I apologize if there is another thread devoted to this in the General Forum, but I was unable to search USB Jig and find one. I noticed that in several of the EL13 related threads there are people unable to use the USB jig to reset the Odin counter once they have flashed the Leaked Tar. I can confirm this is the case but that is not why I am posting this. I just wanted to confirm that if you Flash back to the EG30 Tar you do in fact get the USB jig reset ability back. Then you can proceed to update to the EK02 and on from there. The only time I have lost the use of the JIG was when I flashed the leaked Tar.
Just wanted to post this so people don't panic when it stops working for them. I also wanted to have a post that was easily searchable for people rather than having to dig through other threads to answer this question.
Calkulin posted a thread about how to fix this in the development section. Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391624
On a side note, can anyone tell me why there is an overuse of odin and why people prefer it over Clockwork/Recovery? I have no use for this so called jig and have never used odin since I have owned this phone. Maybe I'm oldschool and just used to using recovery?
Flashing in cwm doesnt increwse your odin count. Odining does
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Flashing in cwm doesnt increwse your odin count. Odining does
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This. Without the jig, every time you use Odin it raises the count. If you take it into Sprint for whatever reason, they can check the count and see that you've been flashing Kernels/roms/modems and void your warranty on the spot. Plus the jig fixes the yellow triangle error, and can fix soft bricks.
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On a side note, can anyone tell me why there is an overuse of odin and why people prefer it over Clockwork/Recovery? I have no use for this so called jig and have never used odin since I have owned this phone. Maybe I'm oldschool and just used to using recovery?
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The jig doesn't just reset the Odin counter. It also can boot your phone from an off state into download mode, offering the opportunity to save a soft brick or semi-hard brick (lol I said semi). Sometimes holding vol-down and power doesn't get it done, while the jig does, allowing you to connect to Odin and get a full system re-flashed. Having that extra backup precaution can save a lot of headaches.
With that said, it's really hard to brick this phone unless you modify your bootloader, so the value of a jig is diminished compared to some other phones. Still, it's under $2. It's worth it to have one lying around IMO.
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This. Without the jig, every time you use Odin it raises the count. If you take it into Sprint for whatever reason, they can check the count and see that you've been flashing Kernels/roms/modems and void your warranty on the spot. Plus the jig fixes the yellow triangle error, and can fix soft bricks.
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This is my exact point, I do not use odin and have never had the yellow triangle. I think what I'm asking is why do people even use odin when they can use Clockwork/recovery? lol
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This is my exact point, I do not use odin and have never had the yellow triangle. I think what I'm asking is why do people even use odin when they can use Clockwork/recovery? lol
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Well in the case of the EL13 leak, the Odin TAR was the first thing available. You know how many of us can be impatient when it comes to flashing stuff hehe.
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The jig doesn't just reset the Odin counter. It also can boot your phone from an off state into download mode, offering the opportunity to save a soft brick or semi-hard brick (lol I said semi). Sometimes holding vol-down and power doesn't get it done, while the jig does, allowing you to connect to Odin and get a full system re-flashed. Having that extra backup precaution can save a lot of headaches.
With that said, it's really hard to brick this phone unless you modify your bootloader, so the value of a jig is diminished compared to some other phones. Still, it's under $2. It's worth it to have one lying around IMO.
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Oh ok this makes sense to me. Thank you
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I was really just trying to compare the two and figure out why people prefer to use Odin over Clockwork/Recovery. It's making more sense to me now that I know you can use it to unbrick your phone.
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Oh ok this makes sense to me. Thank you
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I was really just trying to compare the two and figure out why people prefer to use Odin over Clockwork/Recovery. It's making more sense to me now that I know you can use it to unbrick your phone.
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Yeah I get your point. I've used Odin ONCE on this device, to originally root my phone. Since then, sfhub posted his automated root tool, so Odin isn't needed for that anymore. But, there are times when just flashing ZIPs in CWM doesn't do what you need. Sometimes recovery gets borked, so enter Odin.
Generally speaking, CWM is the best for regular flashing of ROMs, kernels, themes and other simple packages. Odin is for flashing modems, flashing full systems, and saving bricks. In other words, both tools have their uses.
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Generally speaking, CWM is the best for regular flashing of ROMs, kernels, themes and other simple packages. Odin is for flashing modems, flashing full systems, and saving bricks. In other words, both tools have their uses.
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Yes, this is a very good summary.
For me, if I need to flash just a ROM, Kernel, or Modem individually I'll use CWM.
If I need to flash everything back to stock, I'll use ODIN because it is just more convenient to do a single operation.
As to your "ODIN count", using ODIN in and of itself doesn't increased the displayed flash count. That number ONLY increments when you flash UNSIGNED Kernels (ie Kernels not signed by Samsung). If you flash custom ROMs, it wouldn't increase.
The USB Jig is useful as previously mentioned because it will force you into ODIN D/L mode even if your phone is otherwise stuck in loops. Basically as long as the screen is updating, the USB Jig can force you to ODIN D/L mode, where you can flash a failsafe ROM and get yourself back up and running.
I would highly recommend people have a USB Jig available. It is very inexpensive (around $2-$3). Even though you may never use it, the one time when you need it, you'll be cursing yourself for not having obtained one earlier as you frantically go to ebay and have to wait a few days before it arrives, all the while your phone is a brick.
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Nannuq said:
I just wanted to confirm that if you Flash back to the EG30 Tar you do in fact get the USB jig reset ability back.
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To answer your question, yes, the EG30 ODIN factory restore tar would restore your USB Jig functionality:
[ODIN][STOCK][TAR] SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734 (EG30 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Factory Restore)
So if i always just use Odin for factory stock files or tars then i dont need to worry about Odin count? Meaning always leaving everything completely stock and never rooting or custom anything? And also what is the magic "odined to many times" number?
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So if i always just use Odin for factory stock files or tars then i dont need to worry about Odin count? Meaning always leaving everything completely stock and never rooting or custom anything?
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That is correct, you will not see any ODIN flash count on the ODIN D/L screen if you always use ODIN with factory stock files or tars.
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And also what is the magic "odined to many times" number?
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Reference please.
Thank you for the answer on the first question.
On the second question i mean if i was to use non stock roms etc that did increase the ODIN count, then is there a max number that wont allow me to ever do it again or where sprint wont return it because of too many ODIN flashing, or where the phone is unusable anymore?
I wouldn't think there is a number that renders it useless. I think if a Sprint tech was going to say no to 20 Odin flashes, they could just as easily say no to having one. I probably used it 75 times on my OG Epic with all of the testing I did over there. Sometimes wiping everything with CWM doesn't clear everything up so people will use Odin for a totally clean start but Calkulin's wipe all zip makes Odin a little less necessary in that regard. sfhub and dchibro's explanations are right on point. When SamFirmware releases a leak, it comes in a tarball so the early flashers use Odin to flash it. Its a great tool to have at your disposal ..as is a jig. If you like to flash everything, you can't go wrong having both.
