Is there a way to root the SGS2 using a Mac? Is there Odin software for Mac? My phone is rooted using the Odin method with windows, but the only PC I used is finally dead and I only have a Mac. I wanted to flash the new modem
(KLI) and see if there is any performance benefits. Thanks!
There doesn't appear to be a version of the Odin program that runs on anything other than Windows. One option for you would be to run Odin in a Windows VM of some kind. In researching this on the internet, I read various posts that stated;
1) Odin flashing won't work from within a VM
2) Odin flashing will work from within a VM as long as it's VMWare
3) Odin flashing will work from within a VM as long as you install the latest Windows USB drivers from Samsung in your VM.
I was able to root my T-Mobile Galaxy S II T989 UVKL1 using Odin3 1.8.5 inside a Windows 7 64bit Pro Guest VirtualBox 4.1.8 VM running on my x86_64 Funtoo Linux laptop. I first installed both the latest Windows USB drivers, as well as the latest Kies from the Samsung download page here.
I also downloaded Odin3 1.8.5 and the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar from the Galaxy2Root website here, although Odin3 can be downloaded from here as well, and I think that the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar officially resides here. Additionally I couldn't get the recovery.tar linked in the xdadevelopers forum thread here to work with my setup for some reason, but as I said, the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar worked fine. Finally in addition to the linked xdadevelopers forum thread, I also used the instructions from the Rootzwiki HOWTO here.
Good Luck..
jasnn said:
There doesn't appear to be a version of the Odin program that runs on anything other than Windows. So you're only option is to run Odin in a Windows VM of some kind. In researching this on the internet, I read various posts that stated;
1) Odin flashing won't work from within a VM
2) Odin flashing will work from within a VM as long as it's VMWare
3) Odin flashing will work from within a VM as long as you install the latest Windows USB drivers from Samsung in your VM.
I was able to root my T-Mobile Galaxy S II T989 UVKL1 using Odin3 1.8.5 inside a Windows 7 64bit Pro Guest VirtualBox 4.1.8 VM running on my x86_64 Funtoo Linux laptop. I first installed both the latest Windows USB drivers, as well as the latest Kies from the Samsung download page here.
I also downloaded Odin3 1.8.5 and the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar from the Galaxy2Root website here, although Odin3 can be downloaded from here as well, and I think that the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar officially resides here. Additionally I couldn't get the recovery.tar linked in the xdadevelopers forum thread here to work with my setup for some reason, but as I said, the recovery-cmw-hercules.tar worked fine. Finally in addition to the linked xdadevelopers forum thread, I also used the instructions from the Rootzwiki HOWTO here.
Good Luck..
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Odin does work with a Parallels Desktop VM. I use it all the time with Parallels Desktop running Windows Vista. There is also Heimdall which does run natively on the Mac but I've not used it yet so can't speak to it specifically.
I actually tried Heimdall, (the home page is here), but unfortunately it can't communicate correctly with the phone yet. Hopefully it's something that will be added to a post 1.3.1 version.
Thanks..
Just do what I did, and download windows 7 on my macbook pro. When restarting the computer I can choose wether to run windows or mac and it seperates my hard drive between the 2. There's other ways to do it, just search it on youtube and they'll explain everything there.
Is there a guide for rooting a s2 on a Mac? I've never rooted a phone before and I don't want too mess my phone up*sigh* (stupid noobs)
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319242
Schraader said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319242
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My problem is that I can't seem to find a step by step guide to root using a Mac.....I f*ing hate Macs
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I've got my shiny new AT&T Captivate Glide (imported to the UK), which I want to root. Having looked at the instructions for rooting with Odin3, I dug out an ancient Windows XP SP2 CD and installed it in a VirtualBox VM, having not actually used Windows since about 2001. Unfortunately that's where I got in trouble - all the rooting guides say to install the Samsung drivers, which I do but Windows still says there's no driver for the phone. Grepping all the .inf files that the USB driver installed shows that none of them actually contain the phone's USB product ID (685e), so I'm a bit confused how this is supposed to work.
