I want to put a new ROM on my phone but I'm having trouble booting/rebooting into CWM, not sure what I need to do to get it to work. Here are all the methods I've tried...
Using ROM Manager to install new ROM package:
Try to do ROM Installation, select packages and options I want
Press "Reboot and install" button
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode. Nothing was wiped, installed, or changed at all.
Using ROM Manager to reboot into recovery:
Go into ROM Manager, select "Reboot into Recovery"
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
Samsung logo flashes twice
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
Rebooting from Power menu on the phone:
Choose "Reboot," then "Recovery" from Power menu
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
Samsung logo flashes again
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
Power down, then hold Power + Vol Up + Vol Down:
Phone starts to reboot
Continue holding these 3 buttons
Samsung logo flashes once
Continue holding these 3 buttons
Samsung logo flashes twice
Let go of the buttons because it should now be booting into Recovery
Samsung logo flashes third time
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
And here are my phone particulars:
Code:
[B]Recovery[/B]
ClockworkMod 6.0.1.0
[B]Kernel version[/B]
3.0.64-RB11-SHIFT-1.1
[B]CyanogenMod version[/B]
11-20140402-UNOFFICIAL-i777
Any ideas what I need to do to boot into Recovery?
I don't think Rom Manager is compatible with the SGH-I777. Do a Google search on mobile Odin and install the shift kernel again.
You can't use rom manager. There's a warning thread stickied at the top of this forum titled "[A] Rom Manager ******WARNING READ THIS BEFORE******."
The answer depends on which phone you have, SGH-I777 OR SGH-S959G (the straight talk version) for which see this thread.
State which phone you have, and we can give you additional guidance as needed.
creepyncrawly said:
You can't use rom manager. There's a warning thread stickied at the top of this forum titled "[A] Rom Manager ******WARNING READ THIS BEFORE******."
The answer depends on which phone you have, SGH-I777 OR SGH-S959G (the straight talk version) for which see this thread.
State which phone you have, and we can give you additional guidance as needed.
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I have the SGH-i777. I thought by posting in this forum it would be implied that that's the one I'm talking about. Sorry for not being clear on that.
jankypatella said:
I have the SGH-i777. I thought by posting in this forum it would be implied that that's the one I'm talking about. Sorry for not being clear on that.
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The SGH-S959G has exactly the same hardware as the SGH-I777. The only difference is that the partition table is slightly different. Those who have that phone also use this forum. Since you have the SmartTalk icon in your profile, I thought there was some chance that you might have that instead of the I777.
On the SGH-I777, the recovery is compiled into the kernel, and therefore is loaded into the kernel partition with the kernel. There is not a recovery in the recovery partition, and that is why rom manager will not work with this phone, and in fact has caused some rather severe problems for some folks.
Since you currently have cyanogenmod, and can not boot into recovery, you will need to use desktop Odin with download mode to load a new firmware onto your phone. So your best route will be to flash the phone back to stock using desktop Odin, root with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro, or Mobile Odin Lite to flash a custom kernel containing ClockworkMod recovery. Then you can flash whichever custom firmware you want.
You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, which is also linked in my signature. Flash the I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) which is near the bottom of the page. Odin3 v1.85 is recommended for this phone, although any version of Odin should work. There is a link for it near the top of the page. Download mode is, while powered off, hold pwr and vol - while plugging the usb cable into the phone.
Then, after rooting and installing Mobile Odin, you should flash the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step.
Success
creepyncrawly said:
The SGH-S959G has exactly the same hardware as the SGH-I777. The only difference is that the partition table is slightly different. Those who have that phone also use this forum. Since you have the SmartTalk icon in your profile, I thought there was some chance that you might have that instead of the I777.
On the SGH-I777, the recovery is compiled into the kernel, and therefore is loaded into the kernel partition with the kernel. There is not a recovery in the recovery partition, and that is why rom manager will not work with this phone, and in fact has caused some rather severe problems for some folks.
Since you currently have cyanogenmod, and can not boot into recovery, you will need to use desktop Odin with download mode to load a new firmware onto your phone. So your best route will be to flash the phone back to stock using desktop Odin, root with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro, or Mobile Odin Lite to flash a custom kernel containing ClockworkMod recovery. Then you can flash whichever custom firmware you want.
You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, which is also linked in my signature. Flash the I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) which is near the bottom of the page. Odin3 v1.85 is recommended for this phone, although any version of Odin should work. There is a link for it near the top of the page. Download mode is, while powered off, hold pwr and vol - while plugging the usb cable into the phone.
Then, after rooting and installing Mobile Odin, you should flash the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step.
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Ah, gotcha - thanks for clearing that up.
Thanks for these very clear instructions - I used them to successfully flash the UCMD8 binary from the Download Repository, and I'll be leaving that on for now as I'm not using this phone too much anymore. The only thing I also had to do was, after flashing the binary, boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset + wipe cache from there, then restart. It worked flawlessly after that.
Thanks so much for your help, creepy!
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Can anyone give me a detailed step-by-step guide on how to flash clockwork recovery to my cousin's Verizon Fascinate? He's tried using ROM Manager, each time it says flash is successul but reboots to stock recovery. I've Googled it and it looks like it has to be done with a computer? All of the Odin stuff is a bit confusing, so can anyone point us in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated. The more detailed the guide, the better.
Sizent from my Drizoid.
There is a pretty good step by step to get you started in the evil fascination thread in the development section
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
You can't flash CWM with ROM Manager. You need to flash the recovery kernel with Odin, as well as flash a patched/custom kernel to the standard kernel partition.
1. Download Odin 1.3, CWM recovery kernel for Odin, and Custom/Patched kernel
2. If the custom/patched kernel is in zip format, transfer it to your sd card
3. Pull the battery from the phone, hold in on the Volume Down button, and plug in the USB cable that should also be plugged into your computer. Make sure to continue holding the volume down button while plugging in the USB cable.
