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Hey everyone,
I tried flashing a new rom from my phone earlier and I think it may not have flashed successfully. I hit reboot after it was finished installing but my screen remains blank and the blue led remains lit. I have tried battery pulling and using the button combos to go into either recovery or download mode but I haven't had any luck. When I use the buttons to go into recovery or download mode the led blinks for a second as though it is recognizing the command but the screen remains blank and the led stays solid blue. I have tried hooking the phone up to my computer and ODIN doesn't seem to recognize it either. Does anyone have any ideas or can anyone confirm if I am bricked? I would really appreciate some help. I have had this phone since the day it came out and have messed around with it quite a bit but I am out of ideas and have always been able to either boot into recovery or download mode Thanks in advance!
I would try a jig first. u can get one off ebay or make one. also if that doesn't work jtag maybe be your only option. hooe you can bring it to life man
What did you flash ? I was drunk as hell last night flashing a kernel in Odin in the phone section and wondering why it would never finish until I realized it was in phone not Pda .... I did it like 3 times before I finally fixed it got Cm7 back on it with no Baseband ... Funny now but odined a radio and all was fine.... The only thing that will usually F this phone up is flashing bootloader from int. Version that's a instant brick not fixable
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I flashed the "tbm" FB17 rom which just came out today. I downloaded it directly to my phone so there is a possibility it could have been a bad download. Prior to that I was using Calkulin's stock FB17 deodexed rom which was released yesterday.
by chance did you use the touch recovery at all? lots of people have been bricking their devices lately using that.
gernade23 said:
I flashed the "tbm" FB17 rom which just came out today. I downloaded it directly to my phone so there is a possibility it could have been a bad download. Prior to that I was using Calkulin's stock FB17 deodexed rom which was released yesterday.
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Get a jig and you'll get back into Odin
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any suggestions for someone that can get into odin, but phone stuck in SGSII screen bootloop?
i flashed the calk's fb17 deodex version, and it started this boot loop. i pulled battery, and odin'd back to stock el29. still stuck in sgsii bootloop. it's seems to be acting like e: partition doesn't exist.
i have this problem as well
dgn_sandibalz said:
any suggestions for someone that can get into odin, but phone stuck in SGSII screen bootloop?
i flashed the calk's fb17 deodex version, and it started this boot loop. i pulled battery, and odin'd back to stock el29. still stuck in sgsii bootloop. it's seems to be acting like e: partition doesn't exist.
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Go get sfhubs restore one click. That ought to fix it.
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patrao_n said:
by chance did you use the touch recovery at all? lots of people have been bricking their devices lately using that.
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I did and I bricked my phone. I am so pissed.
Jig won't work. I am so screwed.
Like fully HARD bricked. I hope there is a fix...
zzelinka said:
I did and I bricked my phone. I am so pissed.
Jig won't work. I am so screwed.
Like fully HARD bricked. I hope there is a fix...
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jtag or just tell Sprint you were charging it and now it won't come on...
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Not sure if this will work for you, but ill still send this link to you or those who might use this service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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Epix4G said:
jtag or just tell Sprint you were charging it and now it won't come on...
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Gibsonusa said:
Not sure if this will work for you, but ill still send this link to you or those who might use this service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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I'm going to go to Sprint today and if that doesn't work I might try the JTAG thing. Or just sell it to someone who wants to do it and get another phone. I don't really want to get another phone, but... I gotta do something.
Thanks for the responses.
My phone kept looping on the loading screen, so i pulled the battery and got in CWM. When i did a data wide so i can restore from a saved file the phone got stuck on wiping.
So i pulled the battery and the phone kept on looping the samsung logo and would not go back to CWM, got inside ODIN and tried the stock one click EL29 ODIN method, everything flashes but gets stuck on data.bin. i re-start the process to only be stuck in the same data.bin step. the ODIN one click pro does not stop responding it just gets stuck.
I tried the ODIN method where i load the stock none rooted tar file in pda mode, this method completely passes but when it restarts it goes back to loop mode.
I tried getting into recovery mode but it loops also (Holding Volume up and power)
I am currently trying a different ODIN oneclick TAR file, maybe this will work, i will update when it finishes.