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sfhub said:
Yes, this is a very good summary.
For me, if I need to flash just a ROM, Kernel, or Modem individually I'll use CWM.
If I need to flash everything back to stock, I'll use ODIN because it is just more convenient to do a single operation.
As to your "ODIN count", using ODIN in and of itself doesn't increased the displayed flash count. That number ONLY increments when you flash UNSIGNED Kernels (ie Kernels not signed by Samsung). If you flash custom ROMs, it wouldn't increase.
The USB Jig is useful as previously mentioned because it will force you into ODIN D/L mode even if your phone is otherwise stuck in loops. Basically as long as the screen is updating, the USB Jig can force you to ODIN D/L mode, where you can flash a failsafe ROM and get yourself back up and running.
I would highly recommend people have a USB Jig available. It is very inexpensive (around $2-$3). Even though you may never use it, the one time when you need it, you'll be cursing yourself for not having obtained one earlier as you frantically go to ebay and have to wait a few days before it arrives, all the while your phone is a brick.
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To answer your question, yes, the EG30 ODIN factory restore tar would restore your USB Jig functionality:
[ODIN][STOCK][TAR] SPH-D710.EG30_CL435734 (EG30 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Factory Restore)
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Where could i purchase this Jtag? can i get it from Amazon instead of Ebay? I dislike Ebay ~_O
Kikoshi said:
Where could i purchase this Jtag? can i get it from Amazon instead of Ebay? I dislike Ebay ~_O
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It is a USB JIG (not JTAG)
You can get it from amazon also. Just search for USB jig
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It is a USB JIG (not JTAG)
You can get it from amazon also. Just search for USB jig
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Thank you for the correction, and assistance man!
This has by far been the most helpful thread since I bought the phone 3 days ago. Thanks everyone for their input!
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Ive been rooted for the past 3 days with zero issues and no bloatware installed. Everything was great until today. I left for work and then I got zero data. Checked in my settings and it didnt even have my number in there or anything, just showed zero about a network or anything. Took it back to t-mobile today and they tried to hard reboot it and now I cant even get to the main screen. Tried a stock rom to recover it to factory and nothing. When I turn it on it just shows samsung now. Is there a way to go back to stock with odin or anything I can do?
Also when I boot into recovery its no longer cwm, and when I uploaded another stock rom onto it, I cant even see the sd card now.
Odin a stock rom. Your just soft bricked if you still have some activity.
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How do I odin a zip file? I cant find a tar file thats stock OS , only roms in zip form.
Michowski said:
How do I odin a zip file? I cant find a tar file thats stock OS , only roms in zip form.
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Heres a tar. Of the 2.3.6 update with wifi calling also beforehand flash stock recovery via odin if u dont have it already....then flash this tar. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391174
Edit....it is totally stock so you will be good then for root just use melvins root process it works u might have to flash root 2 or 3 times while in recovery . But it works
Is there a link to the stock recovery? All im seeing is cwm.
Let me know....hold on.....here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
I will also get u the root file and cwm its in same thread u will do that after u flash rom tho. Right now just get to stock recovery then rom
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Heres the root and cwm (recovery) thread like i said do this after your rom is odined on device. Flash cwm then go into cwm make backup let it finish then attempt root. (i said backup cuz u always should do this) also when looking for a file in odin hit pda then search for your tar. U downloaded select it and start odin!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311194
Ok I finally got back to stock setup but I still have zero data and when I go into the status menu its unknown network, no signal, no mobile, and it says out of service. I did get a new sim card from t-mobile earlier today but both do the same thing. Phone defect or a problem caused by rooting?
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[/COLOR]Heres the root and cwm (recovery) thread like i said do this after your rom is odined on device. Flash cwm then go into cwm make backup let it finish then attempt root. (i said backup cuz u always should do this) also when looking for a file in odin hit pda then search for your tar. U downloaded select it and start odin!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311194
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That is the root I had on my phone all week before my phone became "out of service state". All I did was delete bloatware I would never use or want and it worked fine for 3 days, zero issues.
Nah cant be.....thats weird idk dude sorry i tried i got one more suggestion go to rootzwiki.com go to there forums and go to our gs2 variant and hit up development section whitehawkx has the flashable modem as a zip so u can flash it in cwm. Try that. Because it sounds baseband related (modem)
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Michowski said:
That is the root I had on my phone all week before my phone became "out of service state". All I did was delete bloatware I would never use or want and it worked fine for 3 days, zero issues.
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Oooooh what bloatware exactly did u remove? Try restoring certain things and never remove it just freeze them in titanium in case some **** like this happens u can unfreeze easily
Thanks a lot bro, really appreciate the help. Hopefully I can pay it forward with this knowledge or personally return the favor to you some day.
Michowski said:
Thanks a lot bro, really appreciate the help. Hopefully I can pay it forward with this knowledge or personally return the favor to you some day.
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Hey man np....let me know how things go
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Oooooh what bloatware exactly did u remove? Try restoring certain things and never remove it just freeze them in titanium in case some **** like this happens u can unfreeze easily
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I just removed the t-mobile mall,tv and other crap like that. The email app, basic apps like that, and the free games. I had everything backed up as well so I know it wasn't anything I deleted.
100% stock phone now, reflashed the modem seperate, 2 sim cards and still have an out of service phone. Has to be a hardware issue. I can use wifi and get online and app market with no problem but nothing from t-mobile.
So I was wondering if any of you have heard of a phone not urning on at all. Like no download mode, no recovery, NOTHING!!! Mine just did it out of nowhere...
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So I was wondering if any of you have heard of a phone not urning on at all. Like no download mode, no recovery, NOTHING!!! Mine just did it out of nowhere...
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Yes, that happened to me on monday when my phone first arrived. I ended up getting a new phone from the t-mobile store by me. Plugging in the usb cable to charge the battery didnt even work. The ONLY thing I think that causes this is having re-partition and F. Reset time checked off in odin. On my replacement phone I was very careful to double check everything checked off and not checked along with software chosen and it then worked like a charm. If your phone blacked out you need to get it replaced, I havent read of anyway to fix that problem.
Hey guys, I think I screwed up here and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem:
Basically, I had a rooted E4G Touch with a custom ROM installed. I went to install ANOTHER custom ROM THROUGH ODIN, as this previous ROM (I believe it was a Calkulin variant) did NOT have CWM recovery. During the ODIN process, something went wrong, and my computer/ODIN...basically, everything froze up while doing the MODEM portion. NOW I can't do anything.
- CWM was able to install on the thing...but it does not recognize my external SD card now. Every time I try to mount it, I get a "Error mounting /emmc".
- I'm still able to get into download mode on the phone, however the phone is not recognized on any computer I've tried. I've attempted multiple computers/USB cords and nothing picks it up.
I'm running out of ideas here. I picked up a USB jig that should be here soon, so I'm going to try that and reset the counter....which leads me to my next question: If I use that, can I take the thing back to Sprint and get a replacement? I have the insurance plan and everything, so if they won't take it back because of the custom software I guess I could always smash it or something...