4. Phone should now be in download mode. Open Odin and verify that your phone is recognized.
5. Click the PDA button and browse to the CWM kernel you downloaded (.tar or .tar.md5 file) then click start.
6. If the patched/custom kernel you downloaded was in .tar or .tar.md5 format, repeat steps 3-5, this time select the patched/custom kernel and flash it.
7. Put the battery back in. If you downloaded a cwm zip file for the kernel, boot directly into recovery by holding both volume keys while pressing the power button. If it doesn't boot into recovery, you'll have to re-flash CWM and retry. Flash the kernel zip in recovery. If you already flashed a patched/custom kernel via Odin, you don't have to boot to recovery and can just start the phone up normally.
See here for a general overview of the Odin flashing process. It says modem, but just replace the modem file with the kernel/recovery file as the procedure is the same regardless.
Thanks for the help.
Sizent from my Drizoid.
Hello all. I have had Shostock3 for a while now and read that if you use the Siyah Kernel with it then it is an awesome combo. Well I downloaded the kernel and went to install it through CWM and now I have a big problem. I chose to reboot and install the kernel and when I did I am now STUCK at the screen that says "Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100" with the yellow triangle. I have let it just sit and see what it does but it goes no where. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?! HELP! Thanks all!
Samsung Galaxy S II i777
Running Shostock3
WAS running with default kernel that comes with Shostock3
EDIT: It doesn't seem that I can get into the recovery mode either. I am trying the volume button + power button combination and having no luck....
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Hello all. I have had Shostock3 for a while now and read that if you use the Siyah Kernel with it then it is an awesome combo. Well I downloaded the kernel and went to install it through CWM and now I have a big problem. I chose to reboot and install the kernel and when I did I am now STUCK at the screen that says "Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100" with the yellow triangle. I have let it just sit and see what it does but it goes no where. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?! HELP! Thanks all!
Samsung Galaxy S II i777
Running Shostock3
WAS running with default kernel that comes with Shostock3
EDIT: It doesn't seem that I can get into the recovery mode either. I am trying the volume button + power button combination and having no luck....
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Which siyah did you flash. The one you want is called AJK now
122ninjas said:
Which siyah did you flash. The one you want is called AJK now
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/Siyah-I777-v7.9b-S.zip
Is the name of the file that I tried to put on. Should I try to get the one that you stated and put it on via download mode? Because it seems that I can get into download mode but that's about it. I can't get into recovery.
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/Siyah-I777-v7.9b-S.zip
Is the name of the file that I tried to put on. Should I try to get the one that you stated and put it on via download mode? Because it seems that I can get into download mode but that's about it. I can't get into recovery.
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Hold power button plus volume up and volume down, keep it held in until you boot into recovery. Recovery won't just disappear, normally people just aren't holding them in long enough or are using the wrong button combo. Let us know if you get back up and running. Also make sure when installing the siyah kernel you're following the OP directions to the letter.
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Hold power button plus volume up and volume down, keep it held in until you boot into recovery. Recovery won't just disappear, normally people just aren't holding them in long enough or are using the wrong button combo. Let us know if you get back up and running. Also make sure when installing the siyah kernel you're following the OP directions to the letter.
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I can't get into recovery. I simply cant. I hold the buttons, correctly might I add, and then the logo appears, then goes away and I am left with nothing but a blank, black screen. The bottom buttons aren't even lit.
Possible hardware failure on your power button or one of your volume buttons I supposed. Have you tried flashing a siyah.tar file in odin to get a.different usable recovery?
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Possible hardware failure on your power button or one of your volume buttons I supposed. Have you tried flashing a siyah.tar file in odin to get a.different usable recovery?
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If you could link me a Siyah kernel that is in a .tar format I would be appreciative.
Dude do as Phalanx says. Vol up+Vol down+ Power and even after the logo goes away dont release the buttons. Recovery will show up.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Either that or if you get adb up an running on your computer, hook up your phone via usb and type (this is for mac, may be slightly different for other os's):
adb root
adb reboot recovery
and voila! your phone boots up in recovery!
can't get past boot screen on siyah 5.0.1
I spent all the time I could thinking I had this but apparently I don't!
Have AT&T Samsung i777 running the latest stock 4.1.2 that I got from Kies.
Wanted to try my hand at custom roms.
Was able to root phone using flamaroot which gave me SU ability
Bought Mobile Odin pro, downloaded Siyah .tar file and put it on SD.
Flashed it with mobile Odin.
Because I'm an idiot, I was hoping to make a rom backup after flashing.
Now, it boots "Samsung" then the Siyah screen, then goes blank.
I can get into CWM recovery but without a backup rom to restore to I'm not sure what to do.
Also, can get into Download mode which reads:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
However, it reads downloading, but I do not believe there's anything to download and it's been like this for 20 minutes
ANY ideas on what I could or should do would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
Kurt
kurtisherzog88 said:
I spent all the time I could thinking I had this but apparently I don't!
Have AT&T Samsung i777 running the latest stock 4.1.2 that I got from Kies.
Wanted to try my hand at custom roms.
Was able to root phone using flamaroot which gave me SU ability
Bought Mobile Odin pro, downloaded Siyah .tar file and put it on SD.
Flashed it with mobile Odin.
Because I'm an idiot, I was hoping to make a rom backup after flashing.
Now, it boots "Samsung" then the Siyah screen, then goes blank.
I can get into CWM recovery but without a backup rom to restore to I'm not sure what to do.