I do not know what to do next, i have flashed all individual files in ODIN also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Seriously again and you can't search.......you are bricked.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
And you were using a ics kernel with cwm huh ?
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I did search all over xda and androidcentral, i was in ics 4.0.4. Thanks for the links i left the phone flashing, when i get home i will read those threads. If it all fails ill just go to sprint tech bench and get a refurbish replament.
You were on a ics ROM ?
Used a ics kernel to wipe data ?
Were using ROM manager?
Using touch cwm ?
Didn't read OP for the ROM either ?
Almost all ics roms will tell you not to use a ics kernel with cwm that is the cause of the bricks ...
If you can answer yes to any of the above you didn't read enough... There are a dozen threads about bricking phones on here that would have saved your phone....good luck at sprint getting it replaced
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mrperez816 said:
I did search all over xda and androidcentral, i was in ics 4.0.4. Thanks for the links i left the phone flashing, when i get home i will read those threads. If it all fails ill just go to sprint tech bench and get a refurbish replament.
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What were u using to flash ? The OP of every aosp ROM Wether cm9 codename aokp all say to flash the el26 cwm kernel and flash from there and if going back to GB to use a stock tar and then go from there ...
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i had CWM, i was running ics 4.0.4 fine build 30 since it came out. It just started the stupid animation loop and thats when i decided to do a data wipe in CWM. but then i did the ODIN One Click and it gets stuck on data.bin.
I work for Sprint....
This is my first time ever posting on any forums and i have been flashing since the EVO came out, i have flashed ICS to the EVO 4G and back to GB with no issues, this phone is the first to give me such issues.
mrperez816 said:
i had CWM, i was running ics 4.0.4 fine build 30 since it came out. It just started the stupid animation loop and thats when i decided to do a data wipe in CWM. but then i did the ODIN One Click and it gets stuck on data.bin.
I work for Sprint....
This is my first time ever posting on any forums and i have been flashing since the EVO came out, i have flashed ICS to the EVO 4G and back to GB with no issues, this phone is the first to give me such issues.
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Samsung screwed us by changing some partitions and until we get source to know what they did its best to follow the OP to a T because no one has bricked when using a GB kernel to wipe or flash ....just the ics ones
Yes I had og evo nexus s and 3d ....this one sucks to have to flash the way we do but its the better phone so you do what you have to
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You could have not said it any better lol, i on purpose broke my photon 4g and one of the replacements on the list was the E4GT and got that one sent to me lol, such an amazing phone but issues like this kill me. i did that rouge in odin and it just loops on the android with the box but does not do anything else.
Ill keep trying different things, custom count is at 3 maybe by the time i give up it might be in the 100's because i wont get a replacement till tuesday...
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You could have not said it any better lol, i on purpose broke my photon 4g and one of the replacements on the list was the E4GT and got that one sent to me lol, such an amazing phone but issues like this kill me. i did that rouge in odin and it just loops on the android with the box but does not do anything else.
Ill keep trying different things, custom count is at 3 maybe by the time i give up it might be in the 100's because i wont get a replacement till tuesday...
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The no data tar will completely flash but won't boot on it but you can put it back to stock like that with sfhub el29 no data
Some one in the data thread I gave u did remap the data partition to his Sd card and rigged it .... That could work until you get replaced
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Just odin the el26+cwm kernel and reboot into recovery and wipe and flash like normal. I had the bootloop before snd this worked for me.
EL26+CWM Kernel link: http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
Edit: just read your whole post and it does sound like your bricked. You can try what I stated above, but I don't think it will work.
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mrperez816 said:
i had CWM, i was running ics 4.0.4 fine build 30 since it came out. It just started the stupid animation loop and thats when i decided to do a data wipe in CWM
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This is where your /data partition got corrupted. The data wipe in ICS-based CWM.
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but then i did the ODIN One Click and it gets stuck on data.bin.
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ODIN OneClick is just serving as the messenger to tell you your /data partition is corrupted. You could have used CWM, ODIN, ODIN OneClick, etc. They would all tell you the same thing. The EMMC memory is actually damaged, it isn't just a partition data problem.
