivers, and it shows up as an Android device in the Device Manager, but I can't mount it to get access to its storage and copy over a ROM.
Is it possible to mount the storage and copy over a ROM under these circumstances? Or do I have to use Odin or something like that? I haven't used Odin much, but I seem to remember it doesn't work the same way as just flashing a ROM, and I'd need some other firmware file. Any advice would be appreciated!
bakobitz said:
I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, but after an afternoon of searching and trying things, I think I need to just ask for advice, since I don't know what I'm doing.
I have a rooted Tab 10.1 wifi with TWRP installed, but somehow managed to delete all ROMs and backups from it, and there is no ROM installed. Was I drunk? Perhaps. I thought I was cleaning house, but clearly screwed up. So I can boot to TWRP or Odin mode, but there's no OS, so it can't actually boot to Android.
I thought I'd just stick a ROM on it and flash that, so I ordered a USB cable to connect to my PC, but no dice. Installed the Samsung USB drivers, and it shows up as an Android device in the Device Manager, but I can't mount it to get access to its storage and copy over a ROM.
Is it possible to mount the storage and copy over a ROM under these circumstances? Or do I have to use Odin or something like that? I haven't used Odin much, but I seem to remember it doesn't work the same way as just flashing a ROM, and I'd need some other firmware file. Any advice would be appreciated!
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I think that the easiest way is to flash a stock rom with Odin and start over from there. It's a bit time consuming but it works.
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Hi All,
Just got my S2 last week. Planning to move to CM7 this weekend. I have rooted the device and am on the Codeworkx kernel. I had a few questions:
1. Is there a problem while flashing via Odin if Debugging is not enabled (I think it is more of a OS feature which we haven't entered when in download mode, so shouldn't matter according to me.) ? I tried to disable debugging, and then went to download mode and Odin did detect the phone, but I did not try to flash anything so if anyone has tried that, your input is more than welcome.
2. The reason for above question is: What if I completely brick my phone (with debugging disabled) and no ROM .zip in the sd storage, how do I get the phone up and running ? I understand that I can flash kernels via Odin, but is it true for ROMs as well ?
3. What's the issue with ROM manager ? Is it recommended to stay away from it for S2 ? I have tried to do a Nandroid backup and it always takes me to the Android robot with a exclamation mark screen. Then I have to reboot and the backup magically restarts and completes successfully. Most people have suggested to use CWM recovery directly, so not sure if I should get rid of the ROM manager altogether.
That should be all for now. I have a jig ready by the way, so am not that worried about the process and plan to do a fair bit of reading before proceeding, however, the answers to above queries would be really great !
Thanks in advance,
Ish
I can answer some of your doubts.
I don't know if you can flash via odin in case you don't have the usb debuggin enabled so I'm not going to say anything about it.
Anyway if something happens to your phone and you dont have any ROM on your sd card but you have CWM recovery installed (which is almost everytime the case) then in CWM there is a mount usb stoage option. With it you can easily transfer .zip ROM files to flash, or even a nandroid backup you saved in your PC.
ABout ROM manager, this is what I suggest you. The first time you flash CM7 don't use ROM Manager (I even tried using it with the codeworkx kernel with no luck). Now, once you are in CM7 it works perfectly and it's really helpful to flash nightlies withouth wiping data (I flash half the nightlies as they are realeased). So the first time you flash CM7 wipe everything (do a nandroid backup first), even wipe /system, /data, cache partition, dalvik cache, so you don't have any problems. THen install zip from sd card and when it finish install the zip file again (just two installs in a row no wiping in beween, trust me, the first time I tried I didn't do that and couldn't boot the phone).
Hope it helps.
EDIT: You can flash stock ROM via odin, there is a thread by infratech were this is explained and you have a list of downloable stock ROMS you can flash with Odin, these are region and carrier specific and you probably will get the one for your carrier. I found the stock ROM for my carrier and I'm from chile, you shouldn't have any problems with that. Well, good luck, CM7 is by far the best ROM I've flashed.
Oh another thing, go for the latest nightly since the battery life is incredibly improved over the RC (or was it stable?) version.
Thanks !
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Anyway if something happens to your phone and you dont have any ROM on your sd card but you have CWM recovery installed (which is almost everytime the case) then in CWM there is a mount usb stoage option. With it you can easily transfer .zip ROM files to flash, or even a nandroid backup you saved in your PC.
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Awesome ! This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't dived into all the options of the CWM, so didn't know that this feature existed.
Also, many thanks for explaining most of the things in a single concise post, it was very helpful. I'll have to check the ROM flash with Odin, so I will search for that thread and have a go through it later today.