So having failed at getting anything to work under Windows, I thought about trying Heimdall under Linux. Some Googling reveals a few posts saying that it won't work at all with the Captivate Glide (or any Tegra 2 based devices), but since "heimdall detect" recognises the device when it is booted into download mode, I'm wondering if this is no longer true - can anyone confirm whether or not Heimdall now works with the Captivate Glide?
Secondly, all the rooting instructions I've come across tell me to download the firmware (AT&T / Rogers) that is appropriate for the device, but I've noticed that a few people on the forums say they are using the Rogers firmware with AT&T devices. Am I correct in assuming that I can actually flash it with either firmware without any issues?
And my final question Most of the specs for the phone I have found on the internet says it supports NFC, whilst most of the discussions I've seen says it doesn't. Sure enough, the AT&T software doesn't appear to support NFC, but can anyone confirm whether or not the hardware does?
Any pointers would be appreciated before I go ahead and flash the phone. Thanks.
I've put both rogers and AT&T roms on my AT&T phone...
Also, I believe that you are supposed to download Kies to windows, as it does the drivers for you. Just make sure before you try odin, that you kill all kies processes in the task manager (in windows).
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Also, I believe that you are supposed to download Kies to windows, as it does the drivers for you.
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Well, I tried Kies and it refused to install with an unreadable error message (the only readable bit was "SP3" which makes me think it needs Service Pack 3... which is a pain since Windows Genuine Disadvantage is telling me my genuine Windows CD isn't genuine and therefore won't let me install SP3. My first Windows experience in over 10 years isn't exactly going well).
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Well, I tried Kies and it refused to install with an unreadable error message (the only readable bit was "SP3" which makes me think it needs Service Pack 3... which is a pain since Windows Genuine Disadvantage is telling me my genuine Windows CD isn't genuine and therefore won't let me install SP3. My first Windows experience in over 10 years isn't exactly going well).
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Windows xp was always a pain... I would suggest you download the windows 8 release preview.
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any news on heimdall working with the glide? anyone tried the new RC, out yesterday?
FireFury said:
I dug out an ancient Windows XP SP2 CD and installed it in a VirtualBox VM
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STOP.
Odin does NOT like VirtualBox; you could brick your phone and you WILL corrupt your VM.
Unfortunately Heimdall doesn't work with the Glide. It sees the phone but when it tries to do any write operation it errors out. (I think the protocol is different somehow.) You'll have to find a native(!!) XP/Vista/7 system (I used my Win7 x64 gaming machine, it worked flawlessly) to get the party started. Failing that, a BartPE bootdisk *should* work but nobody's ever tried it. Once you have the ICS bootloader installed and have CWM, you won't need Odin again.
The phone doesn't have NFC -- someone (Dr.Mario I think) actually tore a Glide apart and looked at the board; there's no such chip.
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ajt1995 said:
Windows xp was always a pain... I would suggest you download the windows 8 release preview.
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I don't know about 8, but the Win7 piracy interlocks are even worse. And frankly, this is bad advice.. nobody's tested Odin on Win8. If you don't have the expertise to recover from a bad flash, you could be digging your phone a shallow grave.
Wow... Xp and 7 wga & activation are SO easy to get around...
I can confirm Odin and keis crash in vmware VM's with either windoze or Ubuntu as host.
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Hi.
I'm reading this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
which is very useful, trying to flash a stock ROM using Odin. My GT-N7100 is bricked, possibly with SDS. I'm on Mac OSX 10.8.4 and as far as i have read i need to download Odin 3.0.7 to my Mac (do they have a .dmg of this?). Samsung USB drivers to my Mac and the stock firmware from Sammobile.
The problem it is that everything is made for Windows. I'm seeing Samsung drivers in only Windows enviroment.
How can i flash using Odin on Mac OS X. Any links?
Thanks.
Another pal with SDS.
