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I am trying to flash epic back to stock rom, but when i run odin and plug in the phone in download mode it keeps on saying it's been added and then removed repeatedly. Any help?
Windows says this?
You put the phone in download mode, start Odin and then connect the phone to the PC.
I'd check to be sure you're using the usb cable that came with your epic. Using others can have mixed results, even though they fit.
Check the connection to the phone; be sure nothing is in the connector.
Try a different usb on your PC.
Can always try to reboot the PC as well.
Good luck
Now it works, but when i select the 528 pit, it's stuck on Setup Connection, but if i use the 512 pit it just says it failed.
Going to second the try a different usb port, although if you have any other micro-usb cords that have thicker cables than the samsung one, use that for flashing.
Also may want to reset computer after you have it fail. It seems to mess with something in windows or leave a process open that keeps it from working right
Also gonna ask a dumb question, you do have a stock epic rom that you're trying to flash along with the pit and you are clicking repartition in odin right?
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I was on the DK28 rom before but now since 2.2 has been released officially i want to flash to stock and then get the official version. The problem is everytime i run it, it's on the SetupConnection part but it never gets past that. no i didnt repartition it.
The only suggestion I can offer other then the usual stuff (check connections, USB ports, drivers, etc) is to redownload everything. It's possible that the download could have been corrupted for whatever reason. It's happened to me once when I was trying to Odin back to stock.
Hope this helps.
So now i got it to run, but the phone it self booted into a green screen, and in the list in Odin it's stuck on modem
Earlier today, i used the one click 2.55 root. After that, i tried to install ACS through the recovery, assuming it was like the process with my EVO. However, i got stuck in recovery mode. Then, i found threads about ODEN and then ultimately decided to revert back to stock. However, it kept failing. After that, i thought that my modem was out of date and that if i flashed EC05 it would work on my phone. It didn't. Now i have no recovery and I have no clue what to do to just restore my phone back to factory setting. If someone could guide me through the steps it would be much appreciated.
You need to use odin to flash a stock rom. Just make sure only reboot is the only thing checked on the left side. You dont need a pit file. Just put the full rom tar in the PDA section and hit start bit make sure the phone is recognized by odin first. It will display a box that says "com x" the x will be a number. The number doesn't matter. So keep tryijng with odin its very picky and will sometimes fail for no apparent reason. Just keep trying. If it keeps failing try redownloading the tar file or use a different usb cable. Good luck
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I also meant to say that you needed cwm 3.0.0.6 to use acs rom. You need to be on ext4
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musclehead84 said:
You need to use odin to flash a stock rom. Just make sure only reboot is the only thing checked on the left side. You dont need a pit file. Just put the full rom tar in the PDA section and hit start bit make sure the phone is recognized by odin first. It will display a box that says "com x" the x will be a number. The number doesn't matter. So keep tryijng with odin its very picky and will sometimes fail for no apparent reason. Just keep trying. If it keeps failing try redownloading the tar file or use a different usb cable. Good luck
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Thanks a lot. Do you know of any stock roms that i should use? I have the EB13 modem now if that matters. Also, i was on froyo when all of this happened.
I'd like to add if you still have trouble with odin. Use a short good USB cable and make sure your antivirus programs are off on your PC.
I would flash the new ec05 rom so at least you have he latest. It will also flash the modem for you as well
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This happened to me last week! I was able to fix my phone with the generous help of qbking77. He has some how to videos on youtube. And mostly all the links you need on how to's with everything! He helped me out a lot! My phone is now a rescue hope everything works out. Everything everyone is telling you here is correct.
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I keep getting stuck at the Kernal portion in Odin. That's where it always fails
bplantonio said:
I keep getting stuck at the Kernal portion in Odin. That's where it always fails
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OK, when it fails, pull out your battery, disconnect the cable, reinstall the battery, hold the "1" key on the slide out keyboard, push the power button until the yellow download screen comes up. Now with Odin up, only the reboot box checked add the tar file in the PDA section and the Victory8G file in the pit section. Now connect the cable the phone and a COM box should come up. Hit start. If it fails again, try 1 or 2 more times. You may have a bad data cable or connection. Try a different cable and/or usb port.