Once I get a hang of CM7, I'll go in for the nightlies as well. And yes, I did read about the CM7 guys revert the status to an RC because of the bugs reported, so will give it a try once I definitely know what I'm getting into .
Thanks again,
Ish.
cheemais said:
Awesome ! This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't dived into all the options of the CWM, so didn't know that this feature existed.
Also, many thanks for explaining most of the things in a single concise post, it was very helpful. I'll have to check the ROM flash with Odin, so I will search for that thread and have a go through it later today.
Once I get a hang of CM7, I'll go in for the nightlies as well. And yes, I did read about the CM7 guys revert the status to an RC because of the bugs reported, so will give it a try once I definitely know what I'm getting into .
Thanks again,
Ish.
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Well good luck! Tell me if you get any problem.
Tried getting a cyagen 9 ICS rom on my 3g wifi 10.1 tab, forgot to install the clockwork stuff, and now it wont work no more. Think i managed to delete everything on it!? Did manage to install clockwork after via odin but now it find no files on sd and nothing else will work. The sd card will not appear via usb on my pc so i cant put new files in!?
Is there any hope for it or is the garbage can next stop?
Magnar, Norway
Apparently you can see the device with odin - I'd recommend doing a full restock, you can follow the guide at the overcome experience: http://www.teamovercome.net/p7500/?page_id=5
Scroll down on that page until you see the "Re-“Stocking” Yer System…" part and follow the instructions there.
Once you do that your tab should be back in working condition and you'll be able to install CWM and a custom ROM with it. And another piece of advice - always (seriously, ALWAYS) do a nandroid backup of your system before flashing ROMs, especially if you aren't 100% sure what you need to do. This way, if something goes wrong, you can always just restore the backup and you're good to go.
Best of luck!
Why don't you just mount your tablet to you PC through - mounts and storage in CWM recovery? It should work. If not, do what the guy above me said.
jippi
Tried mounting usb but it did not work just got error. Tried the full restock and that did the trick. THANKS
That's why reading helps, It clearly says "Flash the zip using CWM" because modified files cannot be flashed by the stock recovery due to Googles restriction's to avoid breaking their EULA, so the work around would be using a personal made CWM. Problem is stock one is only meant to flash update.zip, to specific folder's, when you install a ROM via stock, it just dumps and replaces everything in one place, It's like getting all your 3 Science subject notes mixed in 1 notebook, you have no idea what is what.
Hello everyone.
My phone has been having some trouble lately and I'm trying to restore everything to as is for servicing. I found a thread with the stock Rogers Odin files, but the phone won't connect via USB(One of the problems) and the links are dead. Is there a CWM or another method to putting the stock firmware onto my phone? Odin does not work and neither does my SD card.
Thank you.
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Hello everyone.
My phone has been having some trouble lately and I'm trying to restore everything to as is for servicing. I found a thread with the stock Rogers Odin files, but the phone won't connect via USB(One of the problems) and the links are dead. Is there a CWM or another method to putting the stock firmware onto my phone? Odin does not work and neither does my SD card.
Thank you.
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USB won't connect - problem with the cable? Or problem with drivers?
And can you clarify what you mean when you say your SD card does not work either?
Will try to help.
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USB won't connect - problem with the cable? Or problem with drivers?
And can you clarify what you mean when you say your SD card does not work either?
Will try to help.
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Hi. thanks.
The SD card is the reason why I'm sending the phone back. Two days ago it suddenly just said "SD card blank or unsupported". I tried putting it in my PC and still can't even format it. 16GB SD card. All my photo`s and files gone :S The USB cable thing I finally got working by buying a new cable, I think the other one may have been faulty. So yeah, ODIN now shows the phone connected, but I don`t have the right firmware to revert it too so that Rogers doesn`t deny me service.
Get the firmware for an Odin gingerbread install here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657262
You also can connect to kies and install the ics ROM.
You can install any custom ROM to get your phone straightened out and then install a Rogers ROM. And any custom ROM will work with Rogers.
Also if your cable was faulty, and your card was faulty, do you really need to send your phone back?
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Get the firmware for an Odin gingerbread install here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1657262
You also can connect to kies and install the ics ROM.
You can install any custom ROM to get your phone straightened out and then install a Rogers ROM. And any custom ROM will work with Rogers.
Also if your cable was faulty, and your card was faulty, do you really need to send your phone back?
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Hey, thanks. I want to send it back because I`d rather just get a replacement than deal with this one. The SD card dying out of nowhere has really dazed me because that has never happened to me before and I just took the phone for granted as is. Besides that way I can get a new card too, otherwise I have no storage. Too many faulty things came in the box, I`m weary of the phone.