Hello there, Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as you. I'm on a Mac primarily but do have a windows desktop I can turn to when I come across windows only solutions as we have here. You can install a windows os using bootcamp or virtually through something like virtualbox on the Mac. For me though the windows route isn't getting anywhere. I don't think you have a full SDS situation where your phone is a complete brick like mine though. From your posts it sounds like you can at least get into download mode correct? If so you should be able to download the original 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 firmware for the Note II and flash via Odin. I wish I could at least try this step but as it is my phone is completely dead and won't boot at all. I'm trying to figure out how to submit a support request in the US right now which is proving very unsuccessful so far since we have the Galaxy Note International version (GT-N7100) which Samsung USA does not support in any way. I'm taking my phone to a local cell phone/tablet repair shop tomorrow to see if they can get anything accomplished. Good luck in your quest!
I have done more reading and have downloaded Heimdal 1.4- as well some random country GT-N7100 stock sammobile build .tar file (June- 4.1.2)
Please i need some incredibly generous person that might have an idea how i can flash a custom rom using Hemdal 1.4. My phone doesn't boot. I only have access to the "download mode". (No- recovery mode). I'm almost sure i have SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) and i'm using OSX and my only choice is to try to flash the Note II with Heimdral.
Check if this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240136
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
i am also a macbook user, and using note 2.
i installed also windows 7 on my macbook and choosing windows partition if i need to do something to my phone.
easiest way for me. its better to install windows too...
Thanks guys, i am going to try and get a windows computer tomorrow for a more straight forward process.
mvtm said:
Thanks guys, i am going to try and get a windows computer tomorrow for a more straight forward process.
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kinda late reply but you could use mobile odin to unroot.
Did anybody tested Heimdall ?
You can find it in mac softpedia, and it's an Odin equivalent..
elmanu13 said:
Did anybody tested Heimdall ?
You can find it in mac softpedia, and it's an Odin equivalent..
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I confirm that working, heimdall 1.4, gt-i9505 and 10.8.4, flashed cache and recovery successfully... first ofcourse downloaded .pit. Two times gave some errors, third time success.
zabenoid said:
I confirm that working, heimdall 1.4, gt-i9505 and 10.8.4, flashed cache and recovery successfully... first ofcourse downloaded .pit. Two times gave some errors, third time success.
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Something went really ****ed when I tried to flash CM 10 on to my GS4 using Heimdall front end (1.4). Took it back to the store and they said they had never seen one fully "bricked like that"...
What steps did you follow if you dont mind? Explain like I'm 5 - they won't replace another phone for me haha
sybau said:
Something went really ****ed when I tried to flash CM 10 on to my GS4 using Heimdall front end (1.4). Took it back to the store and they said they had never seen one fully "bricked like that"...
What steps did you follow if you dont mind? Explain like I'm 5 - they won't replace another phone for me haha
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You don't use heimdall to flash cyanogenmod. You use it to flash the recovery, then you root from the recovery and then you flash cyanogenmod from the recovery.
djpimpbot said:
kinda late reply but you could use mobile odin to unroot.
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Not if you are running Android 4.3
alternative for mac osx
You can download kies as alternative for maintaing samsung devices
do a google search for kies mac
For anyone still wondering about this. Get VMWare Fusion pro, install windows(I have windows 7 basic), then install odin(any version, i tested all of them), then flash that way.
And my specs are Macbook pro late 2011 2.4ghz quadcore running mavericks. Ive had no problems flashing whatsoever. Windows loads very quickly too
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mr_villagomez said:
For anyone still wondering about this. Get VMWare Fusion pro, install windows(I have windows 7 basic), then install odin(any version, i tested all of them), then flash that way.
And my specs are Macbook pro late 2011 2.4ghz quadcore running mavericks. Ive had no problems flashing whatsoever. Windows loads very quickly too
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Any hiccups? And how you had VMWare set up?
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Any hiccups? And how you had VMWare set up?
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No hiccups, i just installed everything recommended. No special anything. And run odin as administrator. I probably flashed over 70 times already with 0 hiccups.
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Http://jodin3.casual-dev.com is Odin for Mac. Because of limitations to Heimdall, I don't recommend flashing large files though. Its awesome for CF-Auto-Root and TWRP though.
i need Odin for mac
How to restore Firmware stock for Galaxy Note 4 N901K?
AdamOutler said:
Because of limitations to Heimdall, I don't recommend flashing large files though. Its awesome for CF-Auto-Root and TWRP though.