Also, can get into Download mode which reads:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-I777
Custom Binary Download: NO
Current Binary: Samsung Official
However, it reads downloading, but I do not believe there's anything to download and it's been like this for 20 minutes
ANY ideas on what I could or should do would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
Kurt
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Where did you get the Siyah 5.0.1 in tar format? It sounds like you tried to flash a kernel that is not compiled for your phone. You need a kernel that is compiled specifically for the SGH-I777.
If that is the case, then you should be able to recover by flashing a good kernel using Odin, if you can find a tar version, or just flash the 4.1.2 stock firmware with Odin, which you can get from the Download Repository or from sammobile.com/firmware or Samsung-updates.com.
But first, since you can get into recovery, try performing a wipe data/factory reset to see what happens.
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Where did you get the Siyah 5.0.1 in tar format? It sounds like you tried to flash a kernel that is not compiled for your phone. You need a kernel that is compiled specifically for the SGH-I777.
If that is the case, then you should be able to recover by flashing a good kernel using Odin, if you can find a tar version, or just flash the 4.1.2 stock firmware with Odin, which you can get from the Download Repository or from sammobile.com/firmware or Samsung-updates.com.
But first, since you can get into recovery, try performing a wipe data/factory reset to see what happens.
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Thank you so much for helping me! First of all, I used your post, "Odin3 One-click Downloaders for Stock and Stock + Root" and was able to follow those steps to get me back to 2.3 and then I connected back to Kies to get back to stock 4.1.2. SO, I am completely back where I started a week ago, but I have a phone that works thanks to you!!
To answer your question: because I was using Mobile Odin, it only recognized .tar files and I found one on Siyah's blog (gokhanmoral) which was categorized under "sgs2 kernel".
So I'm back to the start (actually did the unrooted one so I don't even have it rooted currently). However, with all the reading I've been doing on this forum, I can't shake the desire to use a custom rom. I know I'm very much a noob and probably should make myself happy with my phone, but I wanna give it another try. I understand with my following questions if I'm posting in the wrong area and cannot have my questions answered.
Here's where I'm stuck. I know I need to make a custom recovery (cwm or twrp I'm not totally sure) before flashing a custom kernel and then rom. But I just can't figure out how to do it. When I go into recovery (holding volume buttons and power), there is not option for "backup and restore". How can I get a backup of my current rom so I can start with the other stuff?
The order as I understand it:
1. root phone
2. install cwm or twrp in order to create a backup of current rom
3. flash a custom kernel
4. flash a custom rom (that is compatible with kernel)
Thanks so much again for all your help!!
Kurt
kurtisherzog88 said:
Thank you so much for helping me! First of all, I used your post, "Odin3 One-click Downloaders for Stock and Stock + Root" and was able to follow those steps to get me back to 2.3 and then I connected back to Kies to get back to stock 4.1.2. SO, I am completely back where I started a week ago, but I have a phone that works thanks to you!!
To answer your question: because I was using Mobile Odin, it only recognized .tar files and I found one on Siyah's blog (gokhanmoral) which was categorized under "sgs2 kernel".
So I'm back to the start (actually did the unrooted one so I don't even have it rooted currently). However, with all the reading I've been doing on this forum, I can't shake the desire to use a custom rom. I know I'm very much a noob and probably should make myself happy with my phone, but I wanna give it another try. I understand with my following questions if I'm posting in the wrong area and cannot have my questions answered.
Here's where I'm stuck. I know I need to make a custom recovery (cwm or twrp I'm not totally sure) before flashing a custom kernel and then rom. But I just can't figure out how to do it. When I go into recovery (holding volume buttons and power), there is not option for "backup and restore". How can I get a backup of my current rom so I can start with the other stuff?
The order as I understand it:
1. root phone
2. install cwm or twrp in order to create a backup of current rom
3. flash a custom kernel
4. flash a custom rom (that is compatible with kernel)
Thanks so much again for all your help!!
Kurt
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OK, glad your're back to working. The Siyah kernel you flashed is for the GT-I9100, the international version of the Galaxy s2. As I said, you will need a kernel that is compiled specifically for the SGH-I777, so get your kernel from the I777 Android Development Forum.
Next, you can also use a straight zImage file with Mobile Odin. You don't have to have a tar. You can even download a ClockworkMod flashable zip file and use an archiving tool such a Win Zip or 7Zip to open it and extract the zImage from it. Then use that to flash through Mobile Odin.
You currently have the stock 3e Recovery, which does not have a backup facility, nor the ability to flash custom firmware (unless it is signed by Samsung.) So you need to install a custom kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery (or TWRP Recovery will also work.) By the way, those are just different developers versions of almost exactly the same recovery functions, so it doesn't really matter which you use.
For a kernel, go to this post in the development section and download the third of four which is titled "AJK v2.0.5 NO-SWAP Samsung." As I said above, extract the zImage from the zip and use that to flash in Mobile Odin.
Also on this phone, recovery and the kernel are not separate, they are one unit, so you install the kernel to get the custom recovery. Your steps 2 and 3 are incorrect. Remove step 2 entirely. Step 3 will install both the kernel and the custom recovery. In step 4, you can flash any custom firmware you want. They all come with an included kernel, so it doesn't matter what kernel you start with because after you flash you will have a different kernel anyway.
And finally, don't worry about backing up the stock firmware. If you mess up the flash, or soft brick the phone, you can just reinstall stock as you did before. After you have a custom firmware installed, and have your phone configured exactly the way you want it, then is the time to make a backup, because you can flash to a different custom firmware to try it out, and if you don't like it, you can restore your backup and be back to exactly where you were.
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OK, glad your're back to working. The Siyah kernel you flashed is for the GT-I9100, the international version of the Galaxy s2. As I said, you will need a kernel that is compiled specifically for the SGH-I777, so get your kernel from the I777 Android Development Forum.
Next, you can also use a straight zImage file with Mobile Odin. You don't have to have a tar. You can even download a ClockworkMod flashable zip file and use an archiving tool such a Win Zip or 7Zip to open it and extract the zImage from it. Then use that to flash through Mobile Odin.