Any help would be appreciated!
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Hey guys, I think I screwed up here and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem:
Basically, I had a rooted E4G Touch with a custom ROM installed. I went to install ANOTHER custom ROM THROUGH ODIN, as this previous ROM (I believe it was a Calkulin variant) did NOT have CWM recovery. During the ODIN process, something went wrong, and my computer/ODIN...basically, everything froze up while doing the MODEM portion. NOW I can't do anything.
- CWM was able to install on the thing...but it does not recognize my external SD card now. Every time I try to mount it, I get a "Error mounting /emmc".
- I'm still able to get into download mode on the phone, however the phone is not recognized on any computer I've tried. I've attempted multiple computers/USB cords and nothing picks it up.
I'm running out of ideas here. I picked up a USB jig that should be here soon, so I'm going to try that and reset the counter....which leads me to my next question: If I use that, can I take the thing back to Sprint and get a replacement? I have the insurance plan and everything, so if they won't take it back because of the custom software I guess I could always smash it or something...
Any help would be appreciated!
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The ROM you flashed through ODIN was for this phone, right?
What custom ROM are you referring to that was available through ODIN?
assuming you flashed the right ROM, start with the basics..if you can get into download mode then try a simple reboot of your computer. Sometimes Odin won't recognize after it has been run
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The ROM you flashed through ODIN was for this phone, right?
What custom ROM are you referring to that was available through ODIN?
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It was the CyanogenMod 9 rom that is out there right now. IN the post (I'm having trouble finding it as I'm not at that computer right now) they had an ODIN variation for people such as myself, where you were to flash that and then go back through to update it to the latest version.
JohnCorleone said:
assuming you flashed the right ROM, start with the basics..if you can get into download mode then try a simple reboot of your computer. Sometimes Odin won't recognize after it has been run
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I attempted this as well Went through and rebooted the computer with the phone plugged in. Rebooted with it not plugged in. Plugged the phone in with ODIN on the screen and started it up. Started it up unplugged, went into download mode on the phone, and then plugged it in. Still nothing.
And I just realized I posted this in General and not Q&A...and chance I could get this moved since I am clearly out of my mind right now?
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It was the CyanogenMod 9 rom that is out there right now. IN the post (I'm having trouble finding it as I'm not at that computer right now) they had an ODIN variation for people such as myself, where you were to flash that and then go back through to update it to the latest version.
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The only odin component involved with flashing CM9 is flashing a gb kernel with a CWM recovery. I haven't seen a cm9 tar, this is why I'm confused. Finding out exactly what you flashed will help in understanding what the problem is.
To flash cm9 you need to odin a gb cwm kernel and then boot to recovery and install cm9. However, that's not a tar, its an update.zip.
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The only odin component involved with flashing CM9 is flashing a gb kernel with a CWM recovery. I haven't seen a cm9 tar, this is why I'm confused. Finding out exactly what you flashed will help in understanding what the problem is.
To flash cm9 you need to odin a gb cwm kernel and then boot to recovery and install cm9. However, that's not a tar, its an update.zip.
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Yeah it was definitely a tar.md5 file, which leads me to believe I was incredibly dumb and possibly flashed a ROM for a different model phone. I'm having difficulty finding the post now which is very strange. This could be one of those moments where I take a good hard look in the mirror and figure out just what the heck I was thinking.
I'll keep looking for what exactly I did wrong, but in the mean time is there anything else I could attempt or look for short of attempting that USB jig and making a trip to Sprint? I'm feeling like a huge idiot right now. I've done this how many times now and when I finally make a mistake, it turns out to be huge.
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It was the CyanogenMod 9 rom that is out there right now. IN the post (I'm having trouble finding it as I'm not at that computer right now) they had an ODIN variation for people such as myself, where you were to flash that and then go back through to update it to the latest version.
I attempted this as well Went through and rebooted the computer with the phone plugged in. Rebooted with it not plugged in. Plugged the phone in with ODIN on the screen and started it up. Started it up unplugged, went into download mode on the phone, and then plugged it in. Still nothing.
And I just realized I posted this in General and not Q&A...and chance I could get this moved since I am clearly out of my mind right now?
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Maybe you should post the link to exactly what you were flashing...
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/cyanogenmod-9-galaxy-s-ii-download/
Please tell me this isnt what you flashed.
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Yeah it was definitely a tar.md5 file, which leads me to believe I was incredibly dumb and possibly flashed a ROM for a different model phone. I'm having difficulty finding the post now which is very strange. This could be one of those moments where I take a good hard look in the mirror and figure out just what the heck I was thinking.
I'll keep looking for what exactly I did wrong, but in the mean time is there anything else I could attempt or look for short of attempting that USB jig and making a trip to Sprint? I'm feeling like a huge idiot right now. I've done this how many times now and when I finally make a mistake, it turns out to be huge.
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Well ultimately you can try uninstalling / reinstalling drivers. But you say this issue exists across multiple pcs so that likely isn't it.
You can try another cable and see if you have any success with that.
Other then that, it kinda really depends what is in that tar you flashed. Once you find it, post the link, and that will help troubleshoot your issue.
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Maybe you should post the link to exactly what you were flashing...
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lballer69 said:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/cyanogenmod-9-galaxy-s-ii-download/
Please tell me this isnt what you flashed.
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Haha I am a freaking idiot. How in the heck did I manage to do this...I definitely flashed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
I do not know what was going through my head last night...but it was not any sort of smart thoughts. A rope and a sturdy tree are what I require at this point, correct?
Whatever insults you guys would like to throw at me, I will take. I clearly deserve them :'(
munson11 said:
Haha I am a freaking idiot. How in the heck did I manage to do this...I definitely flashed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
I do not know what was going through my head last night...but it was not any sort of smart thoughts. A rope and a sturdy tree are what I require at this point, correct?
Whatever insults you guys would like to throw at me, I will take. I clearly deserve them :'(
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Did you flash the bootloader from that device? ie did your steps include this? \/
Make sure you're running ICS bootloaders lower than LPH: Download (flash as PDA with odin or extract and $ sudo heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin)
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Did you flash the bootloader from that device? ie did your steps include this? \/
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Negative, I started right at the "Using the noob-proof ODIN method:". It said noob-proof and I decided that would be the easiest. It turns out it is very easy...if you're flashing to the correct phone Plus, I'd used ODIN before and felt comfortable with it.
Ha ha that's the first one for this method......look up jtag they may fix it for u if u don't have USB .... About 60 with shipping
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munson11 said:
Negative, I started right at the "Using the noob-proof ODIN method:". It said noob-proof and I decided that would be the easiest. It turns out it is very easy...if you're flashing to the correct phone Plus, I'd used ODIN before and felt comfortable with it.
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I just downloaded the tar to have a look at whats included.