I`ll try it out when I get home. Thanks again.
Edit: In the link you posted, which file should I download? And as for Odin. Each ROM is it's own installer right? There's no Odin program to install on my PC?
You don't install Odin on your PC. But you do run it on your pc. You will need Odin3 v1.85. You will need all files from that link and you place them respectively in the blanks on Odin.
The only ROMs that have their own installer are the Odin 1 clicks. And they are only for leaks and not official versions.
Might be easier for you to install Samsung Kies on your PC and install the ICS ROM.
IMO, the odin process is pretty easy.
Just plug each file into the proper slot, they are listed in order in the post.
Only extra step - the actual ROM file (largest file) you need to unzip.
It's a one step process, and COMPLETELY reverts you back to stock. Stock recovery, no root etc.
Only extra step now, is that if you are returning it, you need to reset the flash counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569206.
Check bigjoe2675's post for any other info/tools you may need. It's all laid out nice and neat there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
Hello, I'll try to explain what happened to get where I am now, and explain with details the last errors of my GT-9100.
I had a stock room jelly bean 4.1.2 installed. I had Android encrypted + SDCARD encrypted, and decided to format, but I didn't undo the encryption. As result, after master reseting it, it asked for a password do decrypt (as always asked when I turned the phone on), but it wasn't recognizing my password anymore. So I tried to clean and wipe all possible things, which ended on the device stucking at boot (doing boot loops, not asking for password anymore). I got an error on CW Recovery E: Could not load emmc (sounds like my internal storage is gone)
Later on, I tried to re-install the ROM, but got alot of trouble with windows drivers. Couldn't get any rom installed again. My device was then stuck at start, not even showing the white Samsung Galaxy S II GT9100 screen. After trying a variety of MODEMs, Kernels, I always get stuck on boot.info, zimage (kernel) on ODIN (Both 1.85 and 3.07 versions).
The only thing that has worked so far is changing the bootloader to the stock version. After doing this, my smartphone turns on on Chinese language. The ROM loaded is a jelly bean, but it has no status bar, can't open camera/folder explorer, can't do calls, can't acess internet, doesn't even show the configuration menu. And everything is chinese. BTW Calculator was working lol.
So this is the situation. Has my internal storage been gone forever? Is there a way I can flash without being stuck at boot.info or zImage when trying to flash kernel, both on Odin messages? Or is my phone really bricked? Thansk alot, I'll pay close attention to this.
EDIT: I haven't found after a day of research anyone that did data wipes in an encrypted phone, so this can be a guide for any future similar case.
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Hello, I'll try to explain what happened to get where I am now, and explain with details the last errors of my GT-9100.
I had a stock room jelly bean 4.1.2 installed. I had Android encrypted + SDCARD encrypted, and decided to format, but I didn't undo the encryption. As result, after master reseting it, it asked for a password do decrypt (as always asked when I turned the phone on), but it wasn't recognizing my password anymore. So I tried to clean and wipe all possible things, which ended on the device stucking at boot (doing boot loops, not asking for password anymore). I got an error on CW Recovery E: Could not load emmc (sounds like my internal storage is gone)
Later on, I tried to re-install the ROM, but got alot of trouble with windows drivers. Couldn't get any rom installed again. My device was then stuck at start, not even showing the white Samsung Galaxy S II GT9100 screen. After trying a variety of MODEMs, Kernels, I always get stuck on boot.info, zimage (kernel) on ODIN (Both 1.85 and 3.07 versions).
The only thing that has worked so far is changing the bootloader to the stock version. After doing this, my smartphone turns on on Chinese language. The ROM loaded is a jelly bean, but it has no status bar, can't open camera/folder explorer, can't do calls, can't acess internet, doesn't even show the configuration menu. And everything is chinese. BTW Calculator was working lol.
So this is the situation. Has my internal storage been gone forever? Is there a way I can flash without being stuck at boot.info or zImage when trying to flash kernel, both on Odin messages? Or is my phone really bricked? Thansk alot, I'll pay close attention to this.
EDIT: I haven't found after a day of research anyone that did data wipes in an encrypted phone, so this can be a guide for any future similar case.
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Tried installing Android 2.3 stock bootloader / rom ?
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Tried installing Android 2.3 stock bootloader / rom ?
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No I haven't. Is there any online link here? I couldn't find it.
Solved
After a day looking for it, I solved my problem
I tried several kernels, roms with almost all odin versions. The best one for gt-I9100 was odin 1.87.
This was the deal: After cleaning the encrypted internal storage, it got corrupted. So one of the first steps to get my phone reacting again to ODIN when installing new ROMs was installing the original GT-9100 .PIT file and re-partitioning (Even with every forum/site telling me I should never do it).