You currently have the stock 3e Recovery, which does not have a backup facility, nor the ability to flash custom firmware (unless it is signed by Samsung.) So you need to install a custom kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery (or TWRP Recovery will also work.) By the way, those are just different developers versions of almost exactly the same recovery functions, so it doesn't really matter which you use.
For a kernel, go to this post in the development section and download the third of four which is titled "AJK v2.0.5 NO-SWAP Samsung." As I said above, extract the zImage from the zip and use that to flash in Mobile Odin.
Also on this phone, recovery and the kernel are not separate, they are one unit, so you install the kernel to get the custom recovery. Your steps 2 and 3 are incorrect. Remove step 2 entirely. Step 3 will install both the kernel and the custom recovery. In step 4, you can flash any custom firmware you want. They all come with an included kernel, so it doesn't matter what kernel you start with because after you flash you will have a different kernel anyway.
And finally, don't worry about backing up the stock firmware. If you mess up the flash, or soft brick the phone, you can just reinstall stock as you did before. After you have a custom firmware installed, and have your phone configured exactly the way you want it, then is the time to make a backup, because you can flash to a different custom firmware to try it out, and if you don't like it, you can restore your backup and be back to exactly where you were.
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Wow, excellent information and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to help me out. My last question hopefully, and I don't mean to try your patience but what is the best way, would you recommend, to root my phone? I did it with flamaroot previously but it was temporary? Thanks!
Kurt
I have no experience with 4.1.2 and framaroot since I'm running Shostock3. No one who has used that method has said anything about it not being a permanent root. Why do you think it's not permanent?
I think it will be fine. Anyway after you root you're going to install a custom kernel followed immediately by a custom firmware which will be rooted. So even if it wasn't permanent it wouldn't matter.
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I have no experience with 4.1.2 and framaroot since I'm running Shostock3. No one who has used that method has said anything about it not being a permanent root. Why do you think it's not permanent?
I think it will be fine. Anyway after you root you're going to install a custom kernel followed immediately by a custom firmware which will be rooted. So even if it wasn't permanent it wouldn't matter.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah, I read somewhere that flamaroot was not permanent. Anyway, did exactly as you said and everything is working perfectly!! I seriously can't thank you enough for working with me. Trying SuperNexus to start but this is amazing!!
Kurt
phone completely frozen
hey guys
recently i've just got a 4.4 kitkat rom for my gt-s5300 and it worked preety well.
but i've downloaded a kernel rom(NeohmKernel_v1_s5301_OhmPsy.zip) that i didn't know that it wasn't compatible with my phone and now it stucked in boot screen. i've turned it on and wait for 2 hours if maybe it will work, but the phone still stucked in boot screen.
i've tried to fix this by pressing power+up vol but didn't work
pls help. it's my only phone i've got(but i know this phone is sh*tty)
-Mamelic
try to hard reset your phone... pressing volume up+power+home buttons together... nd let me knw if it works
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Free mobile app
gaurav gaba said:
try to hard reset your phone... pressing volume up+power+home buttons together... nd let me knw if it works
Sent from my SGH-M919 using XDA Free mobile app
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yeah i've tried but it's still stuck
it only shows the logo"GT-S5300 (SAMSUNG on bottom)" only and it's now booting
i've been stupidly downloading rom patches before(i've got android jellybean, android ICS, and android kitkat custom rom)
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Kotkot_Mamelic15 said:
yeah i've tried but it's still stuck
it only shows the logo"GT-S5300 (SAMSUNG on bottom)" only and it's now booting
i've been stupidly downloading rom patches before(i've got android jellybean, android ICS, and android kitkat custom rom)
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adn yea i've forgot that i've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1921421
fortunately i've tried to press power+down vol.+home btn and i've got this message"warning!! a custom os can cause critical problems in your phone and installed applications. if u want to download a custom os, press vol up key. otherwise, press the vol down key to cancel." and got odin3 v1.87 cuz it says that this thing will help me. but unfortunately i don't know how to use it
Kotkot_Mamelic15 said:
adn yea i've forgot that i've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1921421
fortunately i've tried to press power+down vol.+home btn and i've got this message"warning!! a custom os can cause critical problems in your phone and installed applications. if u want to download a custom os, press vol up key. otherwise, press the vol down key to cancel." and got odin3 v1.87 cuz it says that this thing will help me. but unfortunately i don't know how to use it
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First off, this forum is not for your phone, it is for the SGH-I777 AT&T Galaxy SII, so we don't know the specifics of your phone.
Following the above procedure will put your phone into download mode, where you can flash the firmware you linked.
Since you say you don't know how to use it, I am going to post a complete set of instructions for using Odin that I wrote some time ago. Bear in mind that this is for the I777, and you will have to adjust some things to make it work for your phone. Refer to the flashing instructions in the thread you linked.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) 3.) 4.) Put your phone into download mode.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
If after the successful flash your phone does not boot into the firmware, then perform a hard reset. I don't know your phone, but normally you would boot into recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
So at this point i've been working on this for hours.... i am a bit lost
- at one point many moons ago I loaded an gt-9100 rom on my i777. i removed that using this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20229527&postcount=46
- currently the phone was flashed to a stock + root using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236727
- the phone DOES boot
- i CANNOT get into odin anymore.... only android 3e comes up
- i CANNOT run anything via "apply update" in 3e, it keeps saying "cant access to '/system..."
- my end goal is to be able to load CM 10xx on this device...
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- the phone DOES boot
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Everything below is expected behavior. Sounds like your phone is fine.