After flashing this you'll have a bootloader for the intl. sgs2. This is a problem many ran into when original SGS2 leaked tars started surfacing as well.
JTAG might be able to fix it, I'm not sure whether people with this issue were successful or not with JTAG repair as the intl gs2 flashing boat seems to have sailed now. However, a jig will likely do nothing, unfortunately.
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I just downloaded the tar to have a look at whats included.
After flashing this you'll have a bootloader for the intl. sgs2. This is a problem many ran into when original SGS2 leaked tars started surfacing as well.
JTAG might be able to fix it, I'm not sure whether people with this issue were successful or not with JTAG repair as the intl gs2 flashing boat seems to have sailed now. However, a jig will likely do nothing, unfortunately.
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Ok thank you for your help on this. You don't think a jig will reset the counter or anything so that I can take it back to Sprint? If not, I'm not above "dropping" it on the ground and using the insurance I have on it for a replacement.
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Ok thank you for your help on this. You don't think a jig will reset the counter or anything so that I can take it back to Sprint? If not, I'm not above "dropping" it on the ground and using the insurance I have on it for a replacement.
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I don't foresee it working only because your phone isn't recognized by your pc and the problem doesnt lie on the pc side.
The problem is instead with the port on the phone which leads me to believe it won't recognize a jig either.
A jtag if successful will leave you with more money in your pocket and a non-returb. Something to consider if you've got a backup phone you can use for a few days.
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I don't foresee it working only because your phone isn't recognized by your pc and the problem doesnt lie on the pc side.
The problem is instead with the port on the phone which leads me to believe it won't recognize a jig either.
A jtag if successful will leave you with more money in your pocket and a non-returb. Something to consider if you've got a backup phone you can use for a few days.
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I don't see sprint replacing it with cm9 On it .... And u will need mobile Odin to get back to stock but with it not mounting the Emmc probably can't do that .... That is your hope to get back to stock using mobile Odin someway .... Triangle away app will reset Odin count but with no radio you need to get apps to do it and no sd from what u said ...maybe tell insurance u lost it and get it replaced
Jtag should work also since there is no emmc failure like the blue light of death bricks ...
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I am at my wits end right now. I can see my phone on com3 when it is booted up all the way, but it will not see it when in download mode. I erroneously flashed this file earlier, forgetting I did not have a regular GSII: I9100_APBOOT_I9100XXKP2_CL17109_REV02_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5
What other information would help diagnose this problem?
I currently have stock EL26 installed.
Alternatively, is it safe to install CM9 from this recovery? Seems to me I should resolve this first..
edit: I do not have an unrecognized device, I have tried more than one usb cable and port
Try this:
Redownload the drivers for the phone, install them and let your cpu reset. See if Odin sees your phone then.
I know with my GT10.1 it takes a few seconds more for Odin to see it so... But my ET4G pops up pretty fast.
The EL26/CWM is the kernel/recovery that you want to use when your flashing CM9 Alfa 5 and below.
But like you said... You may want to figure out why Odin isn't seeing your phone when it's in download mode.
Also... Do you have Kies installed on your cpu??? It'll cause problems with Odin to.
Have you tried Mobile Odin for what you want to do. I do almost everything involving CM and flashing with it. Works like a charm.
Sent From My Galaxy Class Star Fighter...
How in the hell do you forget you don't have a international version?! Smh
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How in the hell do you forget you don't have a international version?! Smh
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WoW... He just edited his post as I was replying... Doesn't flashing an international tar mess up the bootloader??? I'm really not to sure where you go next.
If his phone still boots up okay couldn't help still use Mobile Odin and flash the right setup.
What was that old school Saturday morning psa... "Reading is fundamental" or something like that.
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What is the right setup to use? A fresh GB rom install? I am at a loss at this point.
Yeah I ****ed up, I have not messed with my phone in many months.
Edit: driver reinstall did not work, do not have kies installed. mobile odin works on GB then? I can use the e4gt-autofix if that makes a difference. Updating from the stock recovery does not seem to work, it will start, then give me the ! triangle with sad android.
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What is the right setup to use? A fresh GB rom install? I am at a loss at this point.
Yeah I ****ed up, I have not messed with my phone in many months.
Edit: driver reinstall did not work, do not have kies installed. mobile odin works on GB then? I can use the e4gt-autofix if that makes a difference. Updating from the stock recovery does not seem to work, it will start, then give me the ! triangle with sad android.
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Unfortunately my friend, I think you are hosed. The international PIT file is exceptionally different from the one we use for our phone. I don't remember the specifics but basically it remaps your partitions and causes USB to not work correctly. Your best bet is to try a JTAG service. I've heard MobileTechVideos.com is pretty well rated.
Sorry!
My phone is currently functioning properly when booted up. What are the implications of this beyond not being able to change roms (and not having a notification bar..wtf)?
Edit: ok I take it back, mass storage is not working either. also, I am definitely willing to buy Mobile Odin if anyone has any ideas.
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What is the right setup to use? A fresh GB rom install? I am at a loss at this point.
Yeah I ****ed up, I have not messed with my phone in many months.
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Not getting on you m8 but... Flashing a rom for another device even if it's the same model is really really bad. Like rwilco said, yes the International GS2 and our ET4G's are the same devices but there software is very different.
hilo4321 said:
My phone is currently functioning properly when booted up. What are the implications of this beyond not being able to change roms (and not having a notification bar..wtf)?
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Well... Like you said, most likely you will not be able to make any changes as in roms, kernels or things like that. And if you have any hardware issue you won't be able to get any support from Sprint. And you sure as hell won't be able to receive any OTA's from Sprint or Samsung.
Can you do something for use... Go to "Settings" then "About Phone" and under "Model Number" & "Baseband Version" and tell us what it says there.
I'm not really sure this would/can help you but if your phone still boots and runs you maybe able to Odin the right tar file and see if that fixes it. I mean it could work but I really doubt it. And what's the worst that could happen... It could brick it, then you could file an insurance claim... Just saying...
Where did you get the file from that you flashed??? Most likely not from this (ET4G) forum, should have read up a bit more before you started messing around with flashing roms again. Some things aren't easily fixable.
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I am a lucky SOB. I was able to use e4gtauto-sfx to put el29/CWM back on to my phone, and as a result I restored my nandroid backup. I have full function back, except, of course, no odin in download mode.
My baseband is S710.10 S.EK02 with standard model number sph d710.
I believe it came from the android forums, but like i said it was in the SGII area.
What tar file would I be looking for?
Doing some research m8... Give me a few mins....
Make sure you have Mobile Odin installed.
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I am a lucky SOB. I was able to use e4gtauto-sfx to put el29/CWM back on to my phone, and as a result I restored my nandroid backup. I have full function back, except, of course, no odin in download mode.
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Ok... Yes you are my friend!!!! But I fear we are not completely out of the woods as of yet. You still have the "no Odin in download" thing still. And that could still be an issue, but at least your back up and running.
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My baseband is S710.10 S.EK02 with standard model number sph d710.