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Thanks for jodin3.
Using this to flash Lollipop (1.5 GB) will then not work using my Mac?
bricked phone
kflanegan said:
Hello there, Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as you. I'm on a Mac primarily but do have a windows desktop I can turn to when I come across windows only solutions as we have here. You can install a windows os using bootcamp or virtually through something like virtualbox on the Mac. For me though the windows route isn't getting anywhere. I don't think you have a full SDS situation where your phone is a complete brick like mine though. From your posts it sounds like you can at least get into download mode correct? If so you should be able to download the original 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 firmware for the Note II and flash via Odin. I wish I could at least try this step but as it is my phone is completely dead and won't boot at all. I'm trying to figure out how to submit a support request in the US right now which is proving very unsuccessful so far since we have the Galaxy Note International version (GT-N7100) which Samsung USA does not support in any way. I'm taking my phone to a local cell phone/tablet repair shop tomorrow to see if they can get anything accomplished. Good luck in your quest!
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hey can you still get where you can factory reset. because i bricked my phone trying to root it, and all i did is flashed the the stock firmware on it and it worked it again.
I'm very familiar with linux and adb. Can I root galaxy note 10.1 2014 using adb? All the instructions say to use odin,
but I don't have any windoze machines.
Nothing needs to be installed, just unzip Odin and run it so easy to do on a friends computer or at work (after hours of course).
Plan "B" would be a Windows VM (but a lot of work).
Colchiro said:
Nothing needs to be installed, just unzip Odin...
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Should we not better use Heimdall? I mean this works on different OS and is a real development and not a strange leak program.
Or didn't work Heimdall with the Note (didn't check it until now)?
Elim said:
Should we not better use Heimdall? I mean this works on different OS and is a real development and not a strange leak program.
Or didn't work Heimdall with the Note (didn't check it until now)?
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I wish I could use Heimdall, but I don't see any report that it works. I don't want to be the first to try it.
I could try running oden with virtualbox. But I'm nervous about usb passthrough functioning precisely
as expected. Again, I didn't want to be the first to try this, because a brick'd note is a possible failure mode.
Hi there I just had a quick question that I can't seem to find anywhere on the net.
Ok so I only have access to Mac OSX computer. I would only like to root my sprint Note 4 running 4.4.4 and possibly reflash my soft bricked sprint galaxy S3 (but that's not as important)
Now to root my Note 4 I've tried Jodin but myself and a few others can't get the required pit file no matter how many attempts so I eventually gave up.
I stumbled across a different method of emulating Odin via WINE, it was suggested that only Odin 1.85 was stable enough to run via emulation so my question is can Odin 1.85 flash a cf root tar to a Sprint note 4?
If not then my last ditch effort is, would it be possible for someone else to upload their sprint note 4 pit file for me to use with Jodin? I've heard this is strongly advised against but I'm literally at the end of my wit.
Any and all helpful suggestions are welcome
Thank you
EXUSIA said:
Hi there I just had a quick question that I can't seem to find anywhere on the net.
Ok so I only have access to Mac OSX computer. I would only like to root my sprint Note 4 running 4.4.4 and possibly reflash my soft bricked sprint galaxy S3 (but that's not as important)
Now to root my Note 4 I've tried Jodin but myself and a few others can't get the required pit file no matter how many attempts so I eventually gave up.
I stumbled across a different method of emulating Odin via WINE, it was suggested that only Odin 1.85 was stable enough to run via emulation so my question is can Odin 1.85 flash a cf root tar to a Sprint note 4?
If not then my last ditch effort is, would it be possible for someone else to upload their sprint note 4 pit file for me to use with Jodin? I've heard this is strongly advised against but I'm literally at the end of my wit.