- i CANNOT get into odin anymore.... only android 3e comes up
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You are using the wrong button combination. 3e is stock recovery. For Download mode, you need to hold down vol+ and vol- (but not power) while plugging in the usb cable. That is how you "get into odin." Unless you still have the GT-I9100 secondary bootloader on the phone which would change the button combination. If that is the case, then you eventually need to go to the Download Repository and get the sbl.tar and flash it with Odin3 v1.85. There are some alternate ways of getting into download mode, but I don't remember off the top of my head which one works in this situation. This can be done later and will not prevent you from flashing custom firmware.
- i CANNOT run anything via "apply update" in 3e, it keeps saying "cant access to '/system..."
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Of course not. You still have a stock kernel with stock 3e recovery. Stock recovery requires signed files, and only AT&T can sign them.
- my end goal is to be able to load CM 10xx on this device...
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You didn't say which stock firmware you have. You need to flash a custom kernel that matches your stock firmware (Gingerbread, ICS of JB - needs to be the same.) Use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro. Then once you have custom recovery, you will be able to flash the custom firmware of your choice.
creepyncrawly said:
Everything below is expected behavior. Sounds like your phone is fine.
You are using the wrong button combination. 3e is stock recovery. For Download mode, you need to hold down vol+ and vol- (but not power) while plugging in the usb cable. That is how you "get into odin." Unless you still have the GT-I9100 secondary bootloader on the phone which would change the button combination. If that is the case, then you eventually need to go to the Download Repository and get the sbl.tar and flash it with Odin3 v1.85. There are some alternate ways of getting into download mode, but I don't remember off the top of my head which one works in this situation. This can be done later and will not prevent you from flashing custom firmware.
Of course not. You still have a stock kernel with stock 3e recovery. Stock recovery requires signed files, and only AT&T can sign them.
You didn't say which stock firmware you have. You need to flash a custom kernel that matches your stock firmware (Gingerbread, ICS of JB - needs to be the same.) Use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro. Then once you have custom recovery, you will be able to flash the custom firmware of your choice.
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Thanks for assisting Creepy.
Now that I can get into Odin with the proper key's, what do I flash with? Or do I need to use mobile odin?
magik20 said:
Thanks for assisting Creepy.
Now that I can get into Odin with the proper key's, what do I flash with? Or do I need to use mobile odin?
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You need to flash a custom kernel that matches your stock firmware (Gingerbread, ICS of JB - needs to be the same.) Use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro. Then once you have custom recovery, you will be able to flash the custom firmware of your choice from within recovery.
Hi community,
I recently got a samsung galaxy s2 i777 at&t , everything was working just fine until i installed oneplus mod!
I dunno that a rom could turn my i777 in a i9100 when I tried to flash any other i777 rom I get the magic message, this it's not a i777 complatible rom use a i9100 one or something like that.
model number
gt i9100
baseband
i777ucmd8
Is that a reason I can't answer phone calls?
BTW my intention is to turn it back to be a i777 model how it is supposed to be
I strongly recommend that you avoid that site. We have had many, many reports of serious issues, and some even catastrophic, on the I777 from flashing things from that site.
The latest stock distribution for this phone is I777UCMD8 (the same as your baseband / modem). I would suggest that you flash the full version of that stock firmware, which you can get from the Download Repository.
After returning the phone to stock, if you want to customize it, I recommend that you stick with firmware that you can obtain on this forum in the development section. If you are interested in customizing the phone, you can root with framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. You can use Mobile Odin free or Mobile Odin Pro to install a custom kernel with custom recovery, and then flash the custom firmware of your choice from your recovery. You should be able to find plenty of information in the forums here.
creepyncrawly said:
I strongly recommend that you avoid that site. We have had many, many reports of serious issues, and some even catastrophic, on the I777 from flashing things from that site.
The latest stock distribution for this phone is I777UCMD8 (the same as your baseband / modem). I would suggest that you flash the full version of that stock firmware, which you can get from the Download Repository.
After returning the phone to stock, if you want to customize it, I recommend that you stick with firmware that you can obtain on this forum in the development section. If you are interested in customizing the phone, you can root with framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. You can use Mobile Odin free or Mobile Odin Pro to install a custom kernel with custom recovery, and then flash the custom firmware of your choice from your recovery. You should be able to find plenty of information in the forums here.
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Never flashed firmware before. Should I go with the "I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean):" firmware cuz I have that modem already?
You should use the I777UCMD8 firmware because it is the latest version of the operating system available for this phone.
Since you don't have experience flashing, here are detailed instructions.
Download the 7zip file archive and extract the contents. You will have a file ending in .tar.md5. That is the file you will select in the pda slot in Odin.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. (Recommended for this phone. There is a link in the Download Repository.) It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
creepyncrawly said:
You should use the I777UCMD8 firmware because it is the latest version of the operating system available for this phone.
Since you don't have experience flashing, here are detailed instructions.
Download the 7zip file archive and extract the contents. You will have a file ending in .tar.md5. That is the file you will select in the pda slot in Odin.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. (Recommended for this phone. There is a link in the Download Repository.) It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
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Nice walkthrough, Now when it PASS and it says REMOVED, what is next?
- unplug the phone?
- Flash a new rom? or will it have new one ready to use?
- will it be rooted already?
XDA_Mod said:
Nice walkthrough, Now when it PASS and it says REMOVED, what is next?
- unplug the phone?
- Flash a new rom? or will it have new one ready to use?
- will it be rooted already?
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Will be stock, just like it came out of the box, only Jelly Bean operating system instead of Ice Cream Sandwich. Not rooted, fully stock.
You can use the phone without further customization, the same way you would if you picked it up new.
If you want to flash custom firmware onto the phone, you will need to root using Framaroot with the Aragorn exploit, which you can find on XDA Developers forums, and then use Mobile Odin free or Mobile Odin Pro to install a custom kernel with Clockwork Mod recovery. Then you can flash the custom firmware of your choice.