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This is telling me that your on an older baseband... I'm running CM9 and my baseband reads "EL29" which I think is the most resent/updated baseband. I don't want to scare you but I really wish a dev would jump in here and shed some of there wisdom. (I'm almost to the point where I'm winging it.) But I feel we need to get your baseband to EL29.
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I believe it came from the android forums, but like i said it was in the SGII area.
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From now on promise us you'll just use this site and forum for all of your download needs.... Please.
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What tar file would I be looking for?
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Try this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Follow the instructions for the Android Install, about halfway down in the first post.
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Oh sweet Jesus, I promise.
Now when I do this will this wipe everything? I'm not terribly clear on that. Seems to me that it will.
I really appreciate the help man.
There are 2 different versions... One will wipe everything and one will leave all of your user data intact.
And like I said, I'm not a 100% sure this will fix it but I think we are moving in the right direction.
And not a problem... It's helping me learn more about what goes on inside our devices.
I am still a little worried about your bootloader though. If that was jacked up by flashing the wrong rom I don't know if this will fix it.
Question, when you hook up your device to your cpu when it's booted up are you still able to do things like transfer files and such???
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I can use mass USB now. I wont be able to test the el29 now though as I'm away now. I will report back when I can.
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I can use mass USB now. I wont be able to test the el29 now though as I'm away now. I will report back when I can.
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That's great brother.... I'm really glad I could help ya get up and running to the point where you can a least have a use able device.
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EL29 was the last version of Gingerbread put out. You'll be able to use mobile Odin to flash stuff but you'll never get the USB to recognize in DL mode. I think jtag might be the only way to restore complete functionality.
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For now you'll be alright as long as you can get into recovery mode fine then you can flash modems in there(since mobile Odin can't flash them for our phone).
Your baseband (modem) should not matter and changing it won't have any affect on your problem. Good luck and let us know how out turns out.
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I am posting now in case someone comes upon this post down the road.
I am now running cyanogen 9 on my e4gt. This thread saved me, as I was finally able to get odin to work. With that, I was able to flash a new recovery onto my phone (I used StockCWM-EL26). Then once I got that on there I flashed over to the Beta 1 build of Cyanogenmod for e4gt.
I'm sorry I can't be more clear or provide links, it took me a lot of crawling around the forums to figure this out. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can clean up/expand my post. Let me tell you though, it feels really good to get this thing running smoothly again.
If you have any questions I'll try to help.
Good luck, idiot!
That's awesome dude. Remember stay in this forum :beer::thumbup:
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It all started here:
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/44716
I griped on the T-Mobile forums about the struggle I've had in finding a smooth ROM for my T999. And I made an off-handed comment in another thread that got me pointed in the right direction hopefully. I'm looking for other T999 owners that have this problem.
The problem on DMD5 is all related to (apparently) intensive tasks. Playing games, mostly. Temple Run 2 and Fruit Ninja, neither of which are all that intensive, were nigh-on unplayable. Other games like Scramble with Friends would lag and stutter a bit, too. So after a lot of searching, I reverted to a pre-rooted T999UVDLJC with the matching baseband, so that way my phone doesn't try to update itself OTA. And performance is pretty good. But I'd like to think that I'm not alone, and I found I'm not alone in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2326763&page=33
At the bottom of this page and the top of the next one, I found at least one kindred spirit that has a rev0 phone and has the same issue with DMD5.
NO other ROM has this issue. I've tried all of the official Samsung ROMs and I have tried official CM10.1 nightlies and the official 10.1 stable release and performance is very good on all of them. But it took a huge serious nosedive on T999UVDMD5.
So I'm curious about two things:
Does DMD5 run well on your phone? Particularly with games - that's where it was most notable, but even TWLauncher is laggy for me.
How old is your phone? According to the box for my phone it was built 6/30/2012.
If you are affected, could you help us all out on the T-Mobile support forum, and post a message in my thread at the top of the page? If we can get T-Mo and/or Samsung to look into it maybe we won't get left behind. I plan on using this phone for another year or more and I'd rather get the official updates in the future, too.
Update July 6, 2013: I found out thanks to help from people in this thread that I can run mismatched modem firmware/ROM and with the JLC modem on MD5 ROM, my phone runs fantastic. Or at least it has for about 2 hours - usually issues have shown themselves by now, and since they haven't cropped up I'm calling this resolved.
When you were on MD5, how did you update to it? OTA? Odin? Recovery flashable ROM?
And how much data have you been carrying over? (When did you last wipe data/factory reset, without restoring backups?)
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Btw, I'm on MD5, completely stock right now. Hw is Rev. 0
I get very little lag, if any, ever. Simple games or even intensive games run very fluidly for me.
For example, I just got Man of Steel when it went on sale and it works almost perfectly. Disney, Gameloft, EA games have all worked just fine.
The only MD5 issues I've seen around here seem to occur when someone is using a mixed build with the MD5 radio. And then its only been reports of heat issues and slight battery issues. Haven't seen much of anything regarding poor performance.
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DocHoliday77 said:
When you were on MD5, how did you update to it? OTA? Odin? Recovery flashable ROM?
And how much data have you been carrying over? (When did you last wipe data/factory reset, without restoring backups?)
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Btw, I'm on MD5, completely stock right now. Hw is Rev. 0
I get very little lag, if any, ever. Simple games or even intensive games run very fluidly for me.
For example, I just got Man of Steel when it went on sale and it works almost perfectly. Disney, Gameloft, EA games have all worked just fine.
The only MD5 issues I've seen around here seem to occur when someone is using a mixed build with the MD5 radio. And then its only been reports of heat issues and slight battery issues. Haven't seen much of anything regarding poor performance.
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I've tried all of the above. I even let Kies install it once. I've used TriangleAway and Odin to install 4.0.4 and let it do all the OTAs. Iv'e done factory resets and I've told setup not to restore my data to the phone and started from scratch. I used a flashable ZIP with the pre-rooted ROM, and when I did that I also got the DMD5 modem flashable ZIP to go along with it. I've tried not rooted. I've tried custom kernels, and I've tried stock. Odin completely stock and flashable zip totally customized. I've played with custom DMD5-based ROMs with the v6 script and I've tried not. I'm way out of ideas right now.
Sorry, @kennyglass123, I didn't realize I'd checked that box.
Starting to think all of them have "rev 0" for the CPU identifier, so that may not be the way to tell who has what.
Just to be clear, did you ever Factory Reset, then Odin flash MD5 (not mobile odin btw), and factory reset again to ensure internal sd was cleaned out too? If for MD5, you only flashed the Rom and Modem, you would have been on a mixed build. Also, many devs suggest waiting an hour before starting with any testing or reconfiguring. I'm not convinced this is always necessary, but they do usually kno more than me!
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to argue against your point, just to make sure not only that you've covered all angles, but that anyone who wants to back up your claim has also done the same.