Also if you want to go to a custom ROM I would recommend using the EB13 prerooted with CWM3 file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
Use the second file.
It still keeps failing over and over on kernel. I dont think my usb is bad as i just got this phone two days ago. Is there a way i can flash the kernel over so i can make this work? Thanks for all the help by the way. Rooting on the EVO is MUCH easier
Fixed, thanks for the help
I tried to do a harmless one click root 3.006 for eb13 downloaded of xda. USB debugging was on and then i ran the unzipped folder to install cwm3 on my phone. i had an error the first time and the second time everything seemed to work fine until the very end it said error phone offline error zimage file missing. so i went to exit out and reboot my phone, and when i when to turn my phone back on i could not get past the 1st screen the SAMSUNG samsungmobile screen. usb debugging is still on and my computer still recognizes the phone when plugged into usb but... Is there anything at all i can do? please help
Try and odin back to stock. If you click on the link in my signature I've made a video showing you how to use odin.
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yup, try to ODIN back to stock.
Also you may want to try re-downloading the once click root, just to be safe. Run it again and make sure you have an EXT4 compatible kernel/ROM on your sd card before hand. You'll have to flash that once you boot into CWM.
i can get into download mode, but i havent flashed a rom yet. all i did was try to root my phone with one click root. should i still try odin
yes, ODIN back to stock and try again. One click root 3.0.0.6 is only if you want to convert to EXT4. If this is the case, you have to flash a compatible kernel and rom.
If you do NOT want to convert, then use the one click root 2.X.X.X. You will not have flash anything else and you will be rooted.
Or if you want to make things even easier, check out the development section and ODIN the stock plus rom. It's pre-rooted, RFS or EXT4, and has additional tweaks to make life good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061912
what pit file should i use for odin, and where can i find it?
qbking77 your videos good but the pit file is no longer available in the link you provided
Current Odin, PIT, TAR, and instructions: http://tinyurl.com/epicfix
Dyehya/Cyc's guide, my files.
Ignorance1, please don't double post.
Wont recognize usb when in download mode
should i just plan on getting a new phone? Now that my phone is effed my computer will not recognize it in download mode it says device unknown or malfunctioned, It wont let me choose samsung drivers when selecting drivers from disk or anything
Ignorance1 said:
should i just plan on getting a new phone? Now that my phone is effed my computer will not recognize it in download mode it says device unknown or malfunctioned, It wont let me choose samsung drivers when selecting drivers from disk or anything
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No. Uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, then switch to a non-stock USB cable.
Make the following boxes are checked:
Re-Partiton, Auto-reboot, F. Reset Time. You say check all 3, while qbking77 says to just check auto reboot. what should i do?
Ignorance1 said:
Make the following boxes are checked:
Re-Partiton, Auto-reboot, F. Reset Time. You say check all 3, while qbking77 says to just check auto reboot. what should i do?
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I don't say check all three - Cyc does. I say check only auto reboot.
screen turned blue at factoryfs.rfs
I saw a progress bar and then when odin got to factoryfs.rfs my phone screen turned blurple, wtf is that?
Ignorance1 said:
I saw a progress bar and then when odin got to factoryfs.rfs my phone screen turned blurple, wtf is that?
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Good question, are you using the stock cable still? If so... dump it.
Ignorance1 said:
I saw a progress bar and then when odin got to factoryfs.rfs my phone screen turned blurple, wtf is that?
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possibly a bad flash. Did it fail or pass?
If it failed, try a different USB cable and/or a different USB port. If you are using a desktop computer, make sure you are using USB ports on the back of the tower, instead of front USB ports.
ODIN is a bit wonky at times. If it fails, try, try, try again.
What version of Odin are you using? I still use the old 1.6. The newer versions seem more picky.
after messing around with odin for a good hour and a half qbkings method seemed to work. the newer version of odin blue screened my phone every time. omg im ridiculously thankful for this forum right now. Seeing as one click root effed me in the a last time i think im gonna try to learn how to root manually
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after messing around with odin for a good hour and a half qbkings method seemed to work. the newer version of odin blue screened my phone every time. omg im ridiculously thankful for this forum right now. Seeing as one click root effed me in the a last time i think im gonna try to learn how to root manually
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It's not the one-click root... It's the horrible stock cable! Trust me!