If you want to customize and need detailed instructions, I'll be happy to help. However, I am going out of town for a few days. The next time I will be checking the forums is next Monday.
For what it's worth I'll be around and can help if need be.
creepyncrawly said:
You should use the I777UCMD8 firmware because it is the latest version of the operating system available for this phone.
Since you don't have experience flashing, here are detailed instructions.
Download the 7zip file archive and extract the contents. You will have a file ending in .tar.md5. That is the file you will select in the pda slot in Odin.
How to use stand-alone Odin3 to flash firmware:
Follow and recheck each of the following steps. Do them in order listed, as some steps are dependent on previous steps. Instructions are for Odin3 v1.85. (Recommended for this phone. There is a link in the Download Repository.) It should work with any version of Odin, but some details, like color of items, may be different.
1.) Open Odin on the Windows Desktop.
2.) Have the USB cable plugged into USB port on the computer, but *Not* plugged in to the phone.
3.) Shut the phone off.
4.) While holding down the vol+ & vol- keys, plug micro-usb plug into phone.
5.) In Odin, you should get the yellow box under where it says ID:COM with the text 0:[COMx], and in the Message area, <ID:0/00x> Added!! where x is some number, usually 1-8.
6.) In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked and all other items are not checked.
7.) Click on the PDA button. Browse to the tar file you want to install and select it so its path appears in the text edit box next to the button.
8.) Make sure the check box next to the PDA button is checked.
9.) Click the Start button.
10.) You should see the green progress bar advancing.
11.) When complete, you will get a PASS (or FAIL if unsuccessful).
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For what it's worth I'll be around and can help if need be.
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I went into ODIN MODE
but while plugging the USB to the phone where it supposed to show the yellow square under the ID:COM it never appears, should I proceed with the flashing process ?
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I went into ODIN MODE
but while plugging the USB to the phone where it supposed to show the yellow square under the ID:COM it never appears, should I proceed with the flashing process ?
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If you don't get the yellow square, and "Added!!" in the message area, then Odin is not recognizing the phone. This may be because you do not have the Samsung USB driver for Mobile Phones installed on your computer, or it may be because you do not have a good connection between the phone and the PC.
Go to Control Panel | Uninstall or Change a Program (Windows 7 - or similar on other OS) and look to see if you have "SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones" in the list. If not, you need to install it. There is a link to an xdaDevelopers forum thread for the driver in the Download Repository, or you can download it directly from the Samsung site.
If the SAMSUNG USB Driver is already there, you should probably assume that you have a bad cable or bad connection. Try another cable, another port on the PC, especially one connected directly to the mother board if it is a desktop pc. Or even another PC.
In some extreme cases, you might have to uninstall the SAMSUNG USB Driver, reboot the PC, re-install the Driver, and reboot again.
creepyncrawly said:
If you don't get the yellow square, and "Added!!" in the message area, then Odin is not recognizing the phone. This may be because you do not have the Samsung USB driver for Mobile Phones installed on your computer, or it may be because you do not have a good connection between the phone and the PC.
Go to Control Panel | Uninstall or Change a Program (Windows 7 - or similar on other OS) and look to see if you have "SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones" in the list. If not, you need to install it. There is a link to an xdaDevelopers forum thread for the driver in the Download Repository, or you can download it directly from the Samsung site.
If the SAMSUNG USB Driver is already there, you should probably assume that you have a bad cable or bad connection. Try another cable, another port on the PC, especially one connected directly to the mother board if it is a desktop pc. Or even another PC.
In some extreme cases, you might have to uninstall the SAMSUNG USB Driver, reboot the PC, re-install the Driver, and reboot again.
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I went through it, I flashed.
All completed (success 1 / failed 0 )
rebooting, I removed the usb cable.
And now it stays with the AT&T logo rolling over and over again, the screens turns off and the the logo again, the screen turns off AT&T logo, etc.
Any issue with that?
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I went through it, I flashed.
All completed (success 1 / failed 0 )
rebooting, I removed the usb cable.
And now it stays with the AT&T logo rolling over and over again, the screens turns off and the the logo again, the screen turns off AT&T logo, etc.
Any issue with that?
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Boot into stock recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
To boot recovery: with the phone off, hold down all three buttons vol- vol+ pwr, until the logo screen appears the second time, then release.
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Boot into stock recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
To boot recovery: with the phone off, hold down all three buttons vol- vol+ pwr, until the logo screen appears the second time, then release.
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Awesome, reset factory worked like charm. It boot and the buttons are fixed
Now, should I be able to install CM 10.1.3 from the scratch? Cuz I got my phone rooted from before this AT&T flash.
I was planning to use this version:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i777&type=stable
with the Gapps:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
But I don't know if I need another CW recovery, or root it again (if I need root I'll look for the info on the forum, I won't keep bothering with this noob questions anymore guys).
EDIT: I've check that my phone is not rooted, I checked downloading the TERMINAL and try it to use the $ su command and it didn't work, so I think it's not rooted.
Which will be the easiest way to root the phone?
from the ones listed on our forum, cuz there are a couple of links not working already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682
XDA_Mod said:
Awesome, reset factory worked like charm. It boot and the buttons are fixed
Now, should I be able to install CM 10.1.3 from the scratch? Cuz I got my phone rooted from before this AT&T flash.
I was planning to use this version:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i777&type=stable
with the Gapps:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
But I don't know if I need another CW recovery, or root it again (if I need root I'll look for the info on the forum, I won't keep bothering with this noob questions anymore guys).
EDIT: I've check that my phone is not rooted, I checked downloading the TERMINAL and try it to use the $ su command and it didn't work, so I think it's not rooted.