As for the revision number, it may still be relevant as mine would have been among the first built too. We would need to find at least several others with the same, and different, to know for sure if it matters here.
Its always possible too that you got the unlucky pick of the hardware. (Just as possible though that I got a lucky pick)
Anyway, if you really are having that bad of problems with it, you may want to check if its still under warranty. I don't believe its the norm though.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure, but I'm willing to do anything at this point. I'll do it again. I've stashed the Odin tar.md5 file on my backup hard drive, so I'll back up my working config and flash it again. Worst case scenario is that I re-root it, re-install recovery, and then restore my backup. Should take an hour max.
Use the root66 version of the firmware. Its pre rooted and is what I am running right now. Root alone won't have any negative effect, but will allow for much better troubleshooting.
Aside from that, keep it as clean from restored data as possible. Even a single corrupted contact entry can cause services to hang and eat up resources. I wouldn't even flash a recovery until you're ready to restore something.
(I use Mobile Odin Pro and it almost completely replaces the need for cwm or twrp. The only thing it can't do yet is make a nandroid backup.)
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Use the root66 version of the firmware. Its pre rooted and is what I am running right now. Root alone won't have any negative effect, but will allow for much better troubleshooting.
Aside from that, keep it as clean from restored data as possible. Even a single corrupted contact entry can cause services to hang and eat up resources. I wouldn't even flash a recovery until you're ready to restore something.
(I use Mobile Odin Pro and it almost completely replaces the need for cwm or twrp. The only thing it can't do yet is make a nandroid backup.)
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So the root66 is an Odin image? I assume you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
I've got it downloading now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've not heard of Mobile Odin Pro, is it a custom recovery?
Whoops - found the Mobile Odin thread on XDA and got the lite version and the T999 flashing kernel. I'll give it a go.
Regarding The AOSP MD5 issues: the same thing is happening to me on stock. Have to use LJC or the battery sucks. What are your reboot habits like?
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If for MD5, you only flashed the Rom and Modem, you would have been on a mixed build. Also, many devs suggest waiting an hour before starting with any testing or reconfiguring. I'm not convinced this is always necessary, but they do usually kno more than me!
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There is no possible way it could be necessary. Proof or it's placebo.
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So the root66 is an Odin image? I assume you're talking about this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
I've got it downloading now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've not heard of Mobile Odin Pro, is it a custom recovery?
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Yes, root66 is basically just 100% stock firmware, only rooted. Itll download as a .7z file. Just extract it and use the .tar.md5. You have the correct thread.
Mobile Odin is one of my all time favorite apps. Its from Chainfire if you are familiar with him. (SuperSU)
Its not a recovery exactly. What it does is reboots using what's called a flash kernel. This allows it to flash firmware like PC Odin, but also can flash roms that are made for recovery flashing. It doesn't replace the stock recovery like cwm/twrp either, so it also won't trip the flash counter. (I know that doesn't really matter with Triangle Away available (also by Chainfire)).
The only two drawbacks, (minor imo) are that it can't create nandroids, and it doesn't flash the FULL firmware (this is by design though).
I wouldn't bother with it right now, but definitely check it out after testing all this. Theres a free, lite, version here on xda. Ill send more info from my computer later.
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Whoops - found the Mobile Odin thread on XDA and got the lite version and the T999 flashing kernel. I'll give it a go.
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Don't use Mobile Odin for testin right now. It doesn't flash the full firmware.
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Yes, root66 is basically just 100% stock firmware, only rooted. Itll download as a .7z file. Just extract it and use the .tar.md5. You have the correct thread.
Mobile Odin is one of my all time favorite apps. Its from Chainfire if you are familiar with him. (SuperSU)
Its not a recovery exactly. What it does is reboots using what's called a flash kernel. This allows it to flash firmware like PC Odin, but also can flash roms that are made for recovery flashing. It doesn't replace the stock recovery like cwm/twrp either, so it also won't trip the flash counter. (I know that doesn't really matter with Triangle Away available (also by Chainfire)).
The only two drawbacks, (minor imo) are that it can't create nandroids, and it doesn't flash the FULL firmware (this is by design though).
I wouldn't bother with it right now, but definitely check it out after testing all this. Theres a free, lite, version here on xda. Ill send more info from my computer later.
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Don't use Mobile Odin for testin right now. It doesn't flash the full firmware.
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OK awesome, I will check it out. I think what I'm going to do right now is just reset the flash counter, flash the Odin image, and then factory reset and set it up as a new phone. Does that sound reasonable? If I reboot into CWM after triangle away, it trips the flash counter again, at least that's what it seems to do, so I can't do anything other than reboot to download after Triangle Away.
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Regarding The AOSP MD5 issues: the same thing is happening to me on stock. Have to use LJC or the battery sucks. What are your reboot habits like?
There is no possible way it could be necessary. Proof or it's placebo.
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I don't reboot unless the battery dies, or I was rebooting a lot when I was on MD5 trying to get stuff to work well. Generally I try not to mess with a good thing.
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OK awesome, I will check it out. I think what I'm going to do right now is just reset the flash counter, flash the Odin image, and then factory reset and set it up as a new phone. Does that sound reasonable? If I reboot into CWM after triangle away, it trips the flash counter again, at least that's what it seems to do, so I can't do anything other than reboot to download after Triangle Away.
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That sounds fine. Remember, if you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe internal sdcard.
As long as you have cwm or twrp, the flash counter will always be at 1. I wouldn't worry about that for now though. It won't affect overall operation.
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That sounds fine. Remember, if you factory reset with stock recovery installed, it will wipe internal sdcard.
As long as you have cwm or twrp, the flash counter will always be at 1. I wouldn't worry about that for now though. It won't affect overall operation.
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OK, I won't mess with it too much then. I've backed up my internal storage already and I've backed up my SMS using SMS Backup and Restore. That thing has been very handy keeping copies of my texts while I screw with this.
Cool, sounds like you're good to go! Good luck! And let us know how things seem to be acting after flashing.
Don't forget to factory reset after flashing md5.
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OK I got as far as the factory reset and then it was time to paint. My daughter's bedroom wasn't going to paint itself. I finally came back to the phone and it was patiently waiting for me to log in. I logged in and installed just a couple apps while I ate lunch, and then it sat until we were done painting and cleaning up. Logged into Facebook and Twitter, set up Google Now and updated Samsung apps. Once all that was done, I fired up Temple Run 2 and it was OK at first, but within 3-4 minutes it was choppy and laggy again. The phone never got warm to the touch. It just ran poorly. I exited out and killed all apps with the built-in task manager, and went back to the game. Not really any better. It's just super choppy. I even turned down all the graphics options in the settings for the game and that made zero difference.
Eventually I gave up. Restored my 4.1.1 backup, fired up some stuff, performance was great. It's just the combination of my phone and that software. No idea what it is at this point. I do appreciate all the assistance you guys have lent me.