Buy this and never look back. It's $1.36. Don't have Prime? Choose another seller who ships free from the options.
k0nane said:
It's not the one-click root... It's the horrible stock cable! Trust me!
Buy this and never look back. It's $1.36. Don't have Prime? Choose another seller who ships free from the options.
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That and not having a compatible EXT4 ROM to flash after the EXT4 conversion was done before rebooting.
ive been using the htc evo cable which works like a charm, im new but not retarded. If you guys swear by one click root i might give it another go. Honestly im running xp and i think the file wasnt fully extracted because one file kept on having an error.
EDIT: Sorry, this post wen't to completely wrong place. Hope some mod can move this to right section.
I know. There's number of similar threats. I have read them all. Or at least feels like it.
I managed to soft brick my sgs2. I was playing with this new lol boot (dual boot app) from market. I think I pushed something wrong in this app. After that my intention was to make a CWM backup before I start to play seriously with lol boot. At the second I pressed backup from the menu, my phone shut down. Now I'm in a sitsuation whre I can't enter recovery mode. There's just this Samsung Galaxy logo. At the time I had CheckRom v4 installed.
My intention was to flash stock rom via odin. I can enter to download mode just fine BUT odin or kies isn't able to connect to phone. Kies is recognizing the usb connection, but fails to connect it properly. Here's a list what I've tried so far:
- Restart PC (100x)
- Restart Odin (101x)
- Restart Kies
- Reinstall USB Drivers (with Kies and without)
- Trying different computer which has never seen Kies or any Samsung USB drivers
- Reinstalling Windows (W7 x64)
- 3 different USB cables (2 stock Samsung)
- Different USB ports
- Also Nexus S USB drivers as mentioned on another thead in XDA
- Starting odin after USB connection, and before
- Googling with any keywords I have come up
Is there anything else I can do for now?
you mean when you try to connect to odin there is no yellow square ?
maybe try to remove battery for + 90 sec and try to enter in odin ?
ps in this situation you must forget kies since its barely work when everything is fine with the phone ...
Thanks for your reply. Odin doesn't 'do' anything when i connect my device. I'm using version 4.43. When I connect s2, windows install two drivers, Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and Samsung Mobile USB Modem. I also tried taking battery off. Actually the battery wasn't attached for 6 hours, still no success.
I didn't see this in your list, but have you tried entering download mode and connecting?
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can you enter recovery? which recovery you have? Clockwork? 2e, 3e?
Just trying to feel out your situation...
Guys. I think there is some Android God that came to help me. After ~36 hours of googling, crying and throwing the phone to the wall, I've managed to solve my problem! As I was googling cheap shotgun for me, I had a vision. Why not, let's try older odin. The solution was v1.83. And right when I plugged in my phone with this odin, it got recognized! At the same second! Nuff said, I'm satisfied. And do you know what is the best part? I flashed with original stock rom and every app, every launcher and so on was STILL WORKING and running!
Thanks to everyone. I'll be more careful next time!
EDIT: How the heck the custom binary counter went to zero? I was thinking its only possible with usb jig?
not older odin! but the one u need for sgs2 (and 1) only use odin 3 v. 1.83 or v. 1.3.
The one you said IS NOT FOR YOUR PHONE. Sorry I missed that text.
So if I understood you correctly, u are saying that I flashed my phone with wrong version of odin (1.83) ? Sorry, I'cant understand english too good, so can you say your point more literally and s_l_o_w_l_y? Thanks
I only use odin3 v1.3 or odin 3 v.1.83.
As far as I know, you cannot use anything else, since it is not made for your device!
I might be wrong, if so, somebody correct me.
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So if you're correct on this, the reason why I couldn't get my phone recognized was the wrong version of odin?
pazzio said:
Guys. I think there is some Android God that came to help me. After ~36 hours of googling, crying and throwing the phone to the wall, I've managed to solve my problem! As I was googling cheap shotgun for me, I had a vision. Why not, let's try older odin. The solution was v1.83. And right when I plugged in my phone with this odin, it got recognized! At the same second! Nuff said, I'm satisfied. And do you know what is the best part? I flashed with original stock rom and every app, every launcher and so on was STILL WORKING and running!