Which will be the easiest way to root the phone?
from the ones listed on our forum, cuz there are a couple of links not working already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682
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Root the phone with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. You can find it on XDA. Link.
After rooting, use Mobile Odin (Pro from the play store, or the Lite version from the xda thread, Link) to install AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. See post #5 in this thread for additional instructions.
creepyncrawly said:
Root the phone with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. You can find it on XDA. Link.
After rooting, use Mobile Odin (Pro from the play store, or the Lite version from the xda thread, Link) to install AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. See post #5 in this thread for additional instructions.
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Just read the post on the #5 of the thread that u sent me but I didn't understand it very well.
Then, after rooting and installing Mobile Odin, you should flash the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step.
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I installed mobile odin ready to flash, got the "AJK v4.9 NoSwap" cuz I have AT&T stock JB
but in the installations instructions they used the CWM to flash the kernel, I think, and I'll be using mobile odin, but reading ur post carefully I don't got what u mean from here "...Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step..."
Should I just need to use mobile odin flash the "AJK v4.9 NoSwap" then reboot and boot into CWM recovery to start to install the CM 10.1.3 and then the GAPPs, etc? or am I skipping some important part of the process?
He's saying you need to physically extract the boot.img from the zip file and flash that via Mobile Odin, then immediately reboot recovery and flash the entire zip file. This convoluted method is only because Mobile Odin can't flash zip files, hence the need to flash the boot.img.
I'll be out of town for the coming week, and won't be on the forums much if any. If you have additional questions, Steve can probably help you.
SteveMurphy said:
He's saying you need to physically extract the boot.img from the zip file and flash that via Mobile Odin, then immediately reboot recovery and flash the entire zip file. This convoluted method is only because Mobile Odin can't flash zip files, hence the need to flash the boot.img.
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Let me put it in my thoughts if I got the idea.
1- unzip the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel and flash the boot.img
2- REBOOT the device into recovery mode (vol+ plus vol - plus power)
3- (no clean cache, no factory reset) select an unzip file and pick AGAIN the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel.zip and flash it again.
4- then? should I reboot and start the clean CM installation? (clean cache, reset factory, select CM 10.1.3, clean cache, gapps, reboot?)
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I'll be out of town for the coming week, and won't be on the forums much if any. If you have additional questions, Steve can probably help you.
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I appreciate every single minute that you took answering my noob questions.
The 4 steps you list are correct, but don't forget to wipe the /system partition before you flash CM. That's a big part of a "clean" flash.
SteveMurphy said:
The 4 steps you list are correct, but don't forget to wipe the /system partition before you flash CM. That's a big part of a "clean" flash.
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Many thanks SteveMurphy it worked flawlessly
Behind the battery it says SGH-I777 Front is 4 button AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 that has Been rooted before
My brother was playing around and playing with different roms and it has sat in a drawer and left alone - I want to get it working again to use for traveling when I go to Brazil for work.
When it boots up the SPLASH screen says GT-I9100 - I KNOW THIS IS WRONG before you make 100 comments - the It is a SGH-I777 phone - I get it. Save those comments and I dont know how this rom is on here or how it works.
I can go into Android system recovery <3e> if I hold power and volume up
and download mode if I hold power and volume down
in download mode it says Product name: GT-I9100
Custom Binary dopanload: yes (2 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Can someone tell me how to blow all of this away and to get it to a point where I can install a working semi updated rom?
Thanks. I have tried several threads and no luck.
Someone along the way installed an I9100 rom on it, and the install package they used included the I9100 secondary bootloader. The text that you read in download mode comes from the secondary bootloader, and that is why it says GT-I9100. Since you have 3e recovery, it now has the stock kernel, and maybe have been flashed back to stock, but without replacing the secondary bootloader. That is my best guess.
I would suggest that you flash the latest available full stock firmware including the secondary bootloader. That would be Jelly Bean, UCMD8, which you can get from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature. Once you flash that, you may still have the I9100 splash screen, but download mode should indicate I777 again.
After that, you can run stock JB, either with the stock kernel, or with the AJK v4.9 No Swap Kernel which will run stock JB just fine. Or you can install the custom firmware of your choice.
Either way, you should probably root using Framaroot with the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro or Mobile Odin Lite to install the boot.img extracted from the AJK zip file. Once the install is complete, boot into recovery and flash the AJK zip file because otherwise the buttons will not work. Then after that, you can either stay with AJK plus stock, or install a custom firmware.
Hope this helps, and if you have any questions, I usually check in here at least once every day or two.
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Someone along the way installed an I9100 rom on it, and the install package they used included the I9100 secondary bootloader. The text that you read in download mode comes from the secondary bootloader, and that is why it says GT-I9100. Since you have 3e recovery, it now has the stock kernel, and maybe have been flashed back to stock, but without replacing the secondary bootloader. That is my best guess.
I would suggest that you flash the latest available full stock firmware including the secondary bootloader. That would be Jelly Bean, UCMD8, which you can get from the Download Repository. See the link in my signature. Once you flash that, you may still have the I9100 splash screen, but download mode should indicate I777 again.
After that, you can run stock JB, either with the stock kernel, or with the AJK v4.9 No Swap Kernel which will run stock JB just fine. Or you can install the custom firmware of your choice.
Either way, you should probably root using Framaroot with the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro or Mobile Odin Lite to install the boot.img extracted from the AJK zip file. Once the install is complete, boot into recovery and flash the AJK zip file because otherwise the buttons will not work. Then after that, you can either stay with AJK plus stock, or install a custom firmware.
Hope this helps, and if you have any questions, I usually check in here at least once every day or two.