Right now I'm on T-mo and was waiting out the 60 days before I ported my wife's number in to my account. Now that that's over, I'll eventually port in her number. She's extremely happy with her iPhone 4s and insists she's not interested in an iPhone 5, so what I'll probably do is use the ability to get new hardware as an excuse to get a Galaxy S4. WHen I first came to T-mo I just got a SIM and bought the phone used - found out later on that I should have just bought a phone through T-mo because I can't get a new phone on a payment plan for a year unless it's as part of a new line. She'll be a new line, so I'll get a phone.
This hasn't put me off on Samsung or even on the GS3 - it's just my phone has a weird issue of some sort. And the people here have been super awesome. Thanks tons for all your advice. In the meantime I'll run JLC and leave well enough alone.
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OK I got as far as the factory reset and then it was time to paint. My daughter's bedroom wasn't going to paint itself. I finally came back to the phone and it was patiently waiting for me to log in. I logged in and installed just a couple apps while I ate lunch, and then it sat until we were done painting and cleaning up. Logged into Facebook and Twitter, set up Google Now and updated Samsung apps. Once all that was done, I fired up Temple Run 2 and it was OK at first, but within 3-4 minutes it was choppy and laggy again. The phone never got warm to the touch. It just ran poorly. I exited out and killed all apps with the built-in task manager, and went back to the game. Not really any better. It's just super choppy. I even turned down all the graphics options in the settings for the game and that made zero difference.
Eventually I gave up. Restored my 4.1.1 backup, fired up some stuff, performance was great. It's just the combination of my phone and that software. No idea what it is at this point. I do appreciate all the assistance you guys have lent me.
Right now I'm on T-mo and was waiting out the 60 days before I ported my wife's number in to my account. Now that that's over, I'll eventually port in her number. She's extremely happy with her iPhone 4s and insists she's not interested in an iPhone 5, so what I'll probably do is use the ability to get new hardware as an excuse to get a Galaxy S4. WHen I first came to T-mo I just got a SIM and bought the phone used - found out later on that I should have just bought a phone through T-mo because I can't get a new phone on a payment plan for a year unless it's as part of a new line. She'll be a new line, so I'll get a phone.
This hasn't put me off on Samsung or even on the GS3 - it's just my phone has a weird issue of some sort. And the people here have been super awesome. Thanks tons for all your advice. In the meantime I'll run JLC and leave well enough alone.
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Before you give up, try debloating your install. I will PM you a link to the one I made. Backup first.
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Before you give up, try debloating your install. I will PM you a link to the one I made. Backup first.
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OK i'll give it a go. Thanks.
Should I re-flash the MD5 modem?
I'd flash the LJC firmware, Third firmware link in my sig. LJC link is buried in the OP.
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I'd flash the LJC firmware, Third firmware link in my sig. LJC link is buried in the OP.
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OK I see it there. So I should use the LJC modem/firmware with the DMD5 debloat ROM you're going to PM the link for to me? Will they work if they're mismatched? I assumed (not that I'd bothered asking before) that they'd all have to be the same.
I just unrooted my gs3 on softskip toolkit. Is it possible to remove twrp and go back to stock?. Do I have to root my phone first to restore my backup i made before i rooted my phone? I have to get my phone fix my camera is not working at sprint. Also is it possible to wipe data etc. I do not want them to know I rooted my phone.
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I just unrooted my gs3 on softskip toolkit. Is it possible to remove twrp and go back to stock?. Do I have to root my phone first to restore my backup i made before i rooted my phone? I have to get my phone fix my camera is not working at sprint. Also is it possible to wipe data etc. I do not want them to know I rooted my phone.
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I'm just copying this from a previous post of mine on another thread.
The safest, easiest, and most foolproof way to restore to completely stock ROM and recovery would be through Samsung Kies. You can download Samsung's KIES software here: http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP
Once in KIES, you would plug in your phone to the USB port and, if needed, download any drivers for your phone. Then, you would follow this path: Tools --> Firmware Upgrade and Initilisation. This will give you a warning that you will lose all your stored data on the phone, and will offer you to make a backup -- a very limited backup -- of information on your phone. If you don't have any worthwhile information, I'd skip the backup and go right to stock ROM/recovery restore.
Also, I am pretty sure you have to be on a Touchwiz ROM -- rooted/unrooted -- to restore. Recovery will not affect the ability to restore via Kies.
Caveat: Even though you do a complete stock restore via Kies, that will not reset the flash count in the bootloader. There is no way to reset it, and does indicate tampering even though you're on stock.
Hope this helps.
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Caveat: Even though you do a complete stock restore via Kies, that will not reset the flash count in the bootloader. There is no way to reset it, and does indicate tampering even though you're on stock.
Hope this helps.
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Ive never ran it on stock but triangleaway reset my flash counter to zero. I just ran it cuz mine was high and I wanted to see if it worked, which it did. There's also a way to get your software to official in the about phone menu if triangleaway doesnt, again it did on mine even though I'm running a custom rom
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Ive never ran it on stock but triangleaway reset my flash counter to zero. I just ran it cuz mine was high and I wanted to see if it worked, which it did. There's also a way to get your software to official in the about phone menu if triangleaway does, again it did on mine even though I'm running a custom rom
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There is no known way to reset the KNOX trip status. That's what I was referring to. Once you flash something in ODIN it trips the KNOX indicator. I guess it's not quite the sams as a flash count, now that I think about it.
You are correct in that there is a way to show the phone status as "official" but that's purely cosmetic.
Oh OK. Gotcha. I wasn't even thinking about Knox when I put that. Do they actually check that if you have to go in for warranty work, or is taking them a smashed phone the only way around that?
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Oh OK. Gotcha. I wasn't even thinking about Knox when I put that. Do they actually check that if you have to go in for warranty work, or is taking them a smashed phone the only way around that?
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I haven't the slightest idea. But, I imagine that if you don't let on that it is/was rooted and had a custom ROM, then I don't see why they'd check.
Who knows, they may even have an interface where they plug the device in and it immediately checks the bootloader for tampering.
Again, just guessing.
Higgs_Boson said:
I haven't the slightest idea. But, I imagine that if you don't let on that it is/was rooted and had a custom ROM, then I don't see why they'd check.
Who knows, they may even have an interface where they plug the device in and it immediately checks the bootloader for tampering.
Again, just guessing.
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I hope not though. I heard a lot techs at sprint are not train to operate advances tec like root,COM etc.
Higgs_Boson said:
I haven't the slightest idea. But, I imagine that if you don't let on that it is/was rooted and had a custom ROM, then I don't see why they'd check.
Who knows, they may even have an interface where they plug the device in and it immediately checks the bootloader for tampering.
Again, just guessing.