It is unfortunate to have the issue with ICS-based kernels and custom recovery, but that is why all the threads stress using GB-based kernels with custom recovery to do your flashing.
Lesson learned. At least you work for Sprint and can probably get things resolved with less hassle.
Yeah lesson learned. I just did the repair ticket on it and will have one on tuesday.
When the new one comes i will go straight to ICS build 31, and not even mess with anything else.
Its just amazing how we cant figure out a way to format/partition the currupted /data.
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Its just amazing how we cant figure out a way to format/partition the currupted /data.
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It isn't a format issue.
The hardware emmc memory is damaged.
JTAG bitblasting would have overwrote everything if it was fixable. That is failing in this case.
So basically you are asking why we can't reformat a hard drive that crashed and make it work.
You are doing what's right. I had to flash the one click Odin 3 times to get out of a boot loop after trying to restore a GB ROM MD5 from a ICS kernel. Learned the hard way. But if you can get to DL mode, you can usually fix it. After the third time i was able to get into standard Android recovery and do a factory data reset. Then flashed the rom again and it booted right up. I was lucky though. Hope it works out.
PHONE WONT BOOT AFTER USING ALPHA 6 ICS(darchstar)
I was using this rom since it came out and haven't had 1 problem. after just using it normally it froze. did a battery pull and tried to reboot but was stuck on logo with the cm9 animation. so i went to recovery mode i had an error. i tried doing a format and froze. so i did another battery pull and now my phone wont boot into recovery or download mode. all i get is a blue led light. any ideas?
I'd like to think that putting BIGGER red text in the OP's might help but apparently not...
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xDarkStarx27 said:
I was using this rom since it came out and haven't had 1 problem. after just using it normally it froze. did a battery pull and tried to reboot but was stuck on logo with the cm9 animation. so i went to recovery mode i had an error. i tried doing a format and froze. so i did another battery pull and now my phone wont boot into recovery or download mode. all i get is a blue led light. any ideas?
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Your /data partition is dead. Formatting/ wiping from ICS recovery is VERY BAD, it makes bricks.... time to use insurance/TEP... sfhubs post on this page applies to you as well...
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I have a problem, that I cannot find nor figure out the solution, I hope there is someone here that can help. I have used and have flashed with Odin many many times and have never had a problem.
Problem:
I am running a BeastMod 5.0, and before that I was running a ICS ROM...can't remember which one. I wanted to make sure I had everything ready for when the Official ICS dropped. Went to flash the stock which is posted here, got all the way (in Odin) to the Modem cache.img.ext4 part and that is where it hangs. I actually left it overnight just to make sure, and was still stuck on that part of the flash. It keeps rebooting to the Kies download page and only way to fix is to Odin Flash clockwork recovery. I have tried the super wipe, cache wipe, and every other tool I can find, but it still always get stuck at the part listed above.
Hopefully someone else has had the same problem and been able to fix. All help is greatly appreciated.
jwalker279 said:
I have a problem, that I cannot find nor figure out the solution, I hope there is someone here that can help. I have used and have flashed with Odin many many times and have never had a problem.
Problem:
I am running a BeastMod 5.0, and before that I was running a ICS ROM...can't remember which one. I wanted to make sure I had everything ready for when the Official ICS dropped. Went to flash the stock which is posted here, got all the way (in Odin) to the Modem cache.img.ext4 part and that is where it hangs. I actually left it overnight just to make sure, and was still stuck on that part of the flash. It keeps rebooting to the Kies download page and only way to fix is to Odin Flash clockwork recovery. I have tried the super wipe, cache wipe, and every other tool I can find, but it still always get stuck at the part listed above.
Hopefully someone else has had the same problem and been able to fix. All help is greatly appreciated.
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Check your USB cable mine kept getting stuck one step before yiu and it was my cheap Ebay blackberry cable that caused it, yhdn I used a MyTouch 4 g slide cable and voila! Went through smoothlyy
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YourAntic said:
Check your USB cable mine kept getting stuck one step before yiu and it was my cheap Ebay blackberry cable that caused it, yhdn I used a MyTouch 4 g slide cable and voila! Went through smoothlyy
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Yeah thanks for the help. Unfortunately I already have just forgot to say I had...Any other ideas?