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Thanks. Ok - I downloaded I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) from the download repository and installed it. Splash screen says samsung and then goes to ATT globe and then starts. Error right away says gmail something not working - Wifi doesn't work - about device Model Samsung - SGH-I777 Android 4.1.2 Broadband I777UCMD8 Build JZ054K.I777UCMD8 Kernal 3.0.31-1154545-user
To go into download mode I had to hold volume up and down and plug usb cable and it now was
product name SGH-I777
custom binary yes (3 counts)
current Samsung official
Power with volume up and down without SUB to get the android system recovery that shows <3e>
Do I need to install CWM or TWRP to install AJK v4.9 or do it via android system recovery?
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Thanks. Ok - I downloaded I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) from the download repository and installed it. Splash screen says samsung and then goes to ATT globe and then starts. Error right away says gmail something not working - Wifi doesn't work - about device Model Samsung - SGH-I777 Android 4.1.2 Broadband I777UCMD8 Build JZ054K.I777UCMD8 Kernal 3.0.31-1154545-user
To go into download mode I had to hold volume up and down and plug usb cable and it now was
product name SGH-I777
custom binary yes (3 counts)
current Samsung official
Power with volume up and down without SUB to get the android system recovery that shows <3e>
Do I need to install CWM or TWRP to install AJK v4.9 or do it via android system recovery?
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You need to use Mobile Odin or Flashify in order to install the custom kernel/recovery. You will not be able to flash the AJK kernel in stock recovery, so go to the Play Store and get one of those apps (both have a free version). You must be rooted first, so make sure you followed creepy's steps above.
Once you install AJK you'll have not only the kernel but also a custom recovery (CWM).
SteveMurphy said:
You need to use Mobile Odin or Flashify in order to install the custom kernel/recovery. You will not be able to flash the AJK kernel in stock recovery, so go to the Play Store and get one of those apps (both have a free version). You must be rooted first, so make sure you followed creepy's steps above.
Once you install AJK you'll have not only the kernel but also a custom recovery (CWM).
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Well I have superuser now - worked with no problems..
I installed Flashify it asked for superuser I said yes but when I select boot image it just hangs - I never get the option to select the image. I have uninstalled and reinstalled.
I have installed mobile odin but it needs internet access to add some odd-on APk and I dont have internet on this phone - BECAUSE WIFI wont work. I tried to download mobile odin add-on for flash but still doesnt give me that option. I looked and couldnt located the correct add-on for this phone to install firmware
mobile odin lilte is v4.20
Flashify is 1.9.2
Not sure what option I have
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Well I have superuser now - worked with no problems..
I installed Flashify it asked for superuser I said yes but when I select boot image it just hangs - I never get the option to select the image. I have uninstalled and reinstalled.
I have installed mobile odin but it needs internet access to add some odd-on APk and I dont have internet on this phone - BECAUSE WIFI wont work. I tried to download mobile odin add-on for flash but still doesnt give me that option. I looked and couldnt located the correct add-on for this phone to install firmware
mobile odin lilte is v4.20
Flashify is 1.9.2
Not sure what option I have
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Did you root using Framaroot as creepyncrawly suggested? Just installing SuperSU won't root your phone, so that's likely why you're having issues obtaining root. You must root first, then install SuperSU. Then you should then be able to use those apps that call upon root privileges.
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Did you root using Framaroot as creepyncrawly suggested? Just installing SuperSU won't root your phone, so that's likely why you're having issues obtaining root. You must root first, then install SuperSU. Then you should then be able to use those apps that call upon root privileges.
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yes, I install framaroot version 14.1 exploit results Success but I installed superuser and not supserSU - I have installed superSU now
I reinstalled mobile odin lite and mobile odin flashkernal and still no luck - still says that I need additional add-ons for this phone..
Installed Flashify and I granted root access via supser SU
In the flash menu zip file I get to choose and for recovery image I get a choice but if I select boot image it locks up and does nothing then says flashify isn't responding do you want to close it..
I just want a clean rom without all the bloat and working WIFI
So I installed the kernal via CWM following the instructions listed in for AJK v4.9
Kernal now says 3.10.0-R93.AJK_v4.9_NoSwap-root
So wifi still doesnt work - Buttons work now
How do I fix Wifi?
Was wifi working before you started this process, and you were able to use it? Because, after you flashed the UCMD8 stock, wifi should have been working, and you said it was not. That makes me think that you may have a hardware issue with the wifi.
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Was wifi working before you started this process, and you were able to use it? Because, after you flashed the UCMD8 stock, wifi should have been working, and you said it was not. That makes me think that you may have a hardware issue with the wifi.
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On an old ROM the wifi was working - I used this for phone for almost two years until I went to my Note 2 then to a Note 3 and it sat in a drawer. It had SHOstock on it before but my brother was mucking around with it to install Cyanogen and after I started this process.
I'm still not clear when the wifi was working. Was it before it sat in a drawer, or recently when your brother tried to install Cyanogen?
In my experience, wifi has always worked after a fresh install of any official stock firmware, and definitely after a fresh install of UCMD8, unless there was a hardware issue. So if wifi is not working, I would try another fresh install of UCMD8, and if wifi is not working there, I would try a fresh install of another stock firmware, perhaps UCLE5 or UCLL6 (4.0.x), or even the original UCKH7 (2.3.4), all of which are available in the Download Repository. This should give you a definitive answer whether it is hardware or firmware.
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I'm still not clear when the wifi was working. Was it before it sat in a drawer, or recently when your brother tried to install Cyanogen?
In my experience, wifi has always worked after a fresh install of any official stock firmware, and definitely after a fresh install of UCMD8, unless there was a hardware issue. So if wifi is not working, I would try another fresh install of UCMD8, and if wifi is not working there, I would try a fresh install of another stock firmware, perhaps UCLE5 or UCLL6 (4.0.x), or even the original UCKH7 (2.3.4), all of which are available in the Download Repository. This should give you a definitive answer whether it is hardware or firmware.
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It is strange to me as well - I will try that and let you know.