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ok. i have a big problem. remember when i was updating kies on my pc. my mom pulled the out the cord while it was updating my phone.She didnt know. now my phone is unstable from updating with kies. its say unfortunately sea has stopped, andriod, process system do you want to close i/log provider, s suggest stop,process acore has stopped system uid inconsistent. wipe phone partition. everything is unstable!
missmonet said:
ok. i have a big problem. remember when i was updating kies on my pc. my mom pulled the out the cord while it was updating my phone.She didnt know. now my phone is unstable from updating with kies. its say unfortunately sea has stopped, andriod, process system do you want to close i/log provider, s suggest stop,process acore has stopped system uid inconsistent. wipe phone partition. everything is unstable!
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Just try running the Kies process again. It should work. If not, you'll have to put the phone in download mode and flash the ROM via ODIN.
missmonet said:
ok. i have a big problem. remember when i was updating kies on my pc. my mom pulled the out the cord while it was updating my phone.She didnt know. now my phone is unstable from updating with kies. its say unfortunately sea has stopped, andriod, process system do you want to close i/log provider, s suggest stop,process acore has stopped system uid inconsistent. wipe phone partition. everything is unstable!
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You also shouldn't post questions in two threads (this one and the thread you created) about the same problem.
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jbnorton0524 said:
Ive never ran it on stock but triangleaway reset my flash counter to zero. I just ran it cuz mine was high and I wanted to see if it worked, which it did. There's also a way to get your software to official in the about phone menu if triangleaway doesnt, again it did on mine even though I'm running a custom rom
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I was thinking of adding that info too, but then I thought yeah, he's referring to the warranty bit, although the flash counter is a different thing, and still resettable via Triangle Away.
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jbnorton0524 said:
Oh OK. Gotcha. I wasn't even thinking about Knox when I put that. Do they actually check that if you have to go in for warranty work, or is taking them a smashed phone the only way around that?
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Best Buy Geek Squad, I can personally attest to, doesn't care if your warranty bit was tripped. Depending on your issue or the tech you talk to, you might be best resetting your flash counter via Triangle Away and Odining the stock ROM. For my first problem I exchanged phones for a few weeks ago, which was that OTG didn't work any more but data to the PC and charging worked, several techs were flipping out because there was the custom KT747 splash screen/custom recovery. Perhaps just restoring the flash counter and putting on the stock recovery would've been enough, but I wanted to wipe my phone for them anyway and put it back 100% stock. I went home, Odined the stock ND8 tar, took it back and they ordered me a replacement phone.
The second time I exchanged phones just a week ago, because the power button on the refurb they gave me was faulty and causing it to turn on and off randomly like they do, I already had Odined the stock ND8 tar. When I told the tech up front that I had restored it completely to stock, he acted as if it didn't matter.
As far as Sprint, others have had the personal experience that they don't care about the warranty bit either. Word is that Samsung is the only one that checks or cares about the warranty bit. At least one person even reported that a refurb phone either Sprint or Geek Squad gave as a replacement already had the warranty bit tripped.
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Just try running the Kies process again. It should work. If not, you'll have to put the phone in download mode and flash the ROM via ODIN.
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yea its not working, I been trying. how do you go to download mode and download odin. I only use soft skit tool kit. Can I root my phone again and on the tool kit downloads odin for rooting process and twrp. Will it brick my phone the whole system is unstable. I cant get into recovery nor entering my phone.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
You also shouldn't post questions in two threads (this one and the thread you created) about the same problem.
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I was thinking of adding that info too, but then I thought yeah, he's referring to the warranty bit, although the flash counter is a different thing, and still resettable via Triangle Away.
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Best Buy Geek Squad, I can personally attest to, doesn't care if your warranty bit was tripped. Depending on your issue or the tech you talk to, you might be best resetting your flash counter via Triangle Away and Odining the stock ROM. For my first problem I exchanged phones for a few weeks ago, which was that OTG didn't work any more but data to the PC and charging worked, several techs were flipping out because there was the custom KT747 splash screen/custom recovery. Perhaps just restoring the flash counter and putting on the stock recovery would've been enough, but I wanted to wipe my phone for them anyway and put it back 100% stock. I went home, Odined the stock ND8 tar, took it back and they ordered me a replacement phone.
The second time I exchanged phones just a week ago, because the power button on the refurb they gave me was faulty and causing it to turn on and off randomly like they do, I already had Odined the stock ND8 tar. When I told the tech up front that I had restored it completely to stock, he acted as if it didn't matter.
As far as Sprint, others have had the personal experience that they don't care about the warranty bit either. Word is that Samsung is the only one that checks or cares about the warranty bit. At least one person even reported that a refurb phone either Sprint or Geek Squad gave as a replacement already had the warranty bit tripped.
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I wasnt getting many response. How other ppl got many responses for their threads in this section. Trying to get help asap. I was bugging out. Im going to delete it though.
When you say "unstable" what exactly do you mean? If you hold volume down+home button+power to turn the phone on it will/should enter download mode unless you are bricked. Go into download mode on the phone and put odin on your computer, get the stock tar file on your computer and flash it to your phone with odin.
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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
You also shouldn't post questions in two threads (this one and the thread you created) about the same problem.
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I was thinking of adding that info too, but then I thought yeah, he's referring to the warranty bit, although the flash counter is a different thing, and still resettable via Triangle Away.
---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 AM ----------
Best Buy Geek Squad, I can personally attest to, doesn't care if your warranty bit was tripped. Depending on your issue or the tech you talk to, you might be best resetting your flash counter via Triangle Away and Odining the stock ROM. For my first problem I exchanged phones for a few weeks ago, which was that OTG didn't work any more but data to the PC and charging worked, several techs were flipping out because there was the custom KT747 splash screen/custom recovery. Perhaps just restoring the flash counter and putting on the stock recovery would've been enough, but I wanted to wipe my phone for them anyway and put it back 100% stock. I went home, Odined the stock ND8 tar, took it back and they ordered me a replacement phone.
The second time I exchanged phones just a week ago, because the power button on the refurb they gave me was faulty and causing it to turn on and off randomly like they do, I already had Odined the stock ND8 tar. When I told the tech up front that I had restored it completely to stock, he acted as if it didn't matter.
As far as Sprint, others have had the personal experience that they don't care about the warranty bit either. Word is that Samsung is the only one that checks or cares about the warranty bit. At least one person even reported that a refurb phone either Sprint or Geek Squad gave as a replacement already had the warranty bit tripped.
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Thats good to know though.
Also, if you didnt know how to get to download mode, you are trying to get to recovery by turning the phone on with volume up+home+power?
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jbnorton0524 said:
When you say "unstable" what exactly do you mean? If you hold volume down+home button+power to turn the phone on it will/should enter download mode unless you are bricked. Go into download mode on the phone and put odin on your computer, get the stock tar file on your computer and flash it to your phone with odin.
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I mean my phone says unfortunately the process.com,andriod.phone has stopped. unfortunley SEA has stopped, Sytem UID inconsistent you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable. then under that it says feeling lucky. I can go into download mode. My phone is not rooted though. I unrooted to take it back to sprint. Can I still use odin? my usb debuging not working maybe abd mode? My phone is not recognized my the pc anymore.
Yes you can still use odin to flash a stock rom
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