Thanks to everyone. I'll be more careful next time!
EDIT: How the heck the custom binary counter went to zero? I was thinking its only possible with usb jig?
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gratz!
to reset your binary, there is only one way to do it. u are right, usb jig.
however, beware, i read somewhere saying that GB ver 2.3.4 onward has a new version of bootloader which prevent usb jig from resetting the counter, which mean samsung is trying to lock the bootloader now. however, flashing the old bootloader still helps (claim by others).
I was trying to install shfub's one-click FF02. My monitor went into sleep mode and when i awakened it my phone said that update encountered an issue. Please help!!!
Try again and see what it says.
my phone don't want to connect to the pc. so i can't retry flashing it.
Install the drivers and ODIN on another computer and see if you can Odin back to EL29 or EL26
Had this happen once and scared the <censored> out of me because I thought I was screwed - this was before we knew what was causing the bricks. Unplugged from USB, restarted PC, left phone in d/l mode and then plugged in *after* starting the one click package. (It didn't like doing before for some reason) Turns out it was the last step that did the trick.
i was going to try your method but the phone's battery died so it won't go into dl mod now.
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i was going to try your method but the phone's battery died so it won't go into dl mod now.
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Will it charge if plugged in? Or if not do you know someone who would be willing to swap batteries?
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i swap my vibrant battery but the trick isn't working. i restarted my pc, left it in dl mode, plugged in usb after starting odin 1 click.
Mrcharmz said:
i swap my vibrant battery but the trick isn't working. i restarted my pc, left it in dl mode, plugged in usb after starting odin 1 click.
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Is it giving any msgs on ODIN oc or not even showing up?
If not showing up, are there any unknown devices in Device Manager?
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odin is giving a no read message (succeed 0/failed1). the device is unkown. i've installed the drivers again and again, but device still not recognized. really stomped..
Little late to this but did you try a brand new USB cable? If you can get into download mode you should be able to resolve your issue using the above recommendations - re-install samsung drivers to pc, reboot pc then start Odin, then get phone into download mode before plugging in. Also try and charging the battery for at least a short time 30 mins or so. I have seen bad cables cause SO MANY problems. Don't assume that the cable you have been using is good get another one.
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Little late to this but did you try a brand new USB cable? If you can get into download mode you should be able to resolve your issue using the above recommendations - re-install samsung drivers to pc, reboot pc then start Odin, then get phone into download mode before plugging in. Also try and charging the battery for at least a short time 30 mins or so. I have seen bad cables cause SO MANY problems. Don't assume that the cable you have been using is good get another one.
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i will try what you suggested.
I was having same issue but I was coming from ics to gb to do a restore of ics rom. Well it didn't go well, so I had to odin. My Odin wouldn't find my phone and no matter what I thought I tried didn't work. I moved it to a differne t USB port and it worked. This may help it may not but it is worth a try.
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Usually, a different port/cable does the trick,esle uninstal the drivers,reboot and install the drivers. That should get it done.
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Usually, a different port/cable does the trick,esle uninstal the drivers,reboot and install the drivers. That should get it done.
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tried switching ports and cables but still unrecognized. it shows com on odin but half way thru install it shuts down saying device not recognized.
Can you copy all of the log in Odin OC and paste here? Just wondering if we're missing something, the phone is obviously connected.
The other thing I could suggest is download and try a different package and see if it behaves differently.
You might need to use traditional Odin with all of the good stuff checked.
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Try out a diferent system if u could? Wat about tthe drivers?
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Try out a diferent system if u could? Wat about tthe drivers?
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what do you mean by "different system"?
>enter cs for md5..
>check md5.. do not unplug the cable..
>please wait..
>sph-d710.el29_cl852097_rom_pda.tar.md5 is valid..
>checking md5 finished sucessfully..
>leave cs..
>all threads completed. (succeed 0/failed 0)