Hate to state the obvious but dis you make sure you have a good download? Did you redownload and try again?
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i dont suppose exchanging the phone is an option?
sinfulgray said:
Hate to state the obvious but dis you make sure you have a good download? Did you redownload and try again?
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Yeah I checked the MD5, all are good. Re-downloaded and rechecked just to make sure. What is weird is....Everything flashes fine individually...or through recovery. I can get it back to stock, but with one big all inclusive package it gets stuck at the same place?
Try a different odin version.
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Try a different odin version.
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Thanks for your reply. I have tried that too. Wish Odin Mobile was an option so I can try that too.
need help please. stuck,
I just got my phone back and I was attempting to put on the dakside rom. I used the superwhipe, and the when I looked to find the darkside rom it wasnt in my list of things to flash, now allI get is the the s screenand I cant seem to get past that. I would appreciant any help as I just just gotthis phohe back and have missed it terrably, Thanks you
Also I cant boot into clockwork recovery
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I just got my phone back and I was attempting to put on the dakside rom. I used the superwhipe, and the when I looked to find the darkside rom it wasnt in my list of things to flash, now allI get is the the s screenand I cant seem to get past that. I would appreciant any help as I just just gotthis phohe back and have missed it terrably, Thanks you
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Try reflashing the recovery. Once in recovery, reflash the ROM. That is what I had to do. Hope it helps. Also, make sure and upload the ROM to your SD Card...the superwipe doesn't touch the SD Card.
bls2633 said:
I just got my phone back and I was attempting to put on the dakside rom. I used the superwhipe, and the when I looked to find the darkside rom it wasnt in my list of things to flash, now allI get is the the s screenand I cant seem to get past that. I would appreciant any help as I just just gotthis phohe back and have missed it terrably, Thanks you
Also I cant boot into clockwork recovery
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Put your phone in download mode, open Odin, flash non-touch recovery 5.0.2.7, then boot to recovery, go to mounts and storage, mount usb, transfer ROM, flash ROM, fix permisssions, reboot and enjoy!
Hello everyone, this is my first post. I am not a complete noob I had a Motorola Triumph I flashed dozens of roms and never bricked it or anything. I have an epic 4g touch, of course, and it was running the Blu Kuban rom , I think 1.5.1 or something, the one beofre the latest update. So i wanted to try the 'Jellyverse" fk23 since I loved the ICS Universe rom, great battery life, better than the kubans. I flashed the rom first with the recovery the blu kuban had, and then I dont know why i flashed an acs fk23 recovery, I didnt read the instructions right, dont know what i did there. Phone boots, and stays on welcome screen, nothing more.
Yes, I have tried Odin, phone isn't recognized. Have tried two pcs, reinstalling drivers, 3 different usb cables, and odin cant recognize it.
or the pc for that matter.Phone does get in android system recovery 3e, and does read sd card.tried flashing ff18 update and get signature not valid etc. Forgot to mention the usb port may be defective cause it did get wet with milk a bit the other day, i dired it but left it on most of that day anyway, but it still charges.
What can i do? I went to best buy but I am scared they will notice what happened, the welcome screen is obviously jellybean...
How can i save this phone? adb, fatboot? Sorry I am a noob when it comes to these things i Just mentioned. And sorry in advance if this was posted somewhere else. I am really grateful to all epic 4g touch devs, they make awesome roms. I know its my fault, etc, I just want to know if theres anyway i can revert to stock anything or get it working, or if i have to jtag it, or I will just have to travel 2 hours to visit my sister who works at best buy and ask her to play dumb that the phone is rooted and replace it with the best buy insurnace i have.
did you make a nandroid backup before you flashed?
brandan14 said:
did you make a nandroid backup before you flashed?
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NO, stupidly, i didnt. With that have worked even with the stock android recovery?
All I did was backup my apps with titanium pro.
WIth the E4GT I have never done nandroid as I never had any problems, with the Motorola Triumph I used to though...
Read... read... read!
Your best chance is to flash the recommended recovery kernel via Odin then reflash the ROM.
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Read... read... read!
Your best chance is to flash the recommended recovery kernel via Odin then reflash the ROM.