Any and all helpful suggestions are welcome
Thank you
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Sorry I can't help, but I gave up my quest and bought a cheap lap top. I wish they had odin for mac! I used to use my work PC, but the company put the stops to that....anyway, subscribing to this thread as I would love to pitch the laptop over a cliff... sorry windows is like a cheap whore, even with norton, it still gets viruses
Have tried boot camp
Have you ever used boot camp on your Mac Book, You can partition a certain amount of you Hard drive to installed Windows and when you boot up your Mac Book, you will have a choice of booting in your Mac O/S or Windows. I went out and bought 64 bit Windows 9 and set up about 80 gigs off of my Mac Book hard drive, then I follow a YouTube video of how to installed Windows with boot camp. Every thing work out perfectly, so if there no Mac method to rooting a particular phone, I have Windows on my Mac Book for problems like yours. Or you can purchase a cheap azz Laptop! Look at some videos on Boot camp to see if its something you think you want to do.
^ I tried vwware fusion..windows would run just fine, odin would run but it would not allow me to flash anything...im guessing its using usb3 ports...thats all my mac book has
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i used odin 1.85 and it worked fine for me - this was on a PC.
I need to restore my Tab S. I installed Windows on Parallels in order to root it and have been using CM12.
Now no matter what I do Odin fails to see my Tab when in download mode so I can't use it (I've spent all day doing everything forums reccomend - swapping cables, ports, un/installing KIES, blah, blah - 'Windows sees the Tab, but Odin just does not. Heimdall on the Mac just does nothing as it needs a PIT file I don't have and can't find.
Isn't there a way to restore stock firmware with TWRP? Or a rooted near stock ROM that I can unroot?
Any help would be much appreciated.
zemblance said:
I need to restore my Tab S. I installed Windows on Parallels in order to root it and have been using CM12.
Now no matter what I do Odin fails to see my Tab when in download mode so I can't use it (I've spent all day doing everything forums reccomend - swapping cables, ports, un/installing KIES, blah, blah - 'Windows sees the Tab, but Odin just does not. Heimdall on the Mac just does nothing as it needs a PIT file I don't have and can't find.
Isn't there a way to restore stock firmware with TWRP? Or a rooted near stock ROM that I can unroot?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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I feel your pain, but I think a full windows installation is the only way to get round this. I've tried windows in a Virtualbox and had the same results as you. Googling shows TWRP can restore a backup but I can't see any option to load stock and there's nowhere I can see to download a PIT file
But would this be worth a try? http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
I take it then you didn't make a full backup in recovery, which is sort of the whole point in flashing it in the first place?
Your issue could be a missing driver.
Reinstall the Samsung driver on the host and make sure it is the guest operating system that is connecting to the usb port not the host.
Also do you know Windows can be installed to a usb drive?
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-run-a-portable-version-of-windows-from-a-usb-dri-1565509124
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I feel your pain, but I think a full windows installation is the only way to get round this. I've tried windows in a Virtualbox and had the same results as you. Googling shows TWRP can restore a backup but I can't see any option to load stock and there's nowhere I can see to download a PIT file
But would this be worth a try? http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
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Yup I think you're right, installing Boot Camp for the 1st time. One upside is that when I've finished with Windows I'm gonna put on Ubuntu (for the first time in 10 years!), getting bored of OS X and use hardly any of the Apple apps on it anyway...
Tried KIES for Mac but it doesn't seem to recognise custom ROM'd Tabs. Cheers.
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I take it then you didn't make a full backup in recovery, which is sort of the whole point in flashing it in the first place?
Your issue could be a missing driver.
Reinstall the Samsung driver on the host and make sure it is the guest operating system that is connecting to the usb port not the host.
Also do you know Windows can be installed to a usb drive?
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-run-a-portable-version-of-windows-from-a-usb-dri-1565509124
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Actually buddy methinks you're onto something. Just downloaded Samsung PC Studio and that installed a 'gadget serial' driver that ODIN seems to recognise! :laugh:
Success!
OK - posting this in case another 'me' is searching for the same. Both commenters were helpful. Thanks.
It was a weird trial and error of installing both KIES and Samsung PC studio, that installed all the necessary drivers, the restore took minutes using Odin 3.09. I also had to try a few different USB cables as it seemed choosy, so Parallels can work though it all seems a bit pot lucky!
I now have a 'fresh' install of KK. Not sure if it will show up as a Knox tripper.
The Samsung usb drivers can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/a4hd8y0c1iakysk/Samsung-Usb-Driver-v1.5.49.0.exe