So, if you ever do the same mistake as me, try this:
Install a new kernel, then .PIT original file. Get a proper MODEM file, and finally try flashing your ROM.
I also got alot of problem with my USB cable, which is kinda damaged, so out of 10 plug-ins, only a few would work for ODIN. Try getting a brand new cable.
That's it.
gerijeb said:
After a day looking for it, I solved my problem
I tried several kernels, roms with almost all odin versions. The best one for gt-I9100 was odin 1.87.
This was the deal: After cleaning the encrypted internal storage, it got corrupted. So one of the first steps to get my phone reacting again to ODIN when installing new ROMs was installing the original GT-9100 .PIT file and re-partitioning (Even with every forum/site telling me I should never do it).
So, if you ever do the same mistake as me, try this:
Install a new kernel, then .PIT original file. Get a proper MODEM file, and finally try flashing your ROM.
I also got alot of problem with my USB cable, which is kinda damaged, so out of 10 plug-ins, only a few would work for ODIN. Try getting a brand new cable.
That's it.
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Hello,
I broke my SII screen, I can not unlock it or see anything anymore. Obvioulsly, I'd like to access to internal storage *but* I did not activate USB debugging, or install any custom rom.
I manage to got to the device with adb, but as the phone is not rooted, I did not manage to mount internal storage in order to pull files from my phone. I also try Kied but I need to unlock the phone to access files.
I search the web and xda but I did not found a working solution (maybe my keywords were wrong).
Does someone has a solution ? For instance, a way just to be root easily on the phone in order to mount Internal storage ? Any other id ?
Thank you very much in advance. Doms.
PS: I do not want to change the screen as the price for the screen is too high. I do not have access to another SII phone in order to plug its screen on my mother board.
Flash a custom kernel/root the phone/get CWM, then find someone who uses the version of CWM that comes with that kernel to walk you through doing a nandroid backup (how many button presses to get through menus, etc) ?
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Flash a custom kernel/root the phone/get CWM, then find someone who uses the version of CWM that comes with that kernel to walk you through doing a nandroid backup (how many button presses to get through menus, etc) ?
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Thank you for your answer. I'd like to install CWM but is it possible without putting the phone in debug mode ? How can I put the file on the phone as I can not mount storage under adb ?
Thenk you for your help.
Doms.
You can flash a custom kernel via Odin (like Siyah) in download mode, the file you're flashing is on your PC, not on the phone, and this will root your phone and install CWM at the same time. All you need to know beforehand is what Android version you currently have on the phone so you choose the right build to flash, otherwise you'll end up with bootloop.
Search for the Siyah threads on here & read to work out which build you need to flash.
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You can flash a custom kernel via Odin (like Siyah) in download mode, the file you're flashing is on your PC, not on the phone, and this will root your phone and install CWM at the same time. All you need to know beforehand is what Android version you currently have on the phone so you choose the right build to flash, otherwise you'll end up with bootloop.
Search for the Siyah threads on here & read to work out which build you need to flash.
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Thank you again. Will try to get in download mode (more difficult than recovery as I need to validate at some moment without screen, adb do no want to do it as the phone is not rooted).
One last question: will it erase the internal storage or not?
Best regards. Doms.
If you have problems getting into DL mode, order a jig, or try the thread in General section where people have offered to lend their jigs to people nearby; might be someone near you who has one (not sure if the thread is still updated, but worth a look).
No, flashing a custom kernel will only do exactly that, replace your stock kernel with the custom kernel & your stock recovery with CWM, nothing else is touched.
Edit - The end result of this will be a nandroid backup, and you'll still have to get your data out of that. The easiest possible way will be to find someone else with an S2, restore your backup to their phone, get your data, and then have that person restore their setup. You can pull data from a nandroid (with just a PC), but it can be a bit fiddly if you've never done it before. We'll cross that bridge once you actually have a backup though.
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If you have problems getting into DL mode, order a jig, or try the thread in General section where people have offered to lend their jigs to people nearby; might be someone near you who has one (not sure if the thread is still updated, but worth a look).
No, flashing a custom kernel will only do exactly that, replace your stock kernel with the custom kernel & your stock recovery with CWM, nothing else is touched.
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Thank you for all. I just DL the kernel, will try this evening.
Doms.
You're welcome Good luck, post here when you've flashed it/if you have problems.
Hello,
Just to thank you again. I just have time to try it and it works fine ! Get and remove my 2 Gb of photo from my old phone.
Best regards. Doms.
No worries. Nice work, glad you got your data