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Thats the thing I cant use Odin. Phone isn't recogized when before it used to be recognized.
Can you get it in download mode?
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yea I think a nandroid would work on stock recovery I've personally never have tried it. if you could get it into download mode it should recognize it.
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yea I think a nandroid would work on stock recovery I've personally never have tried it. if you could get it into download mode it should recognize it.
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No odin doesnt recognize the phone, and yes it goes into download mode thats how I know Odin cant recognize it.have tried 3 pcs and usb cables.
Are you plugging in the phone after you open Odin?
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Are you plugging in the phone after you open Odin?
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maybe i have tired both ways, i dont know. which is the correct way?
I usually plug the USB in after I have Odin up and ready to flash. Sometimes it just doesn't show the COM port when you have it plugged in before.
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I usually plug the USB in after I have Odin up and ready to flash. Sometimes it just doesn't show the COM port when you have it plugged in before.
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yea that's what I do. and I would just try going into recovery and see if there is a backup you can restore.
Is there anyway I can restore a nandroid with stock recovery (3e it says), and can it be from another e4gt? ANy of you have one I can use? Sorry if its noob question. or anyway i can save this phone without odin or a custom recovery? Can I flash a kernel on stock recovery?
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yea that's what I do. and I would just try going into recovery and see if there is a backup you can restore.
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I didnt make a backup....arghh im screwed.
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Use Mobile Odin....Flash EL26 found here https://www.dropbox.com/s/f83s6y8wsnzqjau/EL26_StockCWM.tar.md5 (I will link to original in a little bit) ...Then reboot phone into custom recovery (power button and vol up until phone reboots)...Ohh wait, your stuck in a bootloop?? You're definitely going to need to utilize Odin on the PC to get out of it
Edit: Follow the instructions here.....Have you tried a One-Click odin? If your PC won't recognize the phone...restart everything. Try a different USB port, make sure your drivers are installed. I can't think of any other troubleshooting steps.....Maybe a different computer?
My charging port is being flakey on me. I have to move around my cable to get my phone to charge and leaving it charging all night only gets me up to 85%battery. I've tried several of my friends chargers and several of mine ans they all have the same results. It's not the cables it's the port.
I'm trying to unroot and go back to stock via mobil Odin but i Can't find a stock md4 rom or stock recovery so I'm asking is worth going back to stock for an obvious hardware issue when taking it back to sprint.
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jesuscash said:
My charging port is being flakey on me. I have to move around my cable to get my phone to charge and leaving it charging all night only gets me up to 85%battery. I've tried several of my friends chargers and several of mine ans they all have the same results. It's not the cables it's the port.
I'm trying to unroot and go back to stock via mobil Odin but i Can't find a stock md4 rom or stock recovery so I'm asking is worth going back to stock for an obvious hardware issue when taking it back to sprint.
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You can flash this [ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET:
You can use an app called WiFi Transfer to copy it to your phone. I use that; I actually find it faster than using the USB cord.
Good luck!
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You can flash this [ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET:
You can use an app called WiFi Transfer to copy it to your phone. I use that; I actually find it faster than using the USB cord.
Good luck!
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Thanks dude you're a life saver!
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Thanks dude you're a life saver!
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you're welcome; I hope everything goes well.
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you're welcome; I hope everything goes well.
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Yup
got sorted out
they fixed my port now Im having the toughest time rooting this thing using a windows 7 virtualbox haha
O well Ill get there
jesuscash said:
Yup
got sorted out
they fixed my port now Im having the toughest time rooting this thing using a windows 7 virtualbox haha
O well Ill get there
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just flash a CWM with odin and then download a ROM and flash it from CWM and there ya go.
If i would suggest the CM11 ROM is rather nice
StonerSteve420 said:
just flash a CWM with odin and then download a ROM and flash it from CWM and there ya go.
If i would suggest the CM11 ROM is rather nice
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I use linux so odin was a no go
I tried using it via virtualbox but kept having all kinds of trouble until I discovered heimdall
Then i battled with heimdall for hours because it would fail to upload the recovery to my device, which was a bug in heimdall in the version I was using
Needles to say, its almost 5 am, my phone's rooted and